Resources

• Respectful Collaboration to Create Sustainable Energy

  How can UNDRIP be used to guide respectful collaboration with First Nations? In this activity, students review articles from the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) to better understand what respectful collaboration with...

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• Two-Eyed Seeing

  Students are introduced to the Indigenous idea of two-eyed seeing, learning to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing and from the other eye with the strengths of Western knowledge and learning to use both these...

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• Exploring Perspectives on Sustainability

  In this thought starter activity, students explore perspectives on sustainability and then use two-eyed seeing to identify the strengths of Western and Indigenous perspectives on sustainability. Students will: reflect on and suggest how they would define...

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• Nature Connections

  Students view a video about Indigenous Peoples’ connection to their land and place and reflect about their special place in nature. They share their stories and places in a talking circle and reflect on the connection to place and caring for the...

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• Indigenous Communities and Climate Resilience

  This thought starter activity provides an opportunity to open the discussion regarding Indigenous communities' roles in developing climate resilience. Students make predictions, discuss statements and use clues from the article to guide their thinking....

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• Decision Making for Renewables

  Using materials provided by the resource, students research and discuss the challenges and benefits of moving away from fossils fuels to a clean, renewable energy economy.  Students then participate in a simulation in which they take on the roles...

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• Building A Wind Farm

  This activity is based on a hypothetical scenario in which a wind energy company proposes to build a wind farm for a small city and conducts a survey to determine the level of support for their project. Using criteria provided by the resource students...

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• Sustainable Solutions

  Students use critical thinking skills to determine whether claims by certain technology companies of using green energy to reduce their impact on the environment are valid and represent a true commitment to sustainability.    The activity begins...

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• Saving Energy At Home

  In this hands-on activity students will learn about energy conservation. To begin, the students will discover where their energy comes from and why it is important to consider the environment with our energy choices. They will brainstorm ways to conserve...

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• Sustainable Transportation

  Students explore sustainable transportation and ways in which it can benefit their  community.  They begin by discussing  what sustainable transportation means and why it is important.  They watch a short video, identify 3 ideas presented...

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• Reduce Your Energy Use

  Reduce Your Energy Use is a math activity in which students consider those electricity-consuming items in their homes that could be eliminated from their lives and they would still live comfortably. In groups, students examine cards (provided) showing...

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• Healthy Air Versus Polluted Air Quality

  Healthy Air Versus Polluted Air Quality is a short activity that focuses on the causes of air pollution and how air quality effects our health. The activity begins with a class discussion of what affects air quality both positively and negatively. Next...

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• Food's Carbon Footprint

  This resource explores the environmental impact of our food choices. Aided by a slide show and video students learn about food miles and the different environmental impacts from growing, transporting and preserving food. They conduct research to determine...

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• What Really Happens to the Plastic You Throw Away?

  The three characters in this animated film embark on very different journeys after they are discarded by humans.  Bottle one falls into a toxic dump from which he will not escape for hundreds of years.  Bottle two travels to the beautiful Pacific...

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• Lifecycle of a Plastic Bottle

  Although plastic is a versatile and economical substance that we use every day, Earth has also become inundated with our plastic waste that is destroying ocean ecosystems, harming wildlife and polluting sensitive habitats.  In this activity students...

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• What is Renewable Energy?

  Burning fossil fuels to produce electricity has contributed to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.  It has become imperative that we continuously move forward in developing and using sustainable energy technologies such as wind, sun and...

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• Taking Action to Reduce Light Pollution

  Artificial light is essential to modern life, but as world populations have increased and technologies have evolved our night skies are becoming brighter and brighter.  Many people do not realize that all of this light is actually a pollutant that...

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• What is Climate Change?

  Today's young people are facing a world that is already seeing the problems associated with greenhouse gas emissions and a warming planet.  This activity features a video with a youth reporter who provides an overview of the causes of climate change...

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• Getting to School the Green Way

  Carbon emissions from automobiles are one of the leading contributors to air pollution and the greenhouse effect that is causing climate change.  In this hands-on activity students conduct a class survey to identify modes of transport to school and...

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