Ecological Governance - New Steps for Global Citizens provides students and educators with a full exploration of their rights and duties as global citizens through the development and delivery of global environmental education activities that ignite their interest, and create connections between our actions as Canadians and their impacts on the global community.

The documented experience of Canadian organizations, such as the Falls Brook Centre, working in a development context is used to acknowledge the interdependent relationship between individuals, societies and environment-locally, nationally and globally- and the implications for a sustainable future.

The Ecological Governance - New Steps for Global Citizens project centers on addressing the curriculum needs of the New Brunswick school system by providing inventive global environmental education at the elementary, middle, and high school levels as well as trainings for educators and pre-service teachers. The project includes interactive classroom workshops, drama and role-playing activities, take-home assignments, interactive web-units, and the ‘Environmental World Council'.

Key themes addressed in the context of Ecological Governance - New Steps for Global Citizens are: environmental justice (centered on biodiversity and resource use) and climate justice (with a spotlight on climate change and the effects of climate disruption).

Teaching Materials

Resources produced with the support of the Government of Canada through the Global Classroom Initiative, a program of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), that supports the development of school-based global education resources and activities.