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EcoSchool Student Leadership Conference

 MEDIA RELEASE

For Immediate Release
April 27, 2011

GUELPH – On Thursday, April 21st, 70 student leaders from South Guelph schools gathered for an EcoSchool Student Leadership Conference at Rickson Ridge PS. Students came from Aberfoyle PS, Centennial CVI, Jean Little PS, Kortright Hills PS, Rickson Ridge PS, and Westminster Woods PS to share their ideas about how to promote environmental responsibility through the EcoSchool program.

The student conference included an opportunity for students to share their school’s successes and challenges around the 4 pillars of the EcoSchools program (Waste Minimization, Energy Conservation, School Yard Greening, and Ecological Literacy). Grade 12 studentS from the Headwaters Program organized the conference and provided their facilitation skills, motivational energy, and musical inspiration.

Five of the schools are working towards Ontario EcoSchool Certification for the first time this year. Ontario EcoSchools is an environmental education program for grades 1-12 that helps students develop ecological literacy while engaged in practices to become environmentally responsible citizens. Developed and run by school boards, Ontario EcoSchools also helps improve school building operations to reduce environmental impacts.

For more information about EcoSchools in the Upper Grand District School Board, please contact Mike Anderson, [email protected], 519-835-3915.

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