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Ayiti: Children of Haiti Summit
This workshop can be conducted either before playing the Ayiti: The Cost of Life game, as a way to introduce students to the game’s issues, or after playing the game, as a way to help them better understand the links between...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Social Justice, Solutions, Taking Action
Subject:Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Interdisciplinary Studies
Level:Secondary
Grade: 9 10 11 12
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Best practices in climate resilience: from six major North American cities
Published by the city of Toronto's environment and energy division, this resource reviews the practice of supporting climate resilience in six major North American cities and contrasts them to programs and actions supporting climate...
Type:Research
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Business and Economics, Natural Resources
Subject:Science, Geography, Economics
Level:Secondary
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Bill Hare on the Cancun Agreements
Climate Change verteran and adviser to AOSIS, Bill Hare talks about his concerns for the week ahead, in particular he emphasises that we need to get down to the substantive issues. He explores what the Cancun Agreements mean in...
Type:Video
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Ecosystems, Governance
Subject:Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Global Studies
Level:Secondary
Grade: 9 10 11 12
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Biodiversity, Food and Farming for a Healthy Planet
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity wants to support you in guiding students through a fascinating and exciting exploration of biodiversity issues. This educational module on biodiversity and agriculture is...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Food and Agriculture
Subject:Science, Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle
Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Bjorn Lomborg sets global priorities
In this video, the audicence is asked, 'given $50 billion to spend, which would you solve first, AIDS or global warming?' Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg comes up with surprising answers and disscusses the many issues...
Type:Video
Topic:Health, Social Justice, Sustainable Development
Subject:Science, Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Health & Wellbeing, Environmental Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
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Bouncing Back
The purpose of this activity is for students to understand the idea of resilience and to share personal experiences of resilience. Students may share personal stories or the discussion may centre around global disasters which are well...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Natural Disasters, Solutions
Subject:Science, Geography, Behavioral Studies, Environmental Studies, Global Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
Grade: 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Building Resilience to Climate Risks
C3 is a climate change and sustainability agency in Alberta. “Building Resilience to Climate Risks” is a document of 44 slides from a September 2013 webinar with many graphs and infographics – almost all of which...
Type:Research
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Ecosystems, Natural Disasters
Subject:Science, Geography, Civics & Citizenship, Environmental Studies, Aboriginal Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
Grade: 6 12
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Buy Local Episode: Pigs Fly
A video that talks about actions that youth can take to lead a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. This episode focuses on the benefits of eating local for the environment.
Type:Video
Topic:Energy Use and Conservation, Food and Agriculture, Solutions
Subject:Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle
Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Canada's Climate Change Calendar
Canada’s Climate Change Calendar describes the impacts of climate change on more than 170 countries, and draws attention to the inspiring actions that communities are taking to fight climate change at home. The Climate...
Type:Lesson Plan
Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Globalization
Subject:Science, Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Global Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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Canada's National Parks by Size
This information is from the Canadian Statistics Canada web page, and summarized 43 national parks by land area in an excel spreadsheet.
Type:Research
Topic:Ecosystems, Natural Resources, Sustainable Development
Subject:Geography, Environmental Studies
Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
Grade: 7 8 9 10 11 12
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