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 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 Climate Change (Environment), Environmental Inequity (People) Establish, a podcast by Shake Up The Establishment A podcast by Shake Up The Establishment. Hosted by youth, reclaiming their spaces and establishing new ones. They stand to make climate and social justice conversations accessible to all. They will hold our governments accountable, and provide you with the tools to do the same. Environmental Inequity (People) Get Outdoors Through this project, we will host a hike and community circle outdoors to promote access and inclusion to green spaces; and challenge the narratives and barriers that BIWOC face in outdoor spaces to address environmental inequity. Environmental Inequity (People) Give Balance Having youth think about what opportunities there are for education once high school is done as many will be or are at that age and what they know about student loans or internships, what skills have they been taught and how do they see their opportunities compared to non First Nations people. Environmental Inequity (People) GIY: Grow It Yourself Through this project, students will learn how to grow their own food (fruits/vegetables) indoors as the arctic climates do not allow for much food growth outside. Environmental Inequity (People) Growing traditional Chinese medicinal herbs & Coast Salish medicinal herbs in the Orchard Garden food forest A student-initiated experimental project to grow Chinese traditional medicinal herbs and Coast Salish Indigenous medicinal herbs as part of the understory of the Orchard Garden food forest, in collaboration with UBC faculty and community experts in medicinal herbs in these two local communities. Environmental Inequity (People) Hay’sxw’qa si’em Indigenous Plant Garden The Hay’sxw’qa si’em Indigenous Plant Garden at Lambrick Park Secondary School in Victoria, BC, is a dynamic and engaging project spearheaded by students who self-identify as Indigenous. Their goal is to develop a meaningful, accessible space to share their Indigenous ways of knowing. Biodiversity Loss (Animals), Climate Change (Environment), Environmental Inequity (People) HWW Medicine/Wellness Garden The medicine garden will bring all members of Treaty 7 together. Research indicates that land-based learning opportunities and other Indigenous ways of knowing have a significant impact on student’s wellbeing, sense of self and fosters a respectful relationships with the Earth. Environmental Inequity (People) Indigenous Welcome and Learning Garden The goal of this project is to provide the students at Craigflower an Indigenous garden to learn about Indigenous plants and their uses. They also have two Welcome planters that we will have four seasons of plants in them so every season will have an Indigenous plant blooming. Environmental Inequity (People) Iroquoien Garden and Pine Peace Tree Planting In grade 3/4, students studied the First Nations. They are going to visit Le Site Archéologique Droulers/Tsiionhiakwatha in the spring. After watching Dr. Jane Goodall in a Take Me Outside special presentation, the students were inspired and they wanted to make a garden and plant many trees. « 1 2 3 4 … 6 »
