ECO Team Kick Off Conference

On October 12th Eastdale's Ecoteam attended the 2016/2017 kick-off conference for TDSB EcoSchools. (see the photos below). At the conference the Ecoteam was given our gold Ecoschool status and sticker that we earned last year. We also started planning some of the environmental initiatives that we would like to see take place at Eastdale this year. These planned initiatives included re-starting the classroom compost program (which we quickly did upon our return), and brainstorming ways to produce less waste in the cafeteria. We also met the Ecoteams from other schools, took part in a natural scavenger hunt, created some environmentally friendly art work, and dug up some dog strangling vine, a destructive invasive species. We even broke a pitchfork (see photos) because we were putting so much effort into pulling out the plants. It was a fun day spent at the University of Toronto - Scarborough campus. New members of the EcoTeam are always welcome. We meet Tuesdays at lunch in room 401.