Local students are 'Earth Angels'

Recently at Ontario Power Generation’s Elliott Chute Hydro Station, university students from Nippissing and Laurentian Universities taught 170 elementary school children about northern wildlife.

The outing gave the students hands-on education about ecosystems, from within the ecosystems.

The program, which has university students working to build a better understanding of the environment in the younger generation, is part of Earth Angels’ Biodiversity Field Trip Program. Earth Angels is helping to shape the way education is delivered across the province. It is bringing the children into the ecosystems to better understand their science curriculum, and it is bringing university students into the forefront in teaching these children.

Education from within these ecosystems is also giving the children a better understanding of their environmental footprint. It is showing them how our actions in the cities flow through to the ecosystems and back.

Wendy Lee, Executive Director of Environmental Earth Angels says through the support of community-minded partners such as Ontario Power Generation, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, and Qualcomm Incorporated, Environmental Earth Angels is able to support local students in their quest for hands-on environmental learning.

“This Program highlights the truly exceptional educational programs that can be developed when great partnerships like this come together” states Lee.

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