An Eco-Citizen school
What is it to be an eco-citizen? What actions are we implementing to act as eco-citizens?
Actions in 3 directions
1. Waste Management
- No waste and no meat meals (Tuesdays and Thursdays)
- World Sustainable Consumption Day (presentation of waste-free, meat-free, locally sourced and organic dishes)
- Waste management in our school: recycling boxes in all rooms, recycled paper for the printer, waste-free meetings, re-use of scrap paper
- Installation and maintenance of worm composters
2. Protection of biodiversity
- Broadcasting of film documentaries and encounters
- Construction of a vegetable garden, an insect hotel, shelters for wild bees (protection from pollinating insects)
- Study of the Pacific salmon cycle (breeding and releasing fry in the river)
- Grain library at the school library
3. Community and Sociability
- The library: actions and book collections ecology-oriented
- Recording of Eco-News programs for Web radio every month
- Community cleanings: beach and playground area
- Constitution of an Eco-Code by the students
- Educational activities in the forest
- Donation collections (food banks, cancer research)
Eco-Club
After school, our students can join Cousteau’s Eco-Club with our Eco-School Coordinator, an amazing opportunity for our Grade 4-9s to implement new eco-actions at school and out of school!
Goals:
Organizing activities according to the seasons, talking about climate news, implementing solidarity projects.
Program:
- recycling and reusing waste
- seeds and plant cultivation
- studying local flora and fauna
- and much more!
Actions for the school:
Cleaning the playground, visiting classrooms to check the recycling, developing ecological projects, etc.