• Africville

  The past and present weave through this beautiful picture book about a young girl visiting Africville, the home of her ancestors.  Rich memories of colourful houses, bounties of land and sea and children playing all come to life through the child's...

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• eCards

  eCards is an environmental education and advocacy tool that aims to empower students to act for the climate by learning about environmental issues, creating informed messages, and acting on them. The digital platform encourages students to become active...

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• Poison Water in Flint Affects Everyone’s Health-Especially Kids

  This video explores the water crisis in Flint Michigan that began in  2014. Due to cost-saving measures the town’s water supply was not treated properly resulting in lead poisoning in many residents. The video explains what caused the water...

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• The Ripple Effect

  The Ripple Effect Program brings youth together to take climate action for protecting oceans. Through this program, students will understand the need for climate action for ocean protection, such as in coastal communities, through effective ocean policies...

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• Air Quality and Environmental Justice

  "Air Quality and Environmental Justice" provides an introduction to the meaning of environmental justice.  This resource scaffolds the learning with prior knowledge before introducing the explanation of the concept. At the end of the lesson students...

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• The Equity of Landfills

  The resource "The Equity of Landfills" is a three part lesson filled with engaging activities that explore the impacts of landfills. Students also learn about the environmental justice movement and apply their learning to community action. In part one...

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• Africville Note-Taking Exercise

  This resource focuses on the details of the history of Africville, Nova Scotia while also teaching the students how to listen attentively, take notes and summarize their learning. The lesson begins with a warm up activity of a class discussion around...

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• Re-Energy

  With the Re-Energy program, students learn about renewable energy, the different sources of renewable energy and explore the co-benefits and trade-offs of using comparable renewable energy systems. The program activities are groups by topics and can be...

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• Design, Build and Test Your Own Landfill

  Despite progress in recycling, reusing and composting, the vast majority of the world's garbage still ends up in landfills.  This STEM activity develops understanding of the environmental implications of this waste disposal method as students: Design...

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• Local Aquatic System Health

  Students will learn how aquatic environments are affected by human activity through climate change, industrial development and hydroelectric dams. They will also learn how indigenous knowledge can be used alongside western scientific practices to gain...

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• Energy Revealed Program

  The Energy Revealed program explores ways to make energy visible in schools and in our homes. Whether learners are using installed energy metering technology, plug-in energy metering technology or no technology at all – Energy Revealed will help...

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• Flood:ED Program

  The Flood:ED program engages learners in hands-on learning about flooding. Students are guided through various learning and take-action activities, where they learn about the issue, develop a flood resilience plan for their school, take action to combat...

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• Eco 360

  The Eco 360 program enables students to imagine a world without waste by closing the loop of a product’s life cycle and creating a circular economy. Students explore the origin of plastics, their use in our daily lives, how they end up in the environment...

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• Reporting on Environmental Racism

  This resource has high school students use their journalism skills to explore and share the impacts of environmental racism. By creating a mock news broadcast to cover an instance of environmental racism, students will build an understanding of the news...

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• Local Drinking Water

  Water is essential to all life and yet, many Indigenous communities in Canada experience water insecurity which impacts their health, traditions and cultural identity.  This lesson examines this issue by developing student understanding of the importance...

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• Africville

  This short video summarizes the story of Africville, a Black community original built just north of the city of Halifax.  Founded in the mid-18th century, many community members played important roles in the building and development of the city of...

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• Why Climate Change is Anti-Justice

  Our warming planet is altering weather patterns and the people most affected by events such as hurricanes or droughts are those who are already challenged by poverty and discrimination.  This video describes how environmental racism has contributed...

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• The Cost of Convenience

  The video "The Cost of Convenience" explores the history of plastics, how they are made, and the waste stream their use creates. It explains very clearly how plastic came to be indispensable in modern day and presents both the positive and negative aspects...

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• Build Your Own Equitable City

  Drive through any large North American city and inequity is evident.  Lower income neighbourhoods tend to be cement deserts surrounded by polluting industries, whereas wealthy areas typically feature abundant green spaces interspersed with thriving...

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• Between a Rock and a Hard Place

  "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" explores ghost gear and microplastics in Canadian waterways. The narrator explains how fishing gear is the one of the main ocean pollutants, describes its effects on the ecosystem, and explores how scientists are researching...

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