Canada Programs Roots & Shoots Inspiring and equipping the next generation of conservation leaders. Find Your Path How It Started Dr. Jane Goodall started Roots & Shoots over 30 years ago when she met with some young people who were eager to fix local problems. She was struck by their energy, their optimism, and their willingness to tackle crises they didn’t create. Roots & Shoots helps young people harness this energy and become the community leaders not just of tomorrow, but of today. How It’s Going Today, Roots & Shoots is a globally-recognized youth leadership program. In Canada, over 12,000 young people are actively involved in projects. Over 80,000 community members are being directly impacted. Watch Jane talk Roots & Shoots with Jimmy Fallon. How It Works Roots & Shoots is open to young activists from pre-school to post-secondary. Anyone 18 and older can become a member and start their own project today. Adult champions who work with youth under 18 can start a project for their classroom, youth group, community centre, or anywhere youth gather. There are 4 steps to every Roots & Shoots project: Get Inspired Map Your Community Take Action Celebrate Your Impact! Using an online guide, and available support from JGI Canada staff, Roots & Shoots teaches young people how to design projects that tackle the intersection of biodiversity loss (animals), environmental inequity (people), and climate change (the environment). Oh, it’s also free! Are you an adult champion? Get started here. Young advocates 18+, get started here. What It’s All About Hear from other Roots & Shoots members who changed the world, and were changed in return. That’s what it’s all about. Find Your Path to Get Started Young Leaders (18+) If you’re 18 or older, you can start your own Roots & Shoots group or project in your community, on your campus, or in your home. Get Started Adult Champions Are you an educator, parent, or adult community leader who works with youth? You can start a Roots & Shoots project or group with the young people in your life. Get Started Our Program Partners Support Roots & Shoots Donate Today! Roots & Shoots Projects Across Canada Resources Our Resource section includes things like our Climate Change Curriculum Guide and our Biodiversity Guide. These can be helpful tools for any Roots & Shoots 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
