Roots & Shoots Adult Champions Inspire young people to make a difference with youth-led, curriculum-inspired conservation projects. Sign-Up Today! Roots & Shoots projects are guided by adult allies (like you) in classrooms, youth groups, community centres, family homes – everywhere youth gather. Use our online guide to teach young people how to design their own projects. Work with them to tackle the intersection of biodiversity loss, climate change, and environmental inequity through a 4-step system. Celebrate their successes and help them make a visible impact. There are 4 steps to every Roots & Shoots project: Get Inspired Map Your Community Take Action Celebrate Your Impact! As an adult champion, thank you for your interest in helping young people make a meaningful difference. How It Works Become a Roots & Shoots member (it’s free!) using the form below. You’ll receive a welcome package with a link to our Roots & Shoots online guide. Work with your group to complete the 4 steps at your own pace. We’re available every step of the way to answer questions and provide guidance. Share your Roots & Shoots story with us to inspire other groups across the country. Watch your young people become the compassionate citizens that Canada needs. Questions? Email rootsandshoots@janegoodall.ca. Young People Have the Power to Make a Difference Hear Jane speak about the difference we all make every day, and how we can harness that influence for good. Resources Our Resource section includes things like our Climate Change Curriculum Guide and our Biodiversity Guide. These can be helpful tools for any project! Discover Resources Current Projects Environmental Inequity (People) The students will plant and build a natural shelter made with bendable live branches of willow trees. This will be place close to the first nation garden build last year. The students will plant small willow trees. The tall branches will be bent and shaped into a shelter looking like a longhouse. The idea is to build a longhouse next to the first nation garden that the students build last year and the pine tree (the peace tree of the Iroquoiens) that was planted. Biodiversity Loss (Animals), Climate Change (Environment), Environmental Inequity (People) Understanding our Place Students will build an understanding of our ‘place’ with respect to the interconnectedness of the ecology, culture and economy in southern Alberta. This study will examine the development of our place using these 3 dimensions from our past, present and into the future. Climate Change (Environment) Vermicomposting classroom waste My students have noticed how much food waste there was at school. We brainstormed solutions and a group of students came upon vermicomposting online. Their plan is to collect compostoble waste from the school cafeteria and use the natural fertilizer to enhancing plant growth in out community garden. Biodiversity Loss (Animals), Climate Change (Environment), Environmental Inequity (People) Vermicomposting project in our Outdoor Exploration Centre Teaching our students about methods of composting to support our school garden Biodiversity Loss (Animals), Climate Change (Environment), Environmental Inequity (People) we will use it for vegetabale garden. Materiel to clean arround our school. We are going to use a part of our school as vegetable garden to sow a differents kind of vegetable and fruit. Biodiversity Loss (Animals), Climate Change (Environment), Environmental Inequity (People) xe’ xe’ smun’ eem The project this year has been inspired by one student in the class who decided that the school grounds had too much litter. The student encouraged several other people to join and form a club to improve the environment/habitat for our community and animals. Environmental Inequity (People) Yennadon Legacy Progect Our Yennadon Legacy project is to create an area for our Indigenous students, staff, community, and community Elders to come and revive Pow Wow dancing. We plan on creating a dance area to practice and enjoy Pow Wow dancing. We will be sewing and making Regalia for our students to dance in. « 1 … 8 9 10
