Organizations Leading Climate and Nature Action in Education
Learning By Nature
Using a collective impact approach and working directly with school system leaders, they provide opportunities for students to learn about Nature, in Nature. They currently have over 6000 students taking action, visit their website to have your students join them.
Green Learning Canada
Green Learning creates free education programs about energy, climate change and green economy that engage and empower students to create positive change for our evolving world.
Take Me Outside
Take Me Outside is a non-profit organization committed to raising awareness and facilitating action on Nature connection and outdoor learning in schools across Canada.
The Outdoor Learning School & Store
The Outdoor Learning School & Store is a not-for-profit social enterprise with an amazing array of resources and professional learning opportunities – check them out!
Accelerating Climate Change in Canadian Teacher Education
This project supports Climate Change Education (CCE) in pre-service and in-service teacher education across Canada through consultations, webinars, online courses, grants and resources. Join them to activate and accelerate CCE across the country!
Find upcoming events and webinars here
Eco Schools Canada
Since 2005, EcoSchools Canada’s award-winning certification framework has provided independent reporting and recognition for schools and outdoor and environmental education centres. Reaching about 1 million students annually, they are the largest bilingual, voluntary environmental certification program for K-12 schools in Canada.
Natural Curiosity
Created in collaboration with Indigenous educators and partners, the Natural Curiosity Program addresses a critical link between environmental and Indigenous education, supporting all educators to authentically respond to the calls to action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Kids Growing City
They offer great resources for educators and schools to bring growing food into elementary classrooms, with clear ties to all subjects in Grades 3 – 8.
Centre for Global Education
The Centre for Global Education (CGE) develops and delivers virtual collaborative learning projects that engage and empower youth as global citizens thrugh connecting them to people, places and issues they are learning about in their classrooms.
MECCE – Monitoring & Evaluation of Climate Communication & Education Project
The MECCE Project is an ambitious international research partnership of over 100 leading scholars and agencies. Their goal is to advance global climate literacy and action through improving the quality and quantity of climate change education, training, and public awareness.
Let’s Go Zero
Many UK schools are working to become zero carbon by 2030, but they will all need more governmental support to hit this goal. The Let’s Go Zero campaign is calling for seven government actions – achievable, affordable steps in-line with the country’s zero carbon ambitions.
Second Nature
Second Nature is committed to accelerating climate action in, and through, higher education.
Green Schools Alliance
Green Schools Alliance envisions a world where every person is aware of and accountable for the impact they have in creating an environmentally, economically, and equitably sustainable future.
Green Schools National Network
Green Schools National Network (GSNN) is a US-based organization dedicated to whole-school and whole–district sustainability that shifts the paradigm needed to transform your culture so that your students become change-makers, not just test-takers, who are prepared to live in and lead a sustainable future.
Common Earth
Common Earth exists to catalyze a global transition to a post-carbon, caring society by helping people around the globe shift their thinking from hopelessness to possibility and build a large community of people with a systemic and common understanding of the climate crisis. We seek to restore our lost connection with Nature and with one another so that effective climate action can emerge from a deeper systemic awareness.
