No Idling at School

In the spring of 2000, we launched the province-wide No Idling at School project as part of our Active & Safe Routes to School program. This resource was updated in August 2005 to reflect more recent greenhouse gas calculations.

This user-friendly, comprehensive toolkit has been designed to assist schools interested in reducing vehicle idling in their community. The project has been hugely successful, with over 1,000 kits distributed during the first year. Positive environmental benefits have been realized, including avoiding the release of 83 tonnes of CO2 emissions. That is the equivalent of 26,600 hours of reduced idling or running 10 cars for 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for almost four months!

"Our school was delighted to get the No Idling at School package. No charge for good resources that were useful."

"Great program! Keep it going all year round. It's easily done."

If you would like a complete No Idling at School kit mailed to you, please register here and check "No Idling at School".

The No Idling at School kit is still available to schools but we have also reproduced many of the inserts here.

• Fax back order form for complete kit Adobe PDF (PDF - 104 KB)
• Idling Background Sheet Adobe PDF (PDF - 38 KB)
• Suggested Activities Adobe PDF (PDF - 63 KB)
• No Idling Information Card Adobe PDF (PDF - 340 KB)
• Ideas from Schools MS Word (DOC - 559 KB)
• No Idling Ideas for High Schools Adobe PDF (PDF - 1.9 MB)
• Idling Observation Form Adobe PDF (PDF - 115 KB)
• Idling Commitment Intervention Adobe PDF (PDF - 165 KB)
• View or download the No Idling at School 2002 Report Adobe PDF (updated August 2005) (PDF - 257 KB)

Natural Resources Canada 's Web site contains many useful tools to assist schools in implementing a No Idling at School campaign.