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As the first program of its kind in Canada, we are collecting and developing multilingual educational resources for newcomers and the wider multicultural community in Victoria and the rest of Canada. If you would like to receive updates about new resources or if you have resources to share, please email environment@vircs.bc.ca.

Multilingual Environmental Education Resources

Title

Source

Green is for Everyone!
Action Tips - English
Action Tips - Spanish
Action Tips - Mandarin
Action Tips - Punjabi
Action Tips - French

Note: These files are 8.5 x 14 (legal size). You may need to change your printer settings if it does not automatically scale down to 8.5 x 11 (letter size).

Multicultural Environmental Education Program, Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society

Some tips are also available in audio format (radio quality). Visit our Media page for details.

Composting Basics (also available in French, Chinese and Punjabi)

City of Vancouver

One Day At Home - Take Action (available in English, Chinese, Punjabi and Tagalog)

City of Vancouver

Get Local! Eat Local Food (available in Chinese and Punjabi)

The Get Local Project (Vancouver)

ToxicSmart Information Guide (Chinese)
ToxicSmart Information Guide (Punjabi)

Georgia Straight Alliance (Canada)

The Story of Stuff (available in Arabic, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Mandarin, Portugese, Russian, Spanish and Thai)

Tides Foundation & Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption

Office Greening Resources

Title

Source

Go Green with small, simple steps

Victoria Business Examiner on Multicultural Environmental Education Program, Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society (Canada)

Zero Waste Guide Checklist

Multicultural Environmental Education Program, Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society (Canada)

10 Tips for Office Ecology

City of Edmonton

David Suzuki Nature Challenge at Work

David Suzuki Foundation

Monash University Green Office Program

Monash University (Australia)

ANUgreen - Strategies for Sustainability

Australia National University (Australia)

Multicultural Environmental Education Resources from Around the World

Title

Source

The Environment & Diversity Project

The Sustainability Network (Canada)

Working Together for a Healthy Environment – A Guide for Multi-Cultural Community Groups

United States Environmental Protection Agency (United States)

The Environment and New South Wales Ethnic Communities (EPA Social Research Series)

New South Wales Environment Protection Authority (Australia)

Diverse Participation for One Climate: Multicultural Engagement Guidelines for Municipalities

Developed as part of thesis research undertaken by students in the Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability programme at the Blekinge Institute of Technology (Sweden)

Principles for Cross-cultural Education

Presented by Joseph Lin Interpretation Canada Conference on October 25, 2002

A Sense of Place: An Interpretive Learning Handbook

Tourism and Environment Initiative
(Scotland)

Teach English, Teach about the Environment: A Resource for Teachers of Adult English for Speakers of Other Languages

Environmental Protection Agency (United States)