At school

Beyond the textbook lies a natural world worth navigating. Do the math. Increasing pollution and climate change are affecting our environment. Consider the science of your school's environmental impact. Discover the art of our planet.

Students

• Get involved! Participate actively in environmental fairs, environment department tours, and contests.
• Go Wild! Create wildlife habitats at your school.
• Back to life. Organize or participate in neighbourhood or school clean-up campaigns or rehabilitation projects, such as rehabilitating a local stream or wetland.
• As a school project, build some nesting boxes for birds. Once the birds have occupied them, monitor the birds and learn about their habits and lifestyles.
• Organize special paper, glass, plastic or metal recycling projects. They can also serve as fundraisers.

Teachers

• Contact your federal or provincial environment department for information about special teaching aids and environmental protection and conservation.
• Organize and lead special schoolyard and neighbourhood litter clean-up campaigns.
• Fieldtrips. Arrange for your students to tour bird sanctuaries, national and provincial parks and other wildlife areas.
• Look for learning experiences outdoors in local parks, on a farm or in other green spaces.
• Organize poster, essay, or song contests with environmental topics and themes.

Volunteer

Many communities are engaged in ecological observation and reporting activities throughout the seasons. Known as ecological monitoring programs, they are a fun, interesting and valuable way for community groups, schools and others to learn about the environment, to care for nature and to work together for a sustainable future.
Source: Environment Canada