All in the family: teacher connections

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So I have a pretty big family. And a lot of them are teachers. At a quick count: 8 of my aunts and uncles (now mostly retired) were teachers and/or principals. Currently 12 of my 35 first cousins (and that’s just on one side of my family!) are teachers or educational assistants. That means at family gatherings, there’s a lot of teacher talk. While I took the environmental NGO route instead of teaching, I’m glad I did because it means I get the best of both worlds.

© Kelly O’Connor
3 of my teacher cousins and I at Thanksgiving a couple of years ago © Kelly O’Connor

Here at WWF, we’re very lucky to have passionate teachers and students supporting us, and sharing stories of their connection with nature in the classroom with us. In turn, working with educators and students is a passion of ours, and we have a dedicated program to support this. WWF-Canada’s Schools for a Living Planet program empowers educators and students with tools and resources, to engage their classrooms and classmates on important environmental issues. These are FREE resources, and all you have to do is sign-up! Just visit the Schools for a Living Planet website and click register at the top of the page.
This got me to thinking- we have these great free resources for teachers and students, and more teachers, parents, and students should know about them!  As I mentioned earlier, I have a pretty great network of teachers at my fingertips that I can share these resources with. So next weekend at Thanksgiving, as I’m waiting in the 50+ person line-up for food, (and crossing my fingers that there will still be pumpkin pie left when I get up there), I’m going to start chatting up our Schools for a Living Planet program to any of my teacher family members within earshot.
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