Helping Kids Grow with Nature to Thrive Today and Lead Tomorrow FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Vancouver, BC — This Earth Day, The ChariTree Foundation celebrates 20 years of helping children grow stronger connections with nature. Founded on Earth Day 2006 with the planting of a single tree by two children, The ChariTree Foundation began with a simple act of … Read more
This group will accompany the Fellowship from design through implementation, contributing to its governance, learning journey, and evidence agenda. Bringing together expertise across climate education, child rights, youth-led initiatives, research, and policy, the Advisory Group will help: • Provide strategic input on vision, governance, and learning design • Identify opportunities for Fellows, including mentorship, visibility, … Read more
From collecting coins for UNICEF as a child to joining its Climate Education Advisory Group, this is a full-circle moment. UNICEF is launching a Climate Education Advisory Group to support the Leading Minds Climate Education Fellowship, strengthening its governance, learning journey, and system-level impact through intergenerational leadership. The Climate Education Advisory Group brings together global … Read more
UNICEF is selecting up to 12 young climate leaders advancing climate education worldwide. 🌍 Last call to apply — help shape the future of climate education with UNICEF Climate education has moved beyond awareness. Today, it’s about building real capacity for change.There’s still time to apply for this powerful changemaker opportunity.Submit your application and join this 18-month … Read more
Response to Outdoor Classroom Grant Program Overwhelming as Funding Goes Out to Schools Nationwide FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — November 10, 2025 Kelowna, BC — Thousands of children across Canada are stepping outside to learn, thanks to The ChariTree Foundation’s Outdoor Classroom Grant Program. From Newfoundland and Labrador to British Columbia and the Yukon, schools are transforming traditional lessons … Read more
Belém, Brazil, 22 November 2025: Andrea Koehle Jones, Founder & Executive Director, The ChariTree Foundation: “It’s alarming and heartbreaking that forests nearly vanished from the core Amazon COP30 deal, especially when children will face the worst impacts of ecosystem loss. With more than a billion children and youth already at extreme climate risk, urgent forest … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEVancouver, Canada – October 20, 2025 The ChariTree Foundation is proud to contribute to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity’s (CBD)forthcoming global report on collective progress in implementing the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) — the world’s plan to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030. As part of this global effort, … Read more
The ChariTree Foundation is helping bring learning outside The ChariTree Foundation is helping bring learning outdoors! The Outdoor Classroom Grant program is now open — offering $5,000 grants to Canadian schools, summer camps, and registered Canadian charities building outdoor classrooms or children’s learning gardens. These grants help schools and camps create vibrant outdoor learning spaces where children can connect with nature, learn about … Read more
Open letter from civil society to world leaders at the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit: Draw the line by demanding Global North countries do their fair share of climate action As the UNSG’s Climate Summit convenes in New York on September 24, the national plans governments submit will shape our collective future and define the … Read more
Bacteria Behind Decade-Long Sea Star Die-Off Identified “The ChariTree Foundation congratulates Canadian scientists on this extraordinary breakthrough in identifying the cause of the sea star die-off. We’ve been following this crisis since 2009 and are deeply relieved that a solution is now within reach to help protect sea stars and restore ocean biodiversity. Children everywhere … Read more