DeforestACTION

Check out our new educational video to see what DeforestACTION offers your school!

Roots School System Emaar Campus arranged a Soccer Match with the theme of 'Save Earth on the Soccer Field' for their first DeforestACTION initiative! The students raised awareness of deforestation through painted murals and having the cheerleaders wear green!

Congratulations to educator Mali Bickley and her students at Fieldcrest Elementary School in Toronto who won an award with the My Hero Project. A Rainforest Fable is an amazing stop-motion animation video that was created by the grade 5 students, and shares how the Eco Warriors are helping us say NO to palm oil products. This inspiring video won them a 1st place award in the My Hero International Film Festival! Visit The My HERO Project website here to see their spotlight!

Want to learn how to use Earthwatchers and how to read the satellite images taken of the rainforests? Check out the wiki that provides interpretation of the deforestation in Borneo as seen through Earthwatchers. Start monitoring and protecting the rainforests today!

Small actions can have bit impact! Join other people like you in taking action for a better world by signing on to commitments connected to the issues that matter to you. Keep track of your progress and get inspired by a global community of youth change-makers. This app allows you to compete with and encourage your friends, and engage with others around the world. Commit2Act and aplify your world-changing behaviours and connect with others across the globe.

DeforestACTION has been featured in a cutting edge article by Jennifer D. Klein in October, 2012 titled "Keeping It Real in Global PBL: Authentic Public Audience". Within this article, Klein explores the necessity and importance of Project Based Learning with creating both young leaders, and constructive global change. Klein looks at project based learning around the world, and spotlights a few DeforestACTION classrooms, highlighting their initiatives and successes. Klein believes that "there’s no question that these students felt informed, inspired and empowered enough to stand up for what they felt was right. "