Welcome to the Thunder Bay Region Environmental Education (EE) Hub

This website is for our Regional Environmental Contacts to:

• build a stronger movement for environmental education 

• share stories, documents, and resources about and for environmental education

• connect people and organizations with similar visions and goals

• build policies that align with Acting Today, Shaping Tomorrow Environmental Framework

• share strategies, ideas, and projects!

**UPDATES!

• Dr. David Greenwood joins Lakehead University as the Canada Research Chair in Environmental Education
• Four families in Thunder Bay take on the Climate Idols project... http://www.climateidols.org/

Upcoming Events:

• May 4 Environment North Annual General Meeting with guest speaker Dr. Faisal Moola of the David Suzuki Foundation 
• April 26- 28 Bio-energy Conference and Workshops (Valhalla Inn) - www.cribe.ca

Around the Region:

Explore our Project Page and discover the exciting initiatives, projects, and partnerships that are happening around our region!

Regional Project Page

Videos:

NEW!

The Story of Bottled Water, releasing March 22, 2010, employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the fast-paced, fact-filled story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Over five minutes, the film explores the bottled water industry’s attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces. The film concludes with a call to take back the tap, not only by making a personal commitment to avoid bottled water, but by supporting investments in clean, available tap water for all.

What's the best way to introduce the world to 350? With over 4000 languages spoken around the world, it's probably not with a bunch of words. We did our best to boil down the science of global warming and vision of the 350 Campaign in 90 seconds. Check it out. »»

Action Now for Life on Earth: A Video 

The 2010 Biodiversity Target was agreed by all Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in 2002: “to achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss at the global, regional and national level as a contribution to poverty alleviation and to the benefit of all life on earth.” more »»

Get 'em Outside!

The No Child Left Inside Coalition invites teachers to seek environmental education opportunities at their school by celebrating environmental education and its impact on children's learning, health and leadership.

            Check it out! 

The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.

Website: www.storyofstuff.com