Schoolyard Greening

Schoolyard Greening

4 Nov 2023
Enhancing Biodiversity in your Schoolyard

Enhancing Biodiversity in your Schoolyard

Learning about native plants yields lifetime benefits

11 Jul 2022
Healthy Places,  Sustainable Spaces

Healthy Places, Sustainable Spaces

Everyday actions for healthy and sustainable learning environments

24 Dec 2020
Money Does Grow on Plants

Money Does Grow on Plants

How to run a school plant sale for a lucrative bloom

8 Nov 2019
Greening Your Schoolyard with Native Plants

Greening Your Schoolyard with Native Plants

How to maximize your school garden and minimize excess labour

28 Jul 2019
From Garbage to Green

From Garbage to Green

Creating a student-led recycling club to develop a school-wide waste-reduction plan

30 Apr 2019
Make Natural Spaces Clean and Your Art Class Green

Make Natural Spaces Clean and Your Art Class Green

A personal journey in repurposing disposables.

13 Feb 2018
Hydroponics for Education

Hydroponics for Education

Boosting air quality and student engagement by growing indoor plants

20 Jan 2017
Introducing Students to Landscape Architecture

Introducing Students to Landscape Architecture

Classroom activities spotlight a creative career choice that helps the environment

5 Jul 2016
Fostering Youth Leadership in Urban Places

Fostering Youth Leadership in Urban Places

Building just and healthy communities requires trust in young people

5 Jul 2016
The Giving of the Gardens

The Giving of the Gardens

Inspiring a new year of growth by sharing garden accomplishments with next year’s gardeners

28 Apr 2016
Best Practices for School Gardens

Best Practices for School Gardens

Giving you the tools to overcome the challenges and be successful

18 Jan 2016
Feeling the Heat

Feeling the Heat

A student-centered approach to reducing the urban heat island effect on campus

18 Jan 2016
Put Up a Paradise

Put Up a Paradise

It is not as hard as it looks. Isn’t it time to depave schoolyards and begin collecting stormwater?

20 Feb 2015
Returning to the Earth

Returning to the Earth

Learning about decomposition both on the schoolyard and inside the classroom

19 Jun 2014
Starting a School Garden Summer Camp

Starting a School Garden Summer Camp

The school year always ends just as the school garden is starting to blossom – extend learning by running your own summer garden day camp

31 Jul 2013
An Outdoor Play and Learn Area

An Outdoor Play and Learn Area

This unique elementary school playground helps kids learn about science and the environment while having fun and keeping active. By Amanda Gebicki and Alison Reilly.
An excerpt from Green Teacher's Summer 2013 issue.

31 Jul 2013
Connecting With Bugs

Connecting With Bugs

Use children's natural curiosity about insects to ignite a passion for science and the natural world. By John Guyton and Lois Connington.
Read the full article from Green Teacher's Summer 2013 issue.

15 May 2013
Green School in Bali

Green School in Bali

Recently voted the Greenest School on Earth by the US Green Building Council, this article describes the school and some of the projects underway.
AN EXCERPT FROM GREEN TEACHER'S SPRING 2013 ISSUE.

7 May 2013
Investigating Water Pathways in Schoolyards

Investigating Water Pathways in Schoolyards

Based on a learning progression of student understandings, this hands-on activity provides high school students with a locally-relevant way to learn about the water cycle.

30 Apr 2013
Nature Mapping

Nature Mapping

Schoolyard nature mapping teaches basic mapping techniques and encourages close observation of plants and animals through the seasons.

30 Apr 2013
Urban Gardening Renaissance

Urban Gardening Renaissance

Urban school gardens reach out to their communities and complement "green school" philosophy.

30 Apr 2013
School Food Gardens in Multicultural Inner-city Settings

School Food Gardens in Multicultural Inner-city Settings

A model for maintaining gardening programs year round through school-community partnerships.

1 Apr 2013
Growing an Endangered Plants Network

Growing an Endangered Plants Network

In communities across North America, threats to plants are at record levels. The Endangered Plants Stewardship Network, initiated by educators from botanical museums, government agencies and environmental groups, is engaging teachers and students in learning about and helping to restore populations of rare and endangered plants in the southeastern U.S.

31 Mar 2013
A Permaculture School Garden

A Permaculture School Garden

Applying the principles of a design methology called permaculture to school gardens and other projects helps to reinforce the values of resourcefulness, stewardship and sustainability.

31 Mar 2013
The Field of Dreams (and Other Outdoor Classroom Myths)

The Field of Dreams (and Other Outdoor Classroom Myths)

It takes more than benches and butterfly bushes to create a well-used outdoor classroom. Here’s how one school is succeeding through creative ideas that give teachers the training, tools, and confidence to take learning outdoors.