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Greening the Hearts and Minds of Future Generations
Pre-COVID-19, Brookfield High School in Ottawa, Ontario started an Eco club. We are the Eco Team, ‘For the Love of Green’, and our mascot is Eeko the Turtle. One of…
You Can Make a Difference, Too!
Guest blogger Barbara Canning is a CWF Wildlife-friendly Certified Gardener. It’s really not that hard to help make the environment better. It’s really about choices. Here’s My Story I started…
Thinking Outside the School
As children head back to class, could increased outdoor education be an effective strategy in the COVID-19 era? Giving today’s children more opportunities to experience nature first-hand has grown in…
- Coasts & Oceans
- Connecting With Nature
- Education & Leadership
- Endangered Species & Biodiversity
- Forests & Fields
- Gardening
- Lakes & Rivers
Thankful for Wildlife in 2020
This was an interesting year for Canadians — and the Canadian Wildlife Federation. In March, when our scientists and educators were gearing up to start their summer field season, COVID-19…
Nature: Canada’s Most Beautiful Classroom
Mounting evidence suggests that teaching children outside is hugely beneficial to their wellbeing as well as their overall education. One such study found that classes taught inside following outdoor education…
Green Your Playroom
Make no mistake. The great outdoors is the finest playroom on earth. But sometimes the heavens open and it pours cats and dogs, the temperatures dip too low, and you’re…
Sketching Nature with Kids
Drawing what you see in a garden, park or on the trail is a wonderful way to spend time in nature. It can be calming as well as improve focus…
Wild Dates to Keep in Mind for This School Year
It’s a new school year! Here are some dates to note this year and resources that can help make the most of them! Pick your favourites from these options and…
Virtual Road Trip: Hiking the Arctic Tundra
Welcome to Sachs Harbour, the northernmost community in the Northwest Territories! Known as Ikaahuk, “Place to which you cross”, by the Inuvialuit people, this area features vast and wild tundra…
Virtual Road-Trip: Beachgoing at the Bay of Fundy
Welcome to the Bay of Fundy, the next destination on our virtual cross-Canada road trip! Winding its way between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the Bay of Fundy is a unique coastal…