Building a Conservation Culture

Beyond Green recently received a grant from Cando-Edo to improve the presence of the Going Green to Save Green course online. Cando is supportive of Beyond Green’s goal of encouraging Indigenous students and professionals to improve their energy efficiency literacy. To support this initiative I have created a seperate site to host the Going Green to Save Green course on GoingGreentoSaveGreen.com.

I am seeking new co-hosts for the Going Green to Save Green course. New co-hosts will be reflective of all kids in Canada’s classrooms so all kids can see themselves as participants in a conservation culture. I am hoping that Economic Development officers at various first nations can sign up to the video series and help fund

The videos in the course need to be updated. To make the videos current I need new co-hosts to keep the video series relevant to the target audience. My children are now in their 20s and will be less relevant to junior and senior high school students. Buil

I want to improve the representation of Indigenous people in educational materials and I seek to replace the youth co-host roles with Indigenous kids or kids with disabilities participate since they seldom see themselves represented in educational materials. If you know a child interested in broadcasting or acting, have them watch the videos and contact me. If students and people see themselves included in educational materials on energy efficiency it can help maximize participation in the fight to slow climate change.

To participate, new co-hosts will tape their text in front of a green screen in their home or school, and I can enter it into my videos. New co-hosts will participate in only one video each. The format will copy the news format since it is a very effective method for information retention. New co-hosts will be asked to follow simple rules recording these materials.

Tape in a well-lit room in front of a solid green background.
Wear navy blue attire. It is a classic look, and will not give away the timing of taping. Co-hosts can wear a navy blue jacket with a white shirt, or a navy blue shirt.
Do not move your hands or walk around. Student videos will be cropped at the elbow to present as news presenters.
Smile at the end of each sentence. When presenters return to a set position between sentences editing is easier.
Instead of saying I am Brad Gallant, co-hosts will say I am Brad Gallant from Qalipu First Nation.
Materials will be read in 3 or 4 scenes with text seldom exceeding 100 words per section.
Reading speed will be standard for new presentations: 130 – 140 words per minute.

If you are a First Nations economic development officer and you know someone who would be interested in participating as a cohost, take the course and work with me to get your nominee involved. Ideally, Beyond Green wants co-hosts from as many First Nations and voices as possible.

First Nations community economic development organizations should encourage the course to help inform their workers on issues around energy efficiency technologies. There are opportunities to change how we use energy and the more capable we are of making informed decisions the better.