Other Environmental Health Initiatives

Flight for Life

School Bus Idling

Parental Vehicle Idling

School Grounds Greening

Recycling

Hazardous Materials

Active and Safe Routes to Schools

Energy Efficiency

Healthy Home

Other Environmental Health Initiatives

In addition to improving air quality, schools are encouraged to consider a number of optional environmental health initiatives that can enhance the overall school environment. The following is a list of these other programs. Click on the program names in the sidebar for detailed program descriptions, background information, and tips on how to get started, along with resources and links for each initiative.

Flight for Life

Flight for Life is a behaviour change model that encourages individuals to commit to improve air quality through a variety of activities

School Bus Idling
The diesel emissions from idling school buses can impact both our indoor and outdoor air, and our environment as a whole.

Parental Vehicle Idling
It may seem harmless, but parents who idle their vehicles outside schools are contributing to their children’s poor air quality.

School Grounds Greening
School grounds can be transformed from fields of cement to an environmentally friendly oasis for students and staff.

Recycling
Recycling programs can be easy to start up and make a positive contribution to our environment.

Active and Safe Routes to School
Active and Safe Routes to School is a program to encourage students to discover healthy ways of getting to school, such as walking and biking, instead of being driven to school every day.

Energy Efficiency
Energy efficient habits can be easily learned, and are good for our environment and our schools.

Healthy Homes
We spend up to 90 percent of our time indoors. Learn how to identify and resolve basic home air quality problems that could be impacting your health.