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These organizations are all supported by Green Street, and
with this support they can deliver environmental education
programs from coast to coast. Click on each of the groups
to see what their campaigns and programs are, and if you're
interested in bringing one of these groups to your school,
go to the main Green Street website to register a spot for
your class.
Better Environmentally
Sound Transportation
Offers the Changing Gears program where you'll
learn about the connection between personal transportation
behaviour and climate change, sustainable consumption and
active citizenship.
Citizen’s
Environment Watch and their Adopt-a-site program. They
encourage students and teachers to become ‘citizen scientists’
and take an active role in understanding and protecting your
local environment. You can work with staff and volunteers
to keep an eye on air or surface water quality in your community,
and learn to take action!
Clean Nova
Scotia
Through CNS, you can access a cool role-play debate activity
for a class/group that simulates a real-life situation; scan
some of their solid waste, soil, water and climate change
initiatives.
Club 2/3
Club 2/3 have various initiatives in Quebec with a focus on
developing a more harmonious, fair and ecologically sound
world. It was founded by students in 1970 who were concerned
about poverty and injustice that afflict 2/3 of the people
on the earth.
CPAWS
Calgary-Banff Chapter
CPAWS has chapter organizations across Canada. They are dedicated
to protecting wild habitat areas/parks and endangered species.
Volunteers help them with campaigns to protect particular
pieces of land and policy issues.
Conservation
Corps
A non-profit group in Newfoundland and Labrador who provide
youth with training and employment in environmental and cultural
heritage conservation.
Ducks Unlimited
D.U. is involved in conserving wetland areas. They restore
wetland habitats, lead environmental research projects and
teach Canadians about why it's important to conserve our remaining
wetlands.
Earth
Day Canada
EDC help people all over the country to take on activities,
events and projects for Earth Day, Earth Week and Earth Month.
They have resources and programmes that provide opportunities
for positive actions and results.
Click
for a direct link to eco-Mentors.
Environnement
Jeunesse
Enjeu provide workshops to schools about the impacts, both
near and far away, of our daily activities. The activities
touch on subjects such as food, water, agriculture, transportation
and climate change.
Établissements
verts Brundtland
This organisation in Quebec helps schools in Quebec to take
on action projects with students and teachers. The 4 aims
are to promote; solidarity, pacifism, ecological integrity
and democracy. The workshops include activities such as World
on a Plate, Fair Trade and racism education.
Evergreen
Foundation
Evergreen tries to get everyone in a school involved in school
ground naturalisation projects. This means includes not only
students, but also teachers, administration, the custodians
and sometimes even the wider community. With everyone onboard,
they help native species selection, site planning, and advice
to make school greener.
Green
Kids
Check out their annual tour with live theatre performances
on climate change, global warming and sustainable development.
The performances are followed by classroom-based workshops
around sustainability issues and individual responsibility.
Muséobus
This organisation provides a workshop to teach students about
the history of water usage in river basins, current water
issues and about concrete actions that can be taken.
Pembina
Institute
This group does lots of work around energy issues. They conduct
research to suggest advice about sustainability solutions
about energy, to corporations, governments, organizations
and students. They have cool guides about how to build your
own solar baking oven, wind mill and solar power.
Safe
Drinking Water Foundation
SDWF have a program to help students assess the quality and
treatment of the municipal water supply. They are also into
exploring native perspectives of environmental stewardship
around water.
Sierra
Club of Canada, BC Chapter and Sierra
Club of Canada, Atlantic Chapter
The Sierra Club of Canada is a non-profit conservation organization
whose mission is to protect the wild places of the earth,to
practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems,and
to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the
quality ofthe natural and human environment. Current campaigns
include our Education Program, our International Gaia Project,
Wildlands and Forest Stewardship and Nature Outings.
Sierra
Youth Coalition Community Outreach Project
The Sierra Youth Coalition’s Community Youth Action
Project (CYAP) aims to inform, activate and empower Canadian
youth (ages 14-19) to undertake projects leading to ecological
and social well being in their own communities.
The Otesha
Project
Otesha means "reason to dream" in Swahili, and these
human rights activists bring bicycles, theatre and good people
to spread awareness and empowerment to a place near you!
Trout Unlimited
Trouts has a youth program to teach about storm water systems
and the effects of untreated water on fish and waterways.
They hold a student-lead campaign where kids can take to the
street with public education campaigns, with activities such
as painting yellow fish next to the drains as reminders to
neighbours to be aware of impacts on fish.
WildED!
Bring nature into your classroom with WildED! WildED is a curriculum-linked, experiential, nature education program that engages students and invokes critical thought. Our in-school programs and interpretive nature hikes are designed for grades 4 through 12 and are widely applicable to a range of academic subjects including science, social studies, geography, and physical education. WildED is a program of BC Spaces for Nature (BCSN). BC Spaces for Nature is a wilderness conservation organization that works to protect ecologically significant wilderness, wildlife, and biodiversity in British Columbia for today’s as well as future generations.
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