Group projects listed here were submitted in the online Project Database. The next time you organize a project in your school or community, tell us about it and you could be featured in the Roots & Shoots newsletter and win cool prizes!

• York House School Roots & Shoots in Vancouver, BC raised funds for and built 22 solar powered lanterns as part of the Leading Light Initiative


• Earl Grey School Roots & Shoots in Calgary, AB identified a need for socks at the local homeless shelter then held an event that collected over 800 pairs of socks to donate to the shelter


• Trinity Environmental Action Club (TEAC) Roots & Shoots in Port Hope, ON organized a climate action day and a trip to the Climate Change Action Day Rally in Toronto to add their voices to the call to action for our government to support Kyoto Plus


• James Brooks' Apeaware Roots & Shoots in London, ON launched www.1000classrooms.org


• Glendon Roots & Shoots in Toronto, ON sold Drop of Hope water bottles and conducted a tap vs. bottled water taste test to celebrate World Water Day and held an awareness-raising event for Earth Day


• Lively District Secondary School Roots & Shoots in Lively, ON held a battery drive and collected over 1,000 used batteries to dispose of at the local hazardous waste depot


• Downtown Alternative School (DAS) Roots & Shoots in Toronto, ON raised money and awareness for a small pig sanctuary in Ontario called Ruby Ranch, held a recycled paper making workshop for students at their school and organized a used book drive


• Wright House Roots & Shoots in Port Hope, ON organized a "green" Secret Santa to educate about consumption, waste, and environmental stewardship and to reduce the House's environmental impact during the Christmas season


• Oceanside Preschoolers Roots & Shoots in Parksville, BC watched and counted thousands of transient seagulls feeding on herring roe along the seashore


• Carson Graham Roots & Shoots in North Vancouver, BC volunteered with the Salvation Army Kettle Campaign, North Vancouver's Mahon Park Stewardship Group, Carson Graham Secondary School's Adopt-A-Highway initiative and Cape Farewell, an international climate change project


• Nelly Letourneau Roots & Shoots in Ottawa, ON coordinated two holiday parties to benefit animal adoptions, picked up 345 cigarette butts from a local park and organized "Stories and Art" to help young students demonstrate their understanding of literacy links via art projects


• Living Oceans Society Roots & Shoots in Sointula, BC launched its Finding Coral Expedition in search of deep sea corals off the coast of British Columbia to find out where the coral forests are located and what mysterious creatures live there


• Ridgetown Roots & Shoots in Ridgetown, ON learned about why chimpanzees are endangered and held a garage sale to raise money to support the Jane Goodall Institute's chimpanzee conservation efforts


• Ecole Saint Catherine's School Roots & Shoots in Halifax, NS attended a presentation on climate change and water conservation, then installed water reservoirs in every toilet in the school to reduce water consumption; attended a presentation about birds and bird habitat, then planted a wild rose bush in the school garden to provide shelter and food for songbirds; and sold lemonade at the school spring fair to raise money for charity


• CHARGE! Roots & Shoots in Mississauga, ON planted over 70 trees and shrubs at the Sawmill Valley conservation trail and sold stainless steel water bottles to reduce the use of disposable plastic water bottles

To read each project report in detail, visit the online Project Database.