{"id":16193,"date":"2023-04-19T22:25:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T02:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/?p=16193"},"modified":"2023-09-29T08:02:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T12:02:10","slug":"read-for-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/read-for-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"Read for the Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Earlier this year we launched <em>Read for the Planet<\/em>, an initiative designed to use the power of reading to&nbsp;inspire students to care for the environment. Through curated lesson plans and a selection of new eco-themed&nbsp;books and e-books, educators across 60+ schools introduced new conversations about our planet into their classrooms.\u200b\u200b <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/live-love-of-reading-foundation.pantheonsite.io\/?smd_process_download=1&amp;download_id=16096\"><em>Download Lesson Plans&nbsp;<\/em>\u200b<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/live-love-of-reading-foundation.pantheonsite.io\/?smd_process_download=1&amp;download_id=16095\"><em><em>Download Family Guide<\/em>\u200b<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative reached over 1,500 students across Canada, inspiring not only a love of reading, but a love for our&nbsp;planet. To learn more about the Read for the Planet initiative, and why it&#8217;s important to support the next generation of&nbsp;changemakers,&nbsp;take a look&nbsp;at our visit to Cedarwood Public School. From milk bag weaving to lights out lunches,&nbsp;these students are taking their learnings from the classroom, and making change in their community!&nbsp;\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Read For The Planet - Cedarwood Public School\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EUTP5KGTjHY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Cedarwood Public School&nbsp;<\/strong>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a Certified Eco-School, and Read for the Planet participant, Cedarwood students (of all ages) are setting an&nbsp;example of what it means to be a young changemaker. Grade 8 sisters,&nbsp;Season and Vivian, are two of the&nbsp;changemakers leading Cedarwood\u2019s Act Green team \u2013 a group of dedicated students responsible for carrying out&nbsp;the school\u2019s environmental initiatives. Whether it\u2019s encouraging students to upcycle their plastic milk bags, or&nbsp;checking each classroom to ensure proper recycling etiquette, these students show how small daily actions&nbsp;can&nbsp;contribute to big change.&nbsp;\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-880a8be7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-880a8be7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230405-Indigo-Cedarwood-Still-Frame-44-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20230405-Indigo-Cedarwood-Still-Frame-44\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230405-Indigo-Cedarwood-Still-Frame-44-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230405-Indigo-Cedarwood-Still-Frame-44-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230405-Indigo-Cedarwood-Still-Frame-44-1024x576.jpg 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\/><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why did we create Read for the Planet?&nbsp;<\/strong>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we continuously evolve how we support students and educators, we conduct regular monitoring and&nbsp;evaluation of the programs we run. One recent survey reported that 83% of our educator community&nbsp;indicated a need for more environmental literacy resources and support. These findings are further&nbsp;supported by <a href=\"http:\/\/lsf-lst.ca\/media\/National_Report\/Executive_Summary_Slides_Climate_Change.pdf\">a national study conducted by Lakehead University in partnership with Learning for a&nbsp;Sustainable Future<\/a>, which cited that only 32% of educators across Canada feel they have the knowledge&nbsp;and skills to teach about climate change. The study indicated not only a need to educate students, but to&nbsp;<em>inspire<\/em>&nbsp;students to&nbsp;take action, with 46% of students reporting that they understand that human-caused&nbsp;climate change is happening, but do not believe that human efforts will be effective in mitigation.&nbsp;\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-6db10b8d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"675\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-6db10b8d\" src=\"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Stats.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Stats\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Stats.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Stats-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Stats-1024x360.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Stats-768x270.png 768w, https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Stats-1536x540.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Stats-1600x563.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of their sustainability journey, Indigo sets goals each year to create impact within their products and&nbsp;operations. This year, Indigo\u2019s sustainability team formed a new partnership with our foundation to expand&nbsp;their sustainability journey to reach our community. By leveraging Indigo\u2019s platform as a leader in&nbsp;sustainability and Indigo Love of Reading\u2019s expertise in literacy and children&#8217;s programming we created&nbsp;\u201cRead for the Planet\u201d and launched this initiative across Canada.&nbsp;\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Continuing to support young changemakers<\/strong>\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to our incredible partners at Lomi, each&nbsp;Read for the Planet&nbsp;partner school will be receiving a free&nbsp;Lomi&nbsp;Composter to help put their learnings into action. With these new composters, students will be able to&nbsp;see their lunch and&nbsp;snack waste turned into plant food&nbsp;for their school or community garden. We are so&nbsp;grateful to our friends at Lomi for making&nbsp;it easier for students across Canada to care for the planet!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year we launched Read for the Planet, an initiative designed to use the power of reading to&nbsp;inspire students to care for the environment. Through curated lesson plans and a selection of new eco-themed&nbsp;books and e-books, educators across 60+ schools introduced new conversations about our planet into their classrooms.\u200b\u200b This initiative reached over 1,500 &#8230; <a title=\"Read for the Planet\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/read-for-the-planet\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Read for the Planet\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1041,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-literacy-blog","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1041"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16193"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16333,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16193\/revisions\/16333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indigoloveofreading.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}