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Join the advocacy group 'Our Climate, Our Future'.

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Our Climate Our Future is an interactive video series for young people about climate change. Our mission is to help provide all the resources YOU need in order take action on climate change in your community. Now that you are a member of our Supporter Network, you can access project plans and content to help make your community more sustainable.

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Our Climate Our Future is an interactive video series for young people about climate change. Our mission is to help provide all the resources YOU need in order take action on climate change in your community. Now that you are a member of our Supporter Network, you can access project plans and content to help make your community more sustainable.

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Citizen science projects happening in Ontario.

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About

Citizen science is a term used to describe public participation in science. The number and types of citizen science projects across the province continues to grow and provides people of all ages and abilities with the opportunity to contribute to key nature conservation projects in their community.

Our Citizen Science Program relies on nature enthusiasts like you to help us better understand the wild species and wild spaces across the province.
Your observations of wild plants and animals help to identify and monitor populations, and track species distributions and spatial trends, over time. This knowledge strengthens our conservation efforts.

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Ontario Nature Citizen Science Program | Advocate for Nature

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Citizen science is a term used to describe public participation in science. The number and types of citizen science projects across the province continues to grow and provides people of all ages and abilities with the opportunity to contribute to key nature conservation projects in their community.

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App for the sustainable development goals that allows you to make contributions to meeting the goals.

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OVERVIEW

The SDGs in Action app has been developed to highlight the Sustainable Development Goals - the world's to-do list to end poverty, reduce inequalities and tackle climate change. It is brought to you by the GSMA, which represents the interests of nearly 800 mobile operators worldwide, and Project Everyone, a non-profit global campaign to spread the messaging of the SDGs.

APP FEATURES

Learn about the 17 SDGs, get news on your favourite goals, find out what you can do to achieve them, create your own events and invite others to join you in sustainable actions and events.

The SDGs in Action app features:

Detailed information about each of the 17 goals, including targets, explanatory videos, key facts and figures, and suggestions on how you can help achieve them take action.

The latest sustainable development news from around the world. See how innovation is helping to achieve the goals, interact with global citizens around the world and see the latest news.

The ability to choose what goals are important to you and receive notifications about that goal.

Access to the World's Largest Lesson explaining each of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Find actions and events near you that you can join to support the goals.

The ability to create Actions you're planning in your area, and invite others to join.

ABOUT THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

The UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, featuring the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, was unanimously adopted by world leaders at a historic UN summit in September 2015. By aligning national priorities with the 2030 Agenda and working together with the private sector and civil society, governments have started mobilizing efforts to end poverty, address inequalities and tackle climate change by 2030.

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The SDGs in Action app has been developed to highlight the Sustainable Development Goals - the world's to-do list to end poverty, reduce inequalities and tackle climate change. It is brought to you by the GSMA, which represents the interests of nearly 800 mobile operators worldwide, and Project Everyone, a non-profit global campaign to spread the messaging of the SDGs.

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A collection of video clips and documentaries related to environmental issues.

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Hey you! How great that you are opening up your mind to learn about the environment and what is actually going on. By following this calendar we ask you to watch a documentary or video clip every 2 days of the month December. By doing this we are trying to show you what is happening with the world. We want to ask you top help us raise awareness whilst using your own social media platforms. For every day an optional clip is added. Go watch it. Send the website link to your friends and family if you learned something and if you want to help. There are posting suggestions you can put up on Instagram stories or other social media platforms you use. You just need to download them below and it is ready to be posted. We hope you learn something and that we encouraged you to help us fighting climate change. If you have questions you can always contact us.

One last statement we want to make is: Watch everything with dignity and know that we want to challenge the viewers to really think about what the future is holding for us and how our key actions today will shape the future of tomorrow. Not everything you will see is a 100% true keep that in mind that there are a lot of sides and opinions to every story.

We want to start with the magnificent words and images that David Attenborough made for us. This is his wake up call, his legacy.

Watch his new documentary, A life on our planet. The movie is up on Netflix.

The documentary lasts 1 hour and 23 minutes.

Watch David Attenborough his documentary, if you haven't done that yet.

