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  Awareness—First Step to a Sustainable Energy Future

  A student campaign to increase awareness of how we all use energy — and first step toward a sustianable energy future. Student produced PowerPoint and Family-Feud type Game supported the school's participation in the...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Energy Use and Conservation, Solutions, Sustainable Development
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Environmental Science
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 10
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  Ayiti Lesson 2: Class Discussion about the Cost of Life

  Ayiti: The Cost of Life is a role-playing video game in which the player assumes the roles of family members living in rural Haiti. At the start of the game, the player chooses a primary goal for his/her family: achieve education,...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Food and Agriculture, Globalization, Sustainable Development
  Subject:Civics & Citizenship, Health & Wellbeing, Interdisciplinary Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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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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  Building futures in Manitoba - Canadian Foundation for Economic Education)

  The “Building Futures” project aims to integrate a basic economic and financial education into the Manitoba curriculum in grades 4-10. Site contains information and lesson plans. Link: http://buildingfutures.exsite.ca/the-project/

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Business and Economics, Solutions, Sustainable Development
  Subject:Economics, Business Education, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
  Level:Primary / Elementary, Intermediate / Middle
  Grade: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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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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  Cary Fowler: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food

  In this video, Cary Fowler disscusses the ways in which the varieties of wheat, corn and rice we grow today may not thrive in a future threatened by climate change. Bringing forth the idea of sustainability and stressing to his...

  Type:Video
  Topic:Biodiversity, Food and Agriculture, Sustainable Development
  Subject:Science, Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
  Grade: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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  Center for Sustainable Economics

  CSE works to speed the transition to a sustainable society through rigorous analysis of policy, programs, and projects, by developing creative solutions for government agencies, businesses, non-profits, and educators, and by providing...

  Type:Research
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Solutions, Sustainable Development
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Geography, Economics, Business Education, Social Studies
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  City of Kingston and Climate Change, Ask-an-Expert

  Daniel Shipp — has expertise on climate change and the City of Kingston — is available through ask-an-expert for the Climate Change in My Municipality, an Inquiry . Mr Shipp is the Coordinator of...

  Type:Collaborative Project
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Solutions, Sustainable Development
  Subject:English / Language Arts, Civics & Citizenship, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Environmental Science
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  City of London Community Energy Action Plan (2014–2018)

  The City of London is a participant in the Partners for Climate Protection (PCP) program, a network of Canadian municipal governments that have committed to reducing greenhouse gases and acting on climate change. PCP is a partnership...

  Type:Lesson Plan
  Topic:Air, Atmosphere and Climate, Governance, Sustainable Development
  Subject:Science, Geography, Social Studies, Environmental Studies, Environmental Science
  Level:Secondary
  Grade: 9 10 11 12
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  City of Toronto - Every Tree Counts

  This resource displays the findings of a 2007 citywide tree canopy study for the city of Toronto focusing on the sustainability of Urban Forestry and the recreational/health benefits it provides to local communities. The research...

  Type:Research
  Topic:Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Sustainable Development
  Subject:Science, Geography, Environmental Studies
  Level:Intermediate / Middle, Secondary
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