by Sabat Ismail | 21 Nov, 2022 | Events, News
Initiatives to encourage active school travel are predominantly led by active school travel organizations and municipalities, providing little opportunity for youth to present their insight and guidance on initiatives that have a direct impact on their school...
by Xuedan Xu | 15 Nov, 2022 | News
The books that children read growing up can shape how they view and interact with the world. Books can influence children’s environmental worldview, their ways of life, and their ways of interacting with friends and family. Encouraging children to read books focused...
by Xuedan Xu | 9 Nov, 2022 | News, Webinars
Between 2020 and 2022, Green Communities Canada (GCC) and the Human Environments Analysis Lab (HEAL) at Western University conducted extensive policy research on active travel to school, culminating in a final report of 57 key policy recommendations. GCC, in...
by Xuedan Xu | 7 Nov, 2022 | News
School Streets are an innovative solution to encourage active school travel, improve air quality, and increase road safety for children, caregivers, and educators. During spring 2022, Green Communities Canada (GCC) and 8 80 Cities led the Ontario School Streets Pilot...
by Charlotte Estey | 25 Oct, 2022 | News
Beware! It’s almost the night of Halloween and there are many scary creatures lurking among us. Ghosts, goblins, ghouls, and… cars? Well, cars are perhaps the only scary creature we have any real reason to fear. On Halloween, children’s risk of being hit by a car is...
by Nicole Roach | 19 Oct, 2022 | News
Ottawa Student Transportation Authority (OSTA) and EnviroCentre’s ‘Walk a Block’ signs (photo by EnviroCentre via Twitter) Many parents and caregivers must drive their children to school because of far distances, mobility challenges, and/or other barriers. However,...
