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Register now! Annual EcoSchools Certification
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Friday, November 1st is the deadline for all schools, new and returning, to register for their annual EcoSchools certification. Login now and register your school.
Applying for Platinum Certification? Two Important Deadlines:
Friday, November 1st: Platinum Registration Deadline
Friday, November 29th: Complete and submit your interim online application and prepare for the interim coaching visit beginning in December.
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October 10th: Kick-off PD sessions begin.
Register now on Key-to-Learn
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The annual EcoSchools Kick-offs are an opportunity to kick-start the environmental program at your school. Meet with EcoSchools staff and Board approved partners, gain insight into program updates and changes, and share ideas and initiatives with your colleagues from other schools.
This year's theme is
Building Hope and Resilience Through Climate Action: Empowering Students To Be Agents of Change.
Climate change is happening now. The students we are teaching are facing a real and serious risk to their future livelihoods and well-being by accelerating climate disruptions. If left unchecked, climate change will adversely affect every ecosystem and community. Never has it been more critical to study the social, cultural, and ecological implications and have conversations-often difficult ones-about climate change in the classroom.
As educators, how can we support our students to cope with the emotions that are evoked by this environmental and social crisis? Moreover, how do we prepare students to participate effectively as engaged citizens in a world that needs everyone ready and willing to take action for a livable planet?
Join us, as we explore together, how we can encourage students to be passionate, positive, and part of the world as global citizens, and collectively transform schools into communities of hope and activism. The full-day program and break-out workshops will be interactive, with lots of opportunities to network and come away with ideas you can use in your school to take action on this important issue.
NEW! The Kick-offs are full-day sessions this year and are open to elementary staff (including daycare and caretaking staff, and office administrators), parents, Trustees and Superintendents.
Register now on Key-to-Learn for 1 of the 5 full-day Kick-offs at a location that is convenient for you.
Time: 8:30 am to 3:15 pm
Dates/Location: October 10 or 16: TDSB West Ed. Office - 1 Civic Centre Court
Date/Location: October 15 at UofT Scarborough Campus - 1265 Military Trail
Dates/Location:
October 17 or 21: Japanese Cultural Centre - 6 Garamond Court
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TDSB Environmental Sustainability Community Advisory Committee (ESCAC) meeting
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Tuesday, October 1st at Central Technical School | Room 208
- Successfully advocating for the TDSB to adopt a strategic direction focused on the environment
- Providing direction on the TDSB Charter for Active, Safe, and Sustainable Transportation
- Advising on programming regarding professional development for ecological literacy
If you are interested in attending a future ESAC meeting, or would like to be added to the ESAC mailing list, please contact Kristen Evers at [email protected].
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OISE / UofT Environmental and Sustainability Education Speaker Series
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EcoSchools Sections 5: Questions 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, and 5.7 and 6: Question 6.5
TDSB educators are invited to participate in OISE / UofT Environmental and Sustainability Education's Speaker Series. Be inspired by a wide range of topics and expertise broadening your knowledge of environmental and ecological literacy. Participating TDSB educators and OISE teacher candidates will have opportunities to deepen their EcoSchools network as well as meet and learn beside other passionate practitioners.
OISE Learning Garden Seed Saving Workshop
Date: Wednesday, October 2nd
Time: 4.30 - 5:30 pm
Location: OISE Room 5-280
Taking Climate Action in Education: Moving from Siloed and Sidelined to Centred
Date: Wednesday, October 9th
Time: 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Location: OISE Room 5-280
Environmental Education - EcoArt Workshop, Changing the Climate: Environmental Art as Climate Action
Date: Tuesday, October 15th
Time: 4.30 - 5:30 pm
Location: Room FE134, 371 Floor St. W.
International Perspectives on Climate Education: Australian Schools and Education for Sustainability
Date: Wednesday, October 23rd
Time: 4.30 - 5:30 pm
Location: OISE Room 5-280, 252 Bloor St. W.
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Fashion Takes Action Workshops
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EcoSchools Section 3, Question 3.7; Section 5, Question 5.4; Section 6, Question 6.5
20-25% Early Booking Discount* & New Workshops
(*Book before November)
True Cost of Fashion, Secret Lives of Clothes, Footprint of Fashion
My Clothes My World Workshops?
We want to inspire and empower students to make more sustainable clothing choices and to share this with their peers, networks and communities. My Clothes My World was developed with a holistic focus and includes a variety of learning methods such as personal leadership, active & inquiry based learning, democratic role-play, reflection and critical thinking. My Clothes My World workshops explore the life cycle of clothes and the impact this has on the planet and people and what can be done to change this. Our facilitators are industry subject matter experts who are dynamic, engaging and demonstrate their commitment to seeing young people develop into leaders.
NEW this year, is our Visiting Artist workshop for High Schools. This workshop focus is on our Artists who will talk about their sustainable fashion business (clothing, jewellery, thrifting, design) as well as address the issues around the negative impacts of 'fast fashion' on the planet & people. This is a 75 min presentation by our sustainable Artists and we kindly ask that you would book them for the day. 1 hour (75 min period, includes Q&A time). This workshop is available in French.
NEW this year, is our Sustainable Textile Assembly presentation. We are now offering interactive assemblies by our sustainable Artists who will speak about that the lifecycle of our clothes, the negative impacts of fast fashion and will inspire positive behavioural change to adopt a slow fashion lifestyle that is better for our environment. This would be a great assembly to 'kick-off' a schools clothing drive(s) fundraiser. 2 hours (15 min presentation & 30 min presentation tailored to grade levels). This workshop is available in French.
Some Highlights of Our Workshops Include:
- Using fashion as a vehicle to explain current local & global environmental and social issues
- High student engagement in the workshop through inquiry based learning & critical thinking
- Sustainable Artists will engage students about their sustainable business practices (supply chain, marketing, social media)
- Hands on activities, videos, group work, and discussion throughout
- Curriculum aligned
- Points towards EcoSchool Certification
- Available in French and English
How does the early booking discount work?
If you book before November 2019, we will give you a 25% discount off our full day workshop or a 20% discount off our half day workshop.
(payment is not due till the workshop visit)
Full Day workshop is $400 x 25% off = $300 + HST or
Half Day workshop is $250 x 20% off = $200 + HST
Visiting Artist is $250 x 20% off = $200 +HST
Sustainable Textile Assembly is $200 x 20% = $160 + HST
To book your workshop or to learn more about them, please reply to this email at [email protected]
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October is International Walk to School Month
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EcoSchools Section 6: Question's 6.2, 6.6, and 6.8
On October 2nd, students, families and staff are encouraged to join schools across the country in celebrating International Walk to School Day (IWALK/IWHEEL), a day that celebrates all forms of active transportation including walking, cycling, scootering, and/or travelling using a mobility device
You will receive a Certificate of Participation to share with your school community to demonstrate how you are helping to grow the active school travel movement across the province.
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