Eco-Globe Schools

Sample Activities at the Action Level

A school community at the action level includes ESD awareness and is characterized by a school community that practices ongoing sustainability and may be engaged in ESD activities such as the following:

• Active transport: car pooling, bussing, bicycles, walking programs
• Anti-poverty fund-raising and support events: 30 hour famine, soup kitchen work and donations
• ESD, environmental and social justice learning clubs
• Campaigns to reduce waste, e.g., plastic bags, paper, packaging, etc.
• Cultural and intercultural celebrations and feasts
• Eco-challenges, e.g., school-wide paperless day, etc.
• Schoolyard or community cleanup/ greening/ restoration
• Communication of school activities and ESD values to community
• Community service projects
• Compostable / biodegradable dishes and cutlery for school events
• Audits of school consumption: water/waste/energy/transportation
• Calculation of ecological footprint of school population
• Intercultural exploration
• Social awareness campaigns, e.g. human rights, poverty, education, gender issues, quality of life
• Daily physical activity and healthful living campaigns
• Environmental fairs
• Environmental/Green/Eco clubs
• Envirothon
• Extension of ESD best practices to home
• Green procurement for the school
• Greenhouse installation and maintenance
• Innovative ESD projects
• Installation of bicycle racks and cages
• Collaborative programs with day cares attached to schools
• Litter-less lunches
• Local community involvement
• Nutritious food choice programs in school cafeteria, canteen, and school activities
• One Million Acts of Green
• Waste reduction, comprehensive recycling programs
• Implementation or experimentation with use of renewable energy sources
• Reporting and/or correcting energy or resource waste in school or local community
• Retro fit faucets /toilets /windows / lighting system in school.
• School greening/learning gardens/butterfly gardens
• Social action projects, e.g. letter-writing, community meetings, fund-raising, partnerships
• Student involvement in school ESD decision making
• Sustainable consumption programs
• Volunteer work in local community e.g., inter-generational programs
• Walking and healthy lifestyle contests
• Youth forums / action plans

Submission Chart

Fill in the chart and attach documents as necessary to explain how your school fulfills all of the criteria for the Action level.