- EcoKids Online: Earth Day Canada’s environmental education program for youth. It includes interactive games and activities and an eco-calendar with trivia and riddles. www.ecokids.earthday.ca
- Nature Challenge for Kids: Environmentalist David Suzuki offers 10 fun and easy ways kids can help protect the environment. www.davidsuzuki.org/kids
- Environment Canada Kids Page: Reading suggestions, contests, clubs and homework help. www.on.ec.gc.ca/kids_e.html
- The Big Blue Bus: Learn about water conservation and creatures. www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/canwaters-eauxcan/bbb-lgb/index_e.asp
- Tunza United Nations Environment Programme: Separate sites for youth and children, with information, projects and opportunies to share ideas with other kids. www.unep.org/Tunza
- Children of the Earth: Unites children around the world to educate them in ways to protect the earth. www.childrenoftheearth.org
- Field Trip Earth: Travel the world and read about wildlife conservation projects. www.fieldtripearth.org/index.xml
- Treetures: Teaches younger kids about trees and their role in the environment. www.treetures.com
- Give Meaning: Encourages kids to use a coin box to raise money for a cause of their choice all year long. www.GiveMeaning.com
- Buy Different: Encourages kids to consider the impact that their material possessions have on the earth, for example, “What does a cell phone in the US have to do with a gorilla in Africa?” www.ibuydifferent.org
Great Green Books for Kids
- How to Save the World in Your Spare Time (Key Porter, 2006) by Elizabeth May.
- An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It (Rodale, 2006) by Al Gore.
- David Suzuki: The Autobiography (Greystone, 2006).
- Change the World for Ten Bucks: 50 Ways to Make a Difference (New Society, 2006).
- The Everyday Activist: 365 Ways to Change the World (House of Anansi, 2006) by Michael Norton.