Due to overwhelming demand from schools, 3% Project is proud to announce the addition of a second and final date to participate in our free, school-wide 3% Virtual Assembly between Tuesday, October 22nd and Thursday, October 24th.
Teachers can choose to join on the day and time that best fits their schedule. 3% Virtual Assembly helps teachers bring our educational program on sustainability, technology, and employable skills into their grade 9-12 classrooms one last time.
3% Virtual Assembly provides youth-friendly, holistic education on climate solutions in the context of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, exploring the changing relationship between humans, nature, machines, and biology.
22-24 October 2019
Available for viewing
all day
Virtual
Viewing link will be provided
2 days before the event
In the Assembly, we begin with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework for the future we want. Steve Lee, Executive Director of 3% Project, presents two systemic challenges to achieving that kind of future. The first one is the rise of exponential technologies, or the “Fourth Industrial Revolution”, and the second set of challenges is climate change. We explore both challenges.
3% Virtual Assembly is followed by an ongoing mentorship program led by climate educators who teach employable skills to students.
Join us on our final tour and bring 3% Project to your school!
“This is well-worth your school’s time and attention!!! Steve engagingly draws for students the connections between climate science, capitalism, commerce, politics, sustainability, wanting change, and how to take individual steps towards this change. Something that struck me about Steve’s deliver, is that he forces students to “bring themselves up” to the level of the conversation, rather than watering down the complexity of the issues in an attempt to “bring it down” to their level.”
“The presentation was incredibly informative! I learned a lot and the presentation was very interesting, engaging and encouraging for me as a student leader in my community!”
“The 3% Project has been to our school twice – once with Steve in person and the other time in the form of a virtual assembly. The presentation is engaging for high school students and acts as a call to action against climate change.”
You can register here. Please note that 3% Virtual Assembly is booked on a first-come, first-served basis.
3% Virtual Assembly is a school-wide event that usually requires a principal or an administrator’s approval. We communicate by email and phone with principals and administrators to provide them with more information and to confirm their registration. After registering, principals will receive an email with the website link to watch the 3% Virtual Assembly. The principal will forward the email with the 3% Virtual Assembly link to all teachers. Teachers will open the link on the day of the 3% Virtual Assembly, enter their class and school information, and be directed to the live video player.
The assembly is particularly for grade 9-12, although we’ve found students as young as grade 6 appreciate the presentation.
Watching the 3% Virtual Assembly is like watching a YouTube video. You will need a projector and speakers. If your school Internet speed is slow, video resolution quality is poor; if your school Internet speed is fast enough, video resolution quality is good. (4 Mbps is good enough!)
3% Project provides youth-friendly education on climate solutions in the holistic context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Fourth Industrial Revolution themed: “The Future We Want.” Learn more by watching our 7-minute video here.
Due to overwhelming demand for the program on our last tour this semester, we organized 3% Virtual Assembly to offer a larger number and variety of schools the last chance to bring 3% Project into their classrooms.
It is the same exact presentation we do in-person, with the added benefits of flexible viewing time and location. 3% Virtual Assembly is broadcast online and is available for viewing the whole day. This lets teachers pick the times they want to view the presentation in different classes, or at a specific time at a school-wide assembly.
3% Virtual Assembly is an hour long.
There is no cost to the program to public schools. We are a registered charity and we’ve worked for two years on fundraising to make this program accessible to all schools across Canada, although we always welcome donations! We’re very grateful to our partners whose generous gifts have made 3% Project accessible.
Students identify, analyze, and develop solutions to their community’s Biggest Sustainability Challenge, exercising the muscle for sustainability problem-solving skills to make it a core competency of our generation. Our full-time Sustainability Project Consultants across Canada provide 30 hours of mentorship for every school to empower the students to take climate action in their local communities today. In essence, 3% Project empowers the final generation who can solve climate change. Learn more by watching our 7-minute video here.
3% Project mobilizes 1,000,000 Canadian youth – that’s 3% of Canada – through 4 national tours across 500 high schools. 70% of our tour route is in Indigenous and rural communities with a population of less than 100,000. 3% Project provides youth-friendly education on climate solutions in the holistic context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Fourth Industrial Revolution themed: “The Future We Want.”
Students identify, analyze, and develop solutions to their community’s Biggest Sustainability Challenge, exercising the muscle for sustainability problem-solving skills to make it a core competency of our generation. Our full-time Sustainability Project Consultants across Canada provide 30 hours of mentorship for every school to empower the students to take climate action in their local communities today. In essence, 3% Project empowers the final generation who can solve climate change.
3% Project mobilizes 1,000,000 Canadian youth – that’s 3% of Canada!
3% Project is a flagship project of the Foundation for Environmental Stewardship (FES), which is a youth-led, youth-serving sustainable development organization. FES is a Canadian not-for-profit corporation whose registered charity number is 801430307 RR0001. FES is an accredited organization by the United Nations, and has a special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. Our mission is to create a more inclusive, equitable, and sustainable future by empowering youth. We envision that every young person will grow to make their personal and professional choices to reflect the human impact on the environment for a sustainable future.