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 Roots & Shoots project! Discover Resources Current Projects Climate Change (Environment), Environmental Inequity (People) Learning,Growing & Caring at OLCS Grade 1/2 will work hard to improve food security for our school community. They will learn all about gardening and grow their own food to help support the needs of their community. Biodiversity Loss (Animals) Lord Selkirk Green Thumbs Students in room 27 and room 15 will collaborate together to recognize that trees were being lost due to Dutch Elm disease. This will give students an appreciation of nature and the trees will give shade for an outdoor classroom space. Students can learn about the life cycle of the trees and plants. Environmental Inequity (People) Lord Selkirk Kindness Garden My Nursery and Kindergarten students would like to lead the entire school in building and contributing to a kindness rock garden. They have identified 4 UN goals that they think this project will cover: 16 – peace and justice, 10 Reduced inequalities, 5 Gender inequaity, and 4 quality education. Environmental Inequity (People) Microgreens – Mega Nutrition! We identified that a big need in our community is food insecurity. We realized that many students at our school are currently accessing food banks. After researching, we learned microgreens are nutrient dense, easy to grow and could be a great source of fresh vegetables. We plan to grow our own! Climate Change (Environment) Mildred Hall Community Garden We would like to reinvigorate our school-community garden with some upgrades to the structures of the gardens themselves, more student-led initiatives around food security and production, and greater involvement from both school and community members in running the gardens throughout the summer. Biodiversity Loss (Animals) Mission bat rescue I will write magazines about white-nosed syndrome and its effects on bats. I will also write an article in the Stanstead College newspaper. My father, who teaches there, will build bat houses with his students. Posters are going to be put up to raise awareness on the importance of protecting bats. Biodiversity Loss (Animals), Climate Change (Environment), Environmental Inequity (People) Miyawaki Forest Project The Miyawaki Forest project engages youth in planning and planting a Miyawaki forest, a complex multilayer forest within a rich organic soil. Indigenous knowledge is combined with innovative forest techniques to re-establish native biodiversity and combat climate change. Climate Change (Environment) Mur vivant de Champlain This year, the students from the EcoClub would like to install a living wall inside the school. A Living wall represents a type of vertical greenery system that not only is a beautiful decorative art piece, but has been proven to help fight climate change et help filter and improve the air quality. Biodiversity Loss (Animals), Climate Change (Environment) Native Plant Pollinator Corridors Native plant restoration: 1. property of the Cowichan Area Association- a well-loved community center walking distance to Sunrise 2 Cowichan Tribes Reserve near the community garden we have been helping create for 2 yrs 3. Bundles of plants for school families to make native gardens at home « 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 … 10 »
