There are many, many places out there that offer advice and action ideas, but sometimes you might need a step-by-step guide. Each of the guides below will help you look at your project critically and they have excellent ideas for taking a project one step at a time.

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Make A Professional Telephone Call
If you need to call someone in your community, the media, or a politician, it's important to make a good first impression… Here's how.

Write a Professional letter
When you write a letter, you'll probably be introducing yourself, or asking for advice, donations or funding, so it's important to express yourself and your group well!

Contact a Politician
The David Suzuki Foundation's quick tips on how to write a letter, make a phone call, or meet an elected representative. To check them out, click here.

Take Action on Climate Change in Your Home and Community
A short booklet from the Environmental Youth Alliance for how normal people can take action on climate change at school, home and in their community. To download, click here.

Sierra Youth Coalition Group Kit
If you're thinking of starting a group, this kit includes everything from tips for your first meeting to fundraising ideas to consensus decision making. To check out the Sierra Youth Coalition's website and download the Group Kit, click here.

Youth Driven's Fundraising Manual
Feeling inspired but need funds to get started? Or do you want to donate to a good cause? Here's a good guide to finding and raising funds for yourself and other groups. To download, click here.

Youth Driven's Media Manual
Need access to the mainstream media? Here's how.

Youth Driven's Policy Manual
If you have a group and need to start setting out guidelines for responsibilities, boundaries and the beliefs and values of your group, this guide will definitely help. To download, click here.

Community Environmental Projects
Get your community involved with this guide from Environment Canada on identifying, promoting and following through with environmental projects in your community. Click here.

Combating Racism Through Education
United Nations Association in Canada: The Kit. A Manual by youth to combat racism through education.

Building Real Models of Sustainability
All sorts of guides on how to build neat models like micro-hydro energy generators and biomass powered cars.

Environmental Justice Kit
The Youth Environmental Network's guide to bringing Green Justice into your school and community - and this doesn't just mean recycling more, it means fair and equal food, water, and spaces for people across the planet! The kit is in two parts - click for Part 1 and Part 2.

The Otesha Book
"From Junk to Funk", this awesome bookis a behind-the-scenes look at how our daily actions change the world! It's packed with cool graphics, interesting and inspiring stories, and great actions. Click here.

Red Cross Educator's Resources
A great series of kits and teaching resources on topics from "Children and War" to "Working With Youth" to "Violence and Abuse Prevention". Click here.

Watercan "H2OH!" Water Teaching Resources
Helping you to explore key water and sanitation issues and solutions as they relate to Canada and the developing world... this site include games, experiments, handouts, and fact sheets that are ready for use in the classroom. Click here.

Bullfrog Power Conservation Tips
From our friends at Bullfrog Power, a series of tips to help you conserve energy everywhere from at home to in the great outdoors. Click here.