Roots & Shoots Young Leaders Bring your spark to a globally-recognized youth leadership program. Become a Member Now Roots & Shoots is a powerful way for you to make a difference, and a great addition to any resume or application. Directly address the intersection of climate change, biodiversity loss, and environmental inequity. Design your own project based on what your community needs and what you’re passionate about. Lead by example, and make the change that previous generations couldn’t. There are 4 steps to every Roots & Shoots project. Get Inspired Map Your Community Take Action Celebrate Your Impact! How It Works Become a Roots & Shoots member (it’s free!) using the form below. Let us know if you’re going to do your project with friends, on campus, in a classroom – whatever excites you. We’ll email you a welcome package with a link to our Roots & Shoots online guide. Complete the 4 steps at your own pace. Share your Roots & Shoots story with us to inspire other groups across the country. Change the world. Be proud. Questions? Email rootsandshoots@janegoodall.ca. How Will You 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) Heritage Cares Heritage Cares project empowers youth to support youth facing houseslessness by spreading warmth in the Heritagea Community with a simple act of kindness. Biodiversity Loss (Animals), Climate Change (Environment), Environmental Inequity (People) Indigenous Awareness Initiative This project will provide tools to non-Indigenous youth in understanding and taking action towards the journey of reconciliation. It will allow youth consider climate change, loss of biodiversity, and environmental inequity through Indigenous lenses and wisdom, and reflect on their responses. Climate Change (Environment), Environmental Inequity (People) INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY GARDEN Our school is located on the traditional land and territory of Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations. We want to have Indigenous plants to be visible so when Nation members come to the school there is a familiarity in the seeing Indigenous plants. Biodiversity Loss (Animals), Environmental Inequity (People) Indigenous Courtyard Outdoor Learning Space We are in the midst of renovating a courtyard to provide a space for reflective learning and wellness, while increasing engagement with Indigenous Ways of Knowing and understandings. Signage will identify traditional usages of native plant species. There is an area for a sharing circle. Biodiversity Loss (Animals), Environmental Inequity (People) Indigenous Medicine Wheel Garden The Indigenous Medicine Wheel Garden project provides a way of connecting to Indigenous knowledge and stewardship. We hope to deepen the students’, and our communities, understanding of our local ecosystem, its history, biodiversity and how to be an environmental steward. Environmental Inequity (People) Kids in the Garden Our Three Year Olds and our Preschoolers love spending time in garden area. We would love to bring some hydroponic growers into their classrooms to build on their interest in growing vegetables and to continue to encourage them to try fresh grown produce. Environmental Inequity (People) Kits for the Unhoused Students will discuss our unhoused population in the city to build empathy and understanding. Students will make kits with socks, toiletries and other needed items that will be donated to The Open Door / La Porte Ouverte. Students will also make personal cards for each kit. Biodiversity Loss (Animals), Environmental Inequity (People) Kwalikum Secondary School Garden Club Our school garden space is barely back on its feet. We have started some crops, but we do not have funds to continue on for this next year. We plan to use the funds to purchase seeds, berry bushes, and a load of soil to fill our beds. Biodiversity Loss (Animals), Climate Change (Environment), Environmental Inequity (People) Land back: Language & Native plants Our learners noticed that many of the plants in our park are non-native to our area. They identified a need to learn the Cree, Ojibwe, and Dene names for the plants in our park, as well as plant more of the native species. They are now seeking Indigenous language learning indoors and out! « 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 … 10 »