Did you already watch it? Then check out his Instagram and watch David Attenborough his extra follow up stories. There is also a clip with people asking him interesting questions.

The documentary: Before the flood, made by National Geographic in collaboration with Leonardo DiCaprio shows a lot of aspects of great leaders denying climate change.

Go watch it and share it to show everyone we cannot deny climate change at all.

December

Watch the documentary Before the flood.

Think about how we can reach out to the government and share to show as much people as possible.

December

What is actually going on below our earth's surface? Have a look and see for yourself.

Watch the documentary Chasing Coral it is available on Netflix.

The documentary lasts 1 hour and 29 minutes.

December

Did you watch chasing coral? Then you can watch a movie from the same videographers called: Chasing Ice, it is already a bit more outdated, but still a nerve wrecking view of what is going on with the ice caps of our planet.

Below are some clear flyer's to show what is going on, share it online to raise awareness.

The creators of the movie are keen to show awareness, the same way as we want to, they made a take action plan and site, see the link below.

https://www.chasingcoral.com/take-action/

Watch the documentary: Cowspiracy. It is available on Netflix. It lasts for 1 hour and 30 minutes.

A lot of different environmental institutions are questioned and the food industry is put in a transparent light.

Join the thirty day vegan challenge, follow the link below.

https://www.cowspiracy.com/take-action

Watch Cowspiracy, and overthink how much your own diet is leaving and ecological footprint on the earth.

Would you kill an animal to eat it? if NO? Why would you let someone else do it for you?

Go watch an episode of the series: Rotten, it is a Netflix series.

Choose an episode about a subject that you find interesting.

I recommend you to watch an episode about avocado's or honeybee's.

December

This documentary: Kiss the ground is on Netflix.

It is very US-centered, but it really shows the problems that are occurring with the soil in where crops are grown to feed the world.

December

Watch the documentary: Kiss the ground.

Try to share this documentary, soil education is important to create sustainable farming.

The documentary is also going into more depth about nitrogen, water and carbon cycles that our human race is disturbing with the way we live right now.

December

Watch: The biggest little farm, you can find it on youtube.

This is about how a camera man and his wife a cook created a farm in harmony with our planet. They show us what is, in my opinion, the future of farming and living sustainably.

Watch the biggest little farm.

If you like the way they work and if you want to see more, go find them on social media: Apricot lane farms.

Are you doubting your health when you would fully go vegan? No worries, watch this movie: Game changers.

The movie is on Netflix.

Watch this movie with your family: Game changers. A friend of mine showed this to her granddad and even he while he is a stubborn guy saw that eating so many meat is worth nothing.

Greta Thunberg is one of the youngest environmentalists I have heard about. She made a very powerful movie, go check it out.

I am Greta.

Follow Greta Thunberg and join her and us by striking for the climate online.

Join us in an Online Climate Strike.

Send in a picture of you and powerful quote or poster you made, we will make one big picture with all of us striking.

Show where we are right now and show what you watched of this calendar.

Tell us what documentary you found inspiring.

Go watch an episode of the series: Down to earth, it is a Netflix series.

Choose an episode about a subject that you find interesting.

Zac Efron and Darin Olien a food guru as they call him are showing very different sides of the climate change story all over the world.

I recommend you to watch an episode about Porto Rico or Iceland.

Down to earth the series is not only shining light on hard subjects but it is also giving us a positive picture about food and helping each other out. It gives me some hope to see that there are really good things inside of humans and we just need them to show it to the whole world.

Watch an episode about London or France.

The documentary: Mission Blue, is on Netflix.

This documentary is following oceanographer Sylvia Earle's campaign to save the ocean's that this world has.

Mission Blue is showing us with the threats are our waters are facing, for example overfishing and toxic waste releasing.

Follow mission blue here:

https://mission-blue.org

It is the 24th of December so I want to wish you a merry christmas.

Tell your family what is happening, this will probably online because of Covid restriction.

Go and play some games with the family and share the love.

Try not to eat meat.

Watch Wall-E with your family! It is a very nice movie but really shows a sad perspective of our future.

