by Amanda | Apr 10, 2025
At the end of each term at one Toronto school, the student-led eco club and teacher supporters collect all the unclaimed items in the lost and found and offer them up for free at The Circle Store. Their recommendations: choose a day when there will be lots of people...
by Amanda | Apr 10, 2025
Use this game as a tangible way to explore how your class or community can work together to loosen sticky knots and tricky tangles in the circular economy. Stand in a circle with your class. Have everyone walk toward the centre and grasp one hand of the person...
by Amanda | Apr 10, 2025
Plan a day for students to bring in gently used toys they’re no longer using. Allow students to choose something new to bring home.
by Amanda | Apr 10, 2025
Invite a member of the school community/parent/Indigenous leader who has skills like carpentry, electrical, sewing, or other types of repair to visit and teach a skill. Ask students to bring items in to do a simple repair, and teach each other or learn online how to...
by Amanda | Apr 10, 2025
Every year, over two billion T-shirts are bought and sold around the world. But how are they made and what happens when we’re done with them? What is the environmental impact of all these T-shirts? What could we do differently? This activity can be paired with...
