Driving Change: The Electric School Bus – a teaching tool for hopeful climate action
Activities including background information, relevant resources and lesson ideas related to transportation options, such as the electric school bus, that promote cleaner air.
HELD 2023 campaign featured in the Toronto Star: Are diesel buses hurting kids?
The HELD Campaign on the electrification of school buses was featured in the April 27th Toronto Star, highlighting the impacts of diesel exhaust and the need to shift school buses to electric. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/04/27/are-diesel-school-buses-poisoning-kids-why-replacing-them-with-electric-could-have-health-and-psychological-benefits.html?rf
Collective Call to Action to Accelerate School Bus Electrification to protect children’s health and the environment
This Call for Action presents the child health case for making an urgent and just transition from diesel-powered to electric school bus transportation across Canada.
Playing it Safe – Service Provider Strategies to Reduce Environmental Risks to Preconception, Prenatal and Child Health
Environmental contaminants can have serious and long-term impacts on reproductive and child health. Information about these risks, and how to address them, is new to many service providers.
School bus electrification white paper
There is an important opportunity for the Government of Ontario to transition to an electric school bus fleet across the province, and to stop the use of diesel-fueled buses. The electrification of the provincial school bus fleet would help to combat climate change and protect the health of Ontario’s children and other vulnerable residents by […]