What's New at SEEDS?
Please browse down to discover what has been happening at the SEEDS Foundation and at schools that are utilizing our programs.
We hope that you will find useful ideas for celebrations, programs and environmental actions that you can incorporate at your school. Please send us ideas from your school and we will share them with teachers and students across Canada.
May 6, 2010
It's Write for Communities Winner - Kerrobert Composite School
Congratulations to Kerrobert Composite on winning $2010 and a SEEDS GREEN Schools Kit!
April 22, 2010
GREEN Schools Program - Rosser Elementary
Congratulations on achieving Earth IV on Earth Day!
Rosser Elementary is truly amazing in the projects it has accomplished with a small student population. It is to be commended on its energy, enthusiasm and environmental leadership. As of EARTH Day, Rosser Elementary has completed 4070 projects - Grade Ones wrote about making toys out of cardboard boxes, another Grade 1 made a YouTube video about cleaning up garbage and the Grade 3-4 class made an animal alphabet book for the Kindergartens. The children have completed some very interesting projects, for example, as a school they have found a place that takes alkaline batteries and the community is now making an effort not to throw them in the garbage. Rosser Elementary is an idle free school too.
April 1, 2010
SEEDS welcomes a new Executive Director March 1!
Diane Field, an experienced Calgary educator, most recently was the Principal who opened Centennial High School in the Calgary Board of Education. Diane has worked as a teacher, curriculum supervisor, and school administrator. She is passionate about learning and helping students to become critical and creative thinkers. She has been very involved in a number of professional bodies, as a member of Alberta Education Advisory Committees, and in numerous volunteer activities in the community. Diane looks forward to advancing the work of the SEEDS Foundation in biased balanced energy and environmental education.
March 22 - 25, 2010
Run for Water - Events at 3 Alberta Schools
In coordination with the United Nations World Water Day (March 22nd), The SEEDS Foundation, with Devon Canada Corporation, is hosting water celebration events at schools in three communities in Northern Alberta (Lloydminster, Lac la Biche, and Ardmore). The events are aimed at educating students on water conservation habits that they can do as part of their daily routine to help preserve our fresh water resources. Check back in April for photos from these events!
October, 2009
GREEN Schools Program - Earth V Status for Haldane Elementary School
Congratulations to Haldane Elementary School in Chase, BC who became the first school in Canada to complete 5,000 actions and became an Earth V School. SEEDS is pleased to announce that Haldane School in Chase, BC is the first Earth 5 School in Canada, having logged 5,000 environmental projects. They began the SEEDS’ Green Schools Program in 1992. This photo shows some Haldane students and teachers proudly showing their new Earth 5 trophy which features a glass globe on a glass base. What an inspiration you are, Haldane!
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June 26, 2008
Write On! Alberta - $2,500 Awarded to Aurora Charter School
Aurora Charter School in Edmonton, AB. received $2,500 when their entry was drawn from the Write On! Challenge insert, in which they told us and the RBC Foundation how they would become "greener". They are using the money to buy special color-coded recycling bins for metals, plastics, paper, and beverage containers for all classrooms and high traffic areas. A composting program is also in the works. Great work, Aurora!
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June 16, 2008
Environmental Literacy - $2,008 Awarded to Lumsden Elementary School
Lumsden Elementary School in Lumsden, Sask. received $2,008 for a school environmental project. In 2007-08, SEEDS partnered with Alliance Pipeline, and SaskPower to develop and deliver an Environmental Literacy Challenge, offering a $2,008 reward to a participating Saskatchewan school. This Challenge provided an opportunity for Kindergarten to Grade 9 students, together with their families and teachers, to write about an environmental project that they would like to implement in their school or community. We look forward to hearing more about your project, Lumsden!
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April 25, 2008
GREEN Schools Program - Earth III and Water Challenge Celebration
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Westglen Elementary School in Edmonton, AB celebrates a great achievement, 3,000 actions - Earth III status - in the GREEN Schools Program. They also participated in our Water Conservation Challenge, sponsored by Devon Canada, and completed 1,989 water saving actions. Congratulations!
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April 22, 2008
GREEN Schools Program - Earth Status Celebration
Heritage Regional High School in St. Hubert, QC, are the first school in Quebec to achieve Earth status (1,000 actions) in the GREEN Schools Program. The school engaged in many projects includind recyclying eyeglasses, plastic and aluminium tabs, batteries, egg cartons, and more. They also do worm composting and breed praying mantises to eat harmful pests in local gardens, reducing chemical use. What an achievement, Heritage!
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October 3, 2007
GREEN Schools Program - Earth Status Celebration
Strawberry Vale Elementary School in Victoria, BC, celebrated their Earth status achievement (1,000 actions) in the GREEN Schools Program. Education Minister Shirley Bond was also present to announce that the BC Government was providing SEEDS GREEN Schools kits free to requesting schools during the 2007-08 school year.
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