EO Luisa recently visited Burton Ettinger Elementary to speak about Ocean Plastics. During the presentation, a Grade 5 student proudly shared that her community organizes summer garbage clean-ups—and this year,…
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Let's Do Something Awesome.
Welcome to Green Schools Nova Scotia. We unite school communities that have one common goal: to adopt smarter energy habits and become more sustainable.
Here at Green Schools Nova Scotia, every day gets a little greener. Members of our community are in every corner of the province, making a real difference in their schools, homes, and communities—and they’re not done yet!
The numbers reflect all the community members that engaged in making their school a greener place in 2024/25
311
Schools
Have joined the Green Schools movement!
31,362
Students
Learning about energy efficiency!
Green News
Brand New Presentation!
Featured Days
Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is a global movement that encourages people to do good. Created in 2012, it promotes generosity in small actions. From giving your time to donating to using your power of voice, every act of generosity counts towards building a better world.
Buy Nothing Day
Beginning in Vancouver of 1992, Canadian artist Ted Dave launched Buy Nothing Day “as a day for society to to examine the issue of over-consumption.” Changing the date to line up with Black Friday, this day shines a spotlight on the implications of over-consumption and the affects it has on human and planet health. The intention behind Buy Nothing Day is about making small changes in our daily habits to produce a lasting lifestyle of consuming less, producing less, and wasting less.
Not a registered Green School? We’ll still come to your school and do an energy efficiency presentation! Just click here and let us know.