All of us at BC Green Games would like to send out a huge thank-you to all the teams that participated this year! We received 147 projects from 30 school districts across the province. There were so many amazing stories of environmental action and it was tough for the judging team to decide winners. Thank-you everyone for helping to grow a greener BC!

And the winners are…

Green Grants

These teams will receive $1000 to further their green endeavors.

• Surrey Christian School – Being Earth Keepers
• Lord Roberts Annex – Owls Are Us
• Hyland Elementary – The Hyland Green Team
• Shoreline Community Middle School – Shoreline Wastebusters
• Nechako Elementary – Reducing Plastic Waste At Nechako Elementary

• Heritage Woods Secondary – Know Where It Goes, Think Before You Throw!
• Richmond Secondary – Waste Reduction Week @ RHS
• King George Secondary – Everybody Wants A Cup
• RC Palmer Secondary – Palmer’s Legendary Greenhouse Continued!!!
• Collingwood School – Collingwood’s Journey to Zero Waste

Travel Subsidy Prize

These teams will be awarded $1 500 for the travel expenses associated with field trips.

• Vedder Elementary – “Back To Our Roots” – A Traditional Plant Garden
• Semiahmoo Secondary – Semiahmoo Earthworks Waste Management Actions

Science World Sleepover

These elementary school teams will be celebrating their achievements with an overnight adventure under the dome!

• James Thomson Elementary – A Stewardship Story
• William Bridge Elementary – R’ To The Power of 5!
• Parkcrest Elementary – Waste Reduction Challenge

Sustainability Leadership Camp

This secondary team will be celebrating their hard work with a camping trip and workshop on Galiano Island.

• Richmond Secondary School – Waste Reduction Week @ RHS

ProductCare Recycling School Mural Prize

These schools will be celebrating their hard work by helping to create a mural about their project with recycled paint!

• Edith Cavell Elementary – Cavell for Clean Oceans
• Ecole secondaire Jules-Verne – Climate Change Awareness

Be A Battery Recycling Advocate Prize

These schools will receive a $2 500 Visa gift card to use towards technology for their school for running a battery recycling campaign.

• Springvalley Middle School – Battery Magnet
• Fraser Heights Secondary – Fraser Heights Annual Battery Challenge

Call2Recycle Viewers’ Choice Award

There were so many votes pouring in during the voting period and these teams collected the most votes and will be awarded $500.

• Collingwood School – Collingwood’s Journey to Zero Waste
• Ocean Cliff Elementary – Energy Conservation at Ocean Cliff
• AJ McLellan Elementary – Upcycling Materials
• Surrey Christian School – Being Earth Keepers

Honorable Mention

Although these teams were not awarded a prize their hard work and inspirational projects deserve to be recognized as honorable mentions.

• Lord Roberts Elementary – Exploring Indigenous Plants and Traditional Uses
• Westerman Elementary – The Plastic Problem
• Mount Slesse Middle School – MSMS Hope for Salmon
• Salt Spring Elementary – School Gardens!
• James Thomson Elementary – Green Giants
• Matthew McNair Secondary – Eco-Marlins: Cutting Down On Single Use Plastics
• Reynolds Secondary – Reynolds Schoolyard Garden Program
• Tamanawis Secondary – Sustainable News BC
• Mountainside Secondary – Mountainside Sustainability
• Killarney Secondary – Waste Awareness

A huge thank-you to our Prize Sponsors:

Call2Recycle is North America’s first and largest battery stewardship program. As a non-profit organization, they collect and recycle batteries at no cost for municipalities, businesses and consumers. Call2Recycle has diverted more than 39 million kilograms of batteries and cellphones from the solid waste stream and established over 34,000 collection sites throughout Canada and the US. It is the first program of its kind to receive the Responsible Recycling Practices Standard (R2) certification.    

Love our planet? So do we. At ProductCare Recycling, we believe reducing waste is the key to our future. That's why we recycle environmentally harmful products like lightbulbs, smoke alarms, and paint at free drop-off locations across the country. Together, we can reduce our waste and protect our planet. Join us in creating a healthy and vibrant planet for future generations!