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Location: Oakland, USA

Grade: K - 8th

Goal: Reducing waste on campus

Activities

Activity 1: Started a school garden where students grew plants and vegetables, which provided hands-on learning and the harvest was shared with their neighbouring community.

Activity 2: Recycled paper by saving used paper for scratch paper and purchased only recycled paper

Activity 3: Reorganized waste bins and purchased better recycling centre with clear labels for all bins

Activity 4: Designated lunchtime trash monitors to help with sorting recyclable waste

Activity 5: Middle school science classes have integrated environmental science, discussion of waste and climate change in their curriculum.

Activity 6: School science fair theme is environmentally oriented

Website link - http://www.eco-schools.org.uk/gettingstarted/casestudies?id=332

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Location: UK

Grade: 1 to 6 (ages 6 - 11)

Goal - Develop healthy eating in school

Activities

Activity 1: Currently provides nutritious and balanced hot school meals

Activity 2: Shared leaflets on healthy eating to parents, rewards for healthy lunch boxes

Activity 3: Children have 12 hours of cookery lessons

Activity 4: Growing and gardening is linked to cooking, working on using seasonal produce

Activity 5:Worked with caterers to include Fair Trade and locally sourced ingredients

Activity 6: Educated the school community about ethical and environmentally friendly food choices

Activity 7: Took into consideration farming techniques and food miles

Activity 8: Became a flagship school for the National Food for Life Partnership

Website link - http://www.eco-schools.org.uk/gettingstarted/casestudies?id=604

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Location: UK
Goal - Focus on energy, healthy living, reduction and recycling of Waste

Age group: 11 to 18 years old (7th to 12th grade)

Activities

Activity 1: Took active part in the ‘Switch-Off Fortnight’ in November 2013

Activity 2: Students selected a focus (energy, waste consumption) in their lives and promised to reduce it in the future.

Activity 3: Students completed a survey to show how they had reduced energy consumption

Activity 4: Letters to parents and communications within the school were sent by email to reduce use of paper

Activity 5: Increased focus on recycling by holding a “Swishing Party” to exchange items of clothing with each other

Activity 6: Left over items were taken to local charity shop

Activity 7: Younger students have had various competitions to recycle plastic bottles and create imaginative designs with it

Website link - http://www.eco-schools.org.uk/gettingstarted/casestudies?id=566

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Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative - Lho Mon Education 

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Samdrup Jongkhar Initiative - Lho Mon Education 

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No# of students: 47 students

Location: Chokyi Gyatso Institute, Dewathang

Goal - Educating and integrating GNH values in education

Activities

Activity 1: Brings nature in the classroom and the classroom into nature

Activity 2: Teaches science in farmers’ fields, planting vegetables

Activity 3: Teaches economics by examining where our daily products come from, how they were produced and are disposed

Activity 4: Makes learning fun and enjoyable, and never a burden. Includes local excursions, story & movie nights, outdoor activities, artwork and treasure hunt

Activity 5: Teaches about waste and its local and global impacts, and how waste can be reduced and reused.

Website link - http://www.sji.bt/lho-mon-education/

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Age group: Preschool (2+) to 6th grade (age 10-11)

Location:UK

Goal - To involve the whole school in environmental initiatives and build strong links with the local community

Activities

Activity 1 - Carried out an environmental review of the school and grounds.

Activity 2 - Discussed findings and build an action plan, outlining their plans, progress and achievements

Activity 3 - Held a Waste Week - looked at waste paper, food, etc and explored recycling.

Activity 4: Took part in 'Healthy Schools Week and launched ‘healthy lunch boxes’ and ‘pick of the crop’ healthy hot dinners to promote healthy lifestyle

Activity 5: Started a school and village community garden to allow children to use, learn about and grow vegetables/fruits throughout the year.

Activity 6: Invited students from other schools to attend different workshop activities to learn about sustainability and shared good practices of school’s Eco work.

Website link - http://www.eco-schools.org.uk/gettingstarted/casestudies?id=627

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No# of students = 200

Location = Heswall, UK

Age group = Grade 5 and 6

Goal - Build a school compost

Activities

Activity 1: Students in Year 5 and 6  take responsibility for taking food waste from school kitchen each day and adding it to the composter.

Activity 2: About 10 litres of food waste is added every day to the composter and compost is used in the school vegetable garden

Activity 3: All students take part in outdoor lessons - part of which involves digging over raised beds, adding compost and planting vegetables - through to harvesting in September/ October.

Website link -http://www.eco-schools.org.uk/gettingstarted/casestudies?id=701