About Enviroschools

Imagine... a generation of innovative and motivated young people, who instinctively think and act sustainably. Enviroschools is a whole school approach to education for sustainability. With support from the school community, students plan, design and take action to create a sustainable school environment.

Enviroschools Canterbury is a partnership between The Enviroschools Foundation and local organisations and agencies. A regional team offers support to schools across Canterbury in the journey to become a sustainable school community.

Some of the benefits of Enviroschools:

Enhanced learning
Real life context for learning
Action based (inquiry) learning
Links closely with curriculum key competencies and core values
Cross curriculum learning opportunities
Knowledge about sustainability
Skills in decision making, planning, higher order thinking and working cooperatively
Leadership and project management
Financial savings through reducing costs in resource consumption and waste production
Builds relationships between staff, students, whanau and community
Students work cooperatively on environmental projects they care about
Increased pride and appreciation of their school
Littering and vandalism reduced
Health promoting, relaxing environment to work and play
Sustainable schools foster sustainable communities
Opportunity to form partnerships with local businesses and communities
Schools inspire and teach the wider community to adopt sustainable practices
Enhancing biodiversity and water quality through native planting and restoration projects
Sustainable behaviours learned at school filters into homes
Promotes health and wellbeing