Environmental Education for Youth

Engage students in learning about environmental topics using our free programs, resources and challenges that are fun, hands-on and full of real world impact. Join our community of educators and start creating environmental solutions!

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Our Featured Resources of the Month

Check out our fun, hands-on resources and use them to spark your student's interest in the environment. Search by grade, subject or topic. Each themed resource is designed to introduce learners to different climate concepts and are a gateway into our challenges!

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Learn About Our Challenges!

GreenLearning's Challenges provide an exciting learning experience empowering your students to be leaders by taking action in their school or community. Learn more about how GreenLearning is encouraging youth climate action through the Challenges.

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View Challenge Winners Showcase

Discover the amazing ideas and innovations of students and educators who have participated in our challenges. Explore their impact and how they are putting both knowledge and critical thinking skills into action through school and community projects.

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Life-Long Learning: Webinars and Events

The learning continues all year round with our range of insightful webinars and events led by industry experts, education leaders and environmental professionals. Discover a variety of learning opportunities to enhance your knowledge.

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Create an eCard!

eCards empowers youth to act for the climate by learning about environmental issues, creating informed messages, and acting on them. We'll share your message with your chosen decision-maker(s) and publish it on our digital gallery wall (with permission). Now available in French!

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Check out Our Environmental Programs

Energy Education • Grades 3 - 12

Re-Energy

In this fun, engaging science program, students will learn how to build a wind turbine, solar oven, hydroelectric generator or biogas generator.

Climate Change • Grades 3 - 12

Flood:ED

Flooding is the most common natural disaster in Canada. Flood:ED helps students understand the impact of flooding and invites them to explore ways they can prepare against flooding at home and school.

Climate Change • Grades 4 - 12

eCards

eCards is an environmental education and advocacy tool that aims to empower youth to act for the climate by learning about environmental issues, creating informed messages, and acting on them!

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Explore our Tools

NEW! Flood:ED School Greening Simulator

Students can tackle the impact of real-world climate issues on a local scale. In this fun simulator, students will explore the impacts of flooding and extreme heat, discover schoolyard greening projects and identify various solutions to help make their school climate ready.

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Plastic Cycle Interactive

Plastic interacts with us and our environment in strange and surprising ways! Learn how with our simulator.

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Try Our Electrical Energy Calculator

Discover how much energy your devices use and their environmental impacts. Try our Electrical Energy Calculator today!

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Wind Turbine Simulator

Understand the inner workings of a wind turbine with our Wind Turbine Simulator!

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Try Our Electric Motor Controller Simulator

In this digital simulator, you will embark on an exciting journey to explore the inner workings of the electrical system in an EV.

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Join the GreenLearning community!

Be part of a diverse community. When you join us, you will be able to access all of our free resources and fun challenges.

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Discover Student eCards

Nothing Exists Alone

"In nature nothing exists alone." - Rachel Carson

Canadian students demand that provincial governments and educators review and add to the current climate change and environmental conservation curriculum to encourage awareness and limit ignorance about the future of our education.

Created by: Anne W.

#DECARBONIZE Global Child Climate Program

https://decarbonize.me/

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A Student Wants You to Protect Our Greenbelt

To read Abby’s letter to Premier Ford concerning previously planned highway development, please click the link below.

Created by: Abby I.

School: Elsie MacGill Secondary School

Illustration Credit: Jeannie Phan (www.jeanniephan.com)

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Public Awareness Campaign

I saw that there was a tornado warning for Milton in the summer of 2022. I am very concerned about this as climate change is getting worse and I was hoping as my Member of Parliament that when you speak to the Prime Minister that you would share that climate change is getting worse and that the government should take action.

Created by: Aria W.

School: Elsie MacGill Secondary School

Public Domain Image Credit to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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A Place to Fish

1. "We are all connected to the ocean so we all have to keep it clean."

2. "Stop plastic pollution."

3. "Ocean plastics hurt plants and animals."

Created by: Grade 4 Students at St. Kateri Catholic School

CGE World Oceans Day

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Electric Vehicles

What do you think about electric vehicles?

Calgary students share their thoughts!

Created by: Anonymous Students

Calgary, AB

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Our Collective Impact

Meet learning goals while engaging students in creating change

1,602,495

Students

106,833

Educators

712,225

Website visitors

690,246

Kilograms of GhGs reduced

TBD

Litres of water diverted

11,500

kWh of energy saved

Teachers and Educators Testimonials

Karen Montgomery

Teacher at New Central Public School, Ontario

Discussing her classes Flood:ED Challenge submission, The Flood Fighters liked interviewing teachers to find the problems. They interviewed a plumber who came to unclog a drain and they watched the flood webinar. They felt the realness of the project.

Sean Sommerfeld

Grade 6/7 Teacher, Fort Chipewyan, Alberta

It (Electricity All Around Us) was well thought out, likely made by actual teachers. The online activities really engaged the students, many of whom said that they never knew that learning science could be so fun.

Jyothy Mathur

Teacher at Somerset Academy, Ontario

Discussing the Energy Revealed Challenge: As an educator, giving the students power to design a plan to conduct an event in school was truly rewarding. Students’ use of 21st century skills was evident all through the process. Students were most excited to see their hard work and planning in action on the day of the “Earth Hour”. They appreciated the complete freedom that they received to work on their plan

Warren Lake

Biology and Natural Science Teacher, Robert Thirsk High School

The opportunity to help others using the microloan financing model, is an eye opener for many of my Natural Science students. In one tangible step, students are able to see the effects of their fundraising and subsequent loan, on the lives of others and the success of a diversity of development projects in different parts of the world. This project (Lending a Hand) has legacy written all over it.

Kathy Boulton

Teacher at St.Francis Xavier, Alberta

Participating in the GreenLearning Re-Energy has been incredibly rewarding. My students loved choosing their models, overcoming challenges, and seeing their projects work. This hands-on experience aligns perfectly with the Alberta Science 30 Energy Technology unit, making learning engaging and relevant. Competing with peers nationwide added extra excitement and motivation

Assistant Principal

Charlton Weasel Head from Kanai High School, Cardston, Alberta

We at Kainai are very honoured to be a part of such an amazing project (Energy Revealed). As we know, protecting mother Earth is very important as a First Nations school and a part of the Blackfoot Confederacy. Our way of life will continue to guide us, to protect mother Earth and to be appreciative of what we have. We are very grateful and thankful for this opportunity.