As a teacher, you should have support to provide well-funded robust climate education and a classroom free of fossil fuel interests. The tools below provide information about sharing this report, vetting your own climate education resources, and advocating to decision makers to better support quality climate education. Some of these tools might work better in certain contexts. 
We welcome feedback and encourage teachers to reach out with questions or requests for support.
1. Spread the word to other teachers!
Many educators aren’t aware of the insidious influence of fossil fuel companies on climate education in Canada. Sharing the findings of this report to start the conversation!
- Send the Summary Report to fellow teachers, any teacher associations you are part of, your union or other networks of educators.
- Raise this issue at your next Professional Development day or at a Teacher’s Conference. For Our Kids has prepared a presentation template and some key talking points for your use. Reach out to [email protected] for more information.
2. Choose quality climate education resources
Use the following resources to vet your climate education curriculum and find excellent alternatives:
3. Reach out to your school board
School boards could be taking greater initiative on climate and protecting students from fossil fuel influence by: declaring a climate emergency, implementing climate action plans, prohibiting fossil fuel sponsorship in schools, establishing a vetting process and promoting fossil-free resources. Here are some ideas to start the conversation with your school board!
- Send the report to your school board and outline some ideas about how it could combat this issue.
4. Reach out to your Ministry of Education
Ministries of Education have a critical role to play in limiting fossil fuel influence and advancing climate change education. 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 what it can do to protect students from fossil fuel influence and provide quality climate education
6. Get the support of your union
Unions are designed to protect education as a public good, and have a strong history of fighting commercialization in schools and supporting teachers to deliver quality education. Unions can be great allies in the fight against fossil fuel influence in schools. Here are some ideas:
- Email your union representative to share this report and ask for a meeting to discuss further
- Ask your union to make a public statement against oil and gas industry involvement in education
- Develop a policy resolution about fossil-free climate education with other teachers to bring forward at your next Union AGM.
7. Support a strong national climate education policy
Send a letter to the federal government to demand support and funding for robust critical climate education
Other ideas for taking action as a teacher? Reach out to For Our Kids for support and resources at [email protected].
