Give your students a voice in the upcoming climate change negotiations in Copenhagen!

eCards-to-Copenhagen is innovative climate change education for Fall 2009 that meets curriculum expectations for Grades 9 to 11 Science, Geography and Language Arts. Brought to you by GreenLearning and UNICEF, this structured research and communications eLearning activity connects students to the delegates at the Children's Climate Forum in Copenhagen while engaging them in climate change science and solutions. To see the climate change research unit for students, go to the eCards website and select Climate Change under the LEARN MORE menu. This is a time-limited activity: eCards must be sent to the delegates by November 23rd!

To Get Started

• To use eCards-to-Copenhagen, you need to be registered with GreenLearning. Registration is fast and free, and maintains your privacy.  Register now.
• If your class is already up-to-speed on climate change, you can bypass the research stage and move right in to creating eCards. Contact Gordon Harrison for assistance.
• Set aside 3 to 6 class periods for the project if you want to take advantage of the full research unit on climate change which includes current data, videos, an ask-an-expert feature, and online research questions.
• As a registered teacher, log into the eCards website — at http://ecards.greenlearning.ca. There, you can create a classroom account and access the Teacher's Guide to eCards and other support materials.
• To reach the delegates in time, send all eCards to pgallo@unicef.ca by November 23rd.  That date is just around the corner, but GreenLearning is standing by to answer your questions and help you bring this unique experience to your students. Contact Gordon Harrison for assistance.

To Learn More

• Attend an upcoming webinar for eCards-to-Copenhagen teachers. The last of our scheduled webinars is November 3rd, but you can request one after that date.
• Contact a GreenLearning Director with any questions.  We'd be happy to hear from you.

With eCards-to-Copenhagen, students learn the science of climate change and the significance of the conference in Copenhagen. They see the latest data, view videos, and answer research questions on the eCards website. Then they create eCards with their own message and graphics. They send their eCards to UNICEF's Canadian youth delegates (the winners of the Get Reel for Climate Competition) who will take their messages to Copenhagen.

160 UNICEF youth delegates from around the world will meet in Copenhagen in the week leading up to United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15). Together at the Children's Climate Forum, they will write a communiqué to present to world leaders attending COP 15 December 7 to 18th.

At COP 15, world leaders are expected to set the course for global action on climate change from 2012 to 2020. Climate scientists and policy experts tell us that these years are critical. Global greenhouse gas emissions must peak by 2015 if the world is to avoid a dangerous 2 degrees Celsius in global warming.