Elmwood School wins “GREEN” at the Ottawa Environmental Olympics

The Elmwood School Envirothon team has won a chance to compete at the Provincial competition at Science North in Sudbury, Ontario from May 10th to 13th, 2006. The team of five high school students will represent Ottawa at the Provincial event as they compete against teams from schools across Ontario in the next round of the Environmental Olympics!

The ninth annual Ottawa Envirothon hosted by the Ottawa Stewardship Council with generous financial support from the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, Habitat Enviroscaping, Eastern Ontario Model Forest and Actua Science and Technology Program, was held at the YMCA Camp in Dunrobin, Ontario from April 25th to 27th.

The Environmental Olympics do not end with the provincial competition. The winning team from Ontario will continue their quest to win gold at the Canon Envirothon international competition that will take place in Winnipeg Manitoba in July 2006. At the international competition the winning teams from the provincial and state competitions compete for recognition, prizes, and scholarships in a series of hands-on and problem solving environmental activities.

The goal of the Envirothon program is to inspire young people across North America to increase their knowledge of and ability to understand complex environmental issues.