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Tree Song
The poetic prose and colourful illustrations bring nature's music to life in this story about a young oak sapling that sprouts from an acorn and grows into a majestic tree. Seasonal melodies of wind, rain and snow are accompanied by the voices of animals...
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Owl Moon
On a winter's night a young girl accompanies her father into the woods to go on an owling adventure. She patiently waits as her father tries to attract a great-horned owl with his calls. Just when the girl thinks she has had enough and is...
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Neekna and Chemai
The special relationship between First Nations peoples and Mother Earth is honoured in this traditional story about two young girls discovering their cultural identity. As their community travels to seasonal food gathering camps, Neekna and Chemai share...
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Waiting for Wings
In this book poetry takes the young reader through all of the life stages of a butterfly from egg to adult. Once the butterflies have emerged, the story then follows the insects as they look for the flowers that provide them with the nectar they...
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Chanda's Secrets
This stirring novel vividly describes the tragedy of the South African HIV/AIDS crisis through the story of Chanda and her family. As they struggle to exist in unimaginable poverty, the hardship of daily life often defeats Chanda's mother and step-father...
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Buy it, Use it, Break it, Junk it, It's Toxic
The video consists of a lively combination of images and audio focusing on the issue of e-waste. A series of visuals provides data on the amount of electronic products we buy, their shelf life, and the toxic waste emitted when they are disassembled. The...
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Carbon - The Short and the Long
This fun outdoor game introduces students to the importance of Carbon as a building block of all life and the fundamental role of the carbon cycle in sustaining a healthy planet. As the class moves carbon particles between air, plants, animals and soil...
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What Role Can Canada Play in Global Climate Action?
Students will use the background information provided to summarize the Climate Change Agreements that Canada has been part of. They will then journal responses reflecting on the following question: Are global climate agreements necessary to meet...
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Global Goals String Activity
This easy to implement activity provides an effective demonstration of the interconnectedness that characterizes the Global Goals for Sustainable Development. Students representing individual ‘goals’ arrange themselves randomly in a...
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The Sprawling Dandora Landfill
The Dandora Landfill is a sprawling waste site covering an area of about 121,400 square metres in Nairobi, Kenya. Every day around 2,000 tonnes of garbage is sent to this site. It is estimated that more than one million people live in the area immediately...
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The Least Deadliest Catch
Fish stocks around the world are being depleted at an alarming rate, and yet growing populations are more dependent on these vital food sources than ever. The Water Brothers venture to the East Coast of the US and Canada to witness first-hand how overfishing...
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Climate Change in Great Bear Lake
This short documentary was produced for the Déline Renewable Resources Council in collaboration with the elders of Déline, NT. It focuses on the elders' traditional ecological knowledge of the impacts of climate change on Great Bear Lake,...
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Signs of Fall
Students participate in a guided walk through the schoolyard, their neighbourhood or any area where there are trees and signs of fall are evident. Prior to the outing, students learn about some of the differences between evergreen and deciduous...
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The Wasteland
CBS 60 Minutes follows the "recycling" of e-waste from Denver Colorado to a community in southern China. In the process they uncover an underground network of illegal smuggling that starts with American consumers "doing the right thing" in dropping...
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Animal Seed Dispersal Game
In this outdoor activity, students learn how some trees use animals to disperse their seeds and how plant biology has evolved to rely upon squirrels collecting acorns and burying them in the ground. The game gets students thinking about how large seed...
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Bio Mag Tag
This engaging tag based game visually illustrates the process of biomagnifcation and the movement of pollutants move through food chains. As students develop an awareness of how chemicals can accumulate and threaten the health of apex predators...
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Where does e-waste end up?
Where does e-waste end up? answers the question it poses and the answer in this case is India, where the poor risk their health to salvage valuable elements used in their manufacture. The discussion raises and answers a number of questions-why India?...
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The True Value of Our Oceans
Ocean conservation is most often described in terms of environmental benefits. In this video famed cartoonist Jim Toomey (Sherman's Lagoon) provides an overview of the human social and economic benefits of maintaining healthy marine environments....
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The Balloon Game
Fleeing the violence and horror of war is only the beginning of a long and arduous journey to build a new life in another country. This activity provides a fun and innovative approach to fostering an awareness of the struggles faced by refugees...
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Global Warming: A Way Forward
A Way Forward: Facing Climate Change explores the global impact of climate change and its devastating effects and outlines a response suggested by United Nations' scientists. A series of powerful images highlight the current evidence and possible...
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