As a concerned parent, we know that you care about providing your kids with the best education possible to understand the world around them, become a critical thinker, and be part of the solution to the challenges facing our world. Critical climate education is essential to equipping our youth with the comprehension and skills they need to be part of a just, low-carbon future. 
These action tools will help you advocate for your kids’ education at the federal, provincial and local level.
1. Spread the word & keep an eye out!
Sharing the findings of this report is a great way to start the conversation with fellow parents and your school community. Here are some ideas:
- Share the Report with fellow parents and your parent teacher council.
- If you notice that an oil or gas company is funding an educational program, let us know! Email the For Our Kids team at [email protected] with a photo of where you saw fossil fuel involvement in your school or education programs, and let teachers or your school administration know.
2. Reach out to your school board
School boards are great sites for advocacy, as they’re very connected to their communities and can be more responsive to the concerns of parents and families. We encourage parents to push for key climate policies at the school board level, including declaring a climate emergency, implementing climate action plans, prohibiting fossil fuel sponsorship in schools, establishing a vetting process and promoting fossil-free resources. And if your school has already declared a climate emergency, vetting climate education resources could be seen as one piece of enacting this plan.
- Send the report to your school board and outline some ideas about how it could combat this issue. Better yet, submit this letter as a group of parents or with a group of teachers.
3. Reach out to your Ministry of Education
Ministries of Education have significant power to limit fossil fuel influence and advance climate change education for our kids. Ministries could support with: policies on regulating advertising in schools, regulating third-party providers of educational materials, providing climate leadership, and resourcing climate change education and curriculum reform.
- Share the report with your Ministry of Education and outline how you want to see more done to provide our kids with critical climate education
4. Support a strong national climate education policy and framework
Send a letter to the federal government to demand support for robust critical climate education for your kids.
Have other ideas or need support? Reach out to us anytime at [email protected].
