Environmental Curriculum Awards
We encourage great environmental education in the North with our $15,000 annual Environmental Curriculum Awards fund.
Onerahi Primary School were 2007 ECA winners. Here students
show their certificate while in their native garden.
What is an Environmental Curriculum Award?
An Environmental Curriculum Award provides funding to help schools educate children “in and about and for” the environment.
Your school could win up to $2,000.
How do we apply?
Step one:
Choose a project
Step two:
Prepare the following information:
- a project timeline
- a teaching and learning unit plan
- a detailed budget (your budget needs two quotes for each budgeted item).
You will also need to show how your efforts are linked to Northland Regional Council's sustainable management goals and the Ministry of Education Guidelines for Environmental Education in New Zealand Schools curriculum document. (See examples below).
Step three:
Complete an application form and send it to us with the required documentation.
Download the 2008 Environmental Curriculum Awards Application Form
(187 KB)
Download sample budget and timeline (71 KB)
Previous winners
2007: Find out what projects the 2007 award winning schools worked on
2006: Find out what projects the 2006 award winning schools worked on.
2005: Read the news release about the 2005 award winning schools
For further information:
Contact Teresa Rudgley, Environmental Education Officer at the Northland Regional Council, phone 0800 002 004 or email teresar@nrc.govt.nz
Applications close: Applications for 2008 have now closed. Judging will take place mid June and schools will be notified by the end of June 2008.