Keep telling your family and friends, start a change.

Watch Wall-E.

Love biodiversity

Go and have a walk outside, go look to nature and make a picture of something that you admire.

More things to watch:

La belle verte (1969)

Inconvenient truth

Inconvenient truth a sequel

How to change the world (about Greenpeace)

Chasing Ice

Demain, also known as tomorrow

Come up with solutions, check out our tips and tricks.

Share the solutions!

Happy new year, we are going to make a change.

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Article with information on starting a school or classroom garden.

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1. Start early. Make plans for your spring garden in January. Think about where and what you're going to plant, as well as resources in your community. Who might donate a few seed packets? Who could help with preparing the seed bed if your students aren't old enough? You may want to contact your local high school or community college. Students in Agriculture programs could potentially offer labor, plants and/or planting advice. Local Garden Club members or Master Gardeners can often offer their time to give you an extra hand.

2. Start small. The first year that you garden with your students, don't feel pressure to have a big harvest. Start with a small space, turning over the soil with a shovel. To reduce weeds remove grass and roots as you turn the soil or cover it will plastic for a month before hand. Most soils that sustain grass are fine for growing vegetables. You may want to incorporate some compost or other amendments into the soil if available. You don't have to plant lots of different vegetables. Classroom gardens should be more about the experience and magic of growing rather than what is produced. A small successful project is something you can build on each year.

3. Send home a wish list with your students. Many parents have old tools lying around that they don't use or would be happy to donate seeds, gloves, compost, mulch, etc.

4. Tell teachers and administration about what you are doing. Showing your school's administration and other teachers how you are tying the garden into curriculum will build support and encouragement. You might even inspire others to get involved!

5. Choose a few things to plant: The following are a few examples of "cool season vegetables", which can be directly seeded outside in March or April (or in August/September for a fall garden):

Lettuce

Chard

Radishes

Collard greens

Mustard greens

Carrots

Kale

Spinach

Peas

Spring Mix

Beets

Potatoes

All of these veggies should be ready to harvest (except potatoes, which are dug in the late summer/fall) before school lets out!

The following fruits and vegetables are examples of "warm season" plants, and can be planted in May, after the danger of frost has passed. Make sure to check the seed packages, because many warm season plants (such as tomatoes and peppers) need to be started indoors or purchased as transplants. Most of these items will not be ready to harvest until the summer or fall:

6. Get a good start. Some types of plants need to be started indoors weeks/months before they can be planted outside. Most seed packages will give you a recommendation as to when seeds should be planted and if they need to be started indoors. If you have good light or grow lamps you and your students can plant "starts" beginning in February. If you don't start seeds yourself, you can buy starts at area tailgate markets or greenhouses beginning in April. We have a lesson plan with step-by-step instructions for planting starts.

7. Plan for upkeep. Depending on the size of your garden, mulching and weeding can be more than young kids can take care of. If you find that you have more upkeep than you and your students can handle, ask a parent or community volunteer to come in occasionally to help. If you plant summer or fall crops, you may want to enlist a family or volunteer to help maintain your plot over the summer. If not, a weedy garden can be a great source of adventure when students return to school. When it doesn't rain, make sure to water thoroughly at least once per week so that soil always stays moist.

8. Create a routine. Established routines are great for students and gardens alike. Students look forward to "garden time" and benefit from being involved in maintenance, as well as harvesting. Having "garden time" at least once a week to plant, water, weed, or just observe will ensure your students are engaged in the growing process, and that your garden is getting the attention it needs.

9. Utilize lesson plans. School gardens are more sustainable when they are used as a teaching tool, rather than an extracurricular activity. This website includes a wide variety of lesson plans that will help you use hands-on garden experiences to fulfill standard course of study objectives.

10. Keep it fun! Students love to work in the garden, and it can be a powerful and fun way to teach concepts from early literacy to math. One look at a child engaged in the wonder of growing or eating vegetables they once scoffed at, and all of the work of planning your garden will pay off!

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Petitions, phone calls and letters - options to get involved (virtually) with current issues.

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Let's establish the legal right of all Canadians to live in a healthy environment.