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. 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I agree to receive Roots & Shoots program information and updates from the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada. Δ 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 Climate Change (Environment) Solar Day at Greenway Solar day is an annual project which was created by a group of my students 3 years ago through Roots and Shoots. It takes place around the time of summer solstice. every year. The school uses as little electricity as possible and goes outside to learn and build community. Biodiversity Loss (Animals) St. Bonaventure’s Bee Hive We are aiming to continue to growth of St. Bonaventure’s Bee Hive. We want to continue to grow the student commitment and engagement by working towards cross curricular development and generating a “Bee Day” at St. Bon’s which will involve our music department, science, social studies, english, math Climate Change (Environment) Sustainability Art Show- Repurposing Work The essence of this project is to allow art students to showcase their talent rather than art work being thrown out or untouched after assessments. It promotes sustainability by encouraging repurposing and reusing materials Biodiversity Loss (Animals) Taking Action for Cats and Birds The students have recognized the need to support animals in our community, in particular cats and birds. We are collaborating with another class in our school to raise funds and awareness to support local rescue organizations such as the Humane Society and K9 Advocates Manitoba. Biodiversity Loss (Animals), Climate Change (Environment) The Bird Safe Community Project Bird Safe Guelph will work with the University of the Guelph and the Guelph community to educate and inspire action toward local bird conservation. This project will gather a community together for the second annual Guelph Bird Day, to celebrate, learn about, and protect our community’s birds. Climate Change (Environment), Environmental Inequity (People) The Compost Conundrum: Staying eco friendly in -30 degree weather! The Grade 3/4 class will start a school wide, indoor composting campaign to reduce the amount of food scraps that end up in the landfills.Using Foodcyclers, they will educate the entire school on how the machine works and what items they can put in it. Biodiversity Loss (Animals), Climate Change (Environment) The Lord Beaverbrook High School Living Wall restoration I’m a Leadership teacher at our school and our students want to include an Environmental Leadership component to the program. One major idea they have to to revive our “Living Wall” that exists in the foyer with more sustainable & biodiverse plants. These Enviro-leaders are being the change daily. Climate Change (Environment), Environmental Inequity (People) The Snowshoe: A Historical, Cultural, Ecological, Multidisciplinary Project In a collaborative effort with First Nation Elders, Knowledge Keepers, Lake Superior High school Technology Department, Science Department, and History Departments students will construct their own “Pays Plat” snowshoe. The unit would use “The Snowshoe” as the integrated context for learning. Climate Change (Environment), Environmental Inequity (People) The Sprouts Initiative Sprouts is an online platform connecting like-minded people to collaborate on environmental initiatives worldwide. Starting in early 2023, students from universities in different countries will implement initiatives of their design and build the Sprouts website as part of our pilot project. « 1 … 7 8 9 10 »
