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Chapter Six
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Part One
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Questions & Activities
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Featured Hot Take
Putting something that’s uniquely yours into the world isn’t easy. Don’t panic! Every innovator and leader and changemaker had to start somewhere and though the path always looks daunting when we take our first step, it’s easier than we assume.
We spoke with Story Warren, an award-winning rising leader and community builder, to find out what it’s like to start a movement as a teenager, and what advice she has for those who want to follow in her footsteps.
We’re featuring this podcast across all five Nature Labs subjects. You might not like art, or science, or English, or social studies, but they are all related and by listening to this podcast, hopefully you’ll better understand why.
How To
Guides to help you figure things out.
How to Market Your Idea
Why Marketing Skills are Valuable
Promoting ideas, products and services: Marketing skills can help individuals and organizations promote their products, services or ideas effectively, which...
Resume & CV/Cover Letter Writing
What is a Resume?
A resume is a concise document summarizing an individual's education, work experience, skills, achievements and qualifications for a specific job application....
What To Do When You Don’t Understand Something
Reread and review the material again.
Highlight the important terms or points and do some research.
Ask a peer.
Ask your teacher.
Break down the problem into smaller...
Mapping Your Natural Context
#BiodiversityIsLife
Why is it important to understand your local, natural context?
Understanding the ecosystem: Biodiversity refers to the variety of life on earth, but it also...
Stories from rising leaders
Young people can change the world. You can make a difference for people and nature today. But the path isn’t always as obvious or as easy as we...
Design Thinking with Michael Kennedy
So, you’ve got a great idea for a class project; to launch a new business; to improve a community service; to change the world...
Selecting Your Topic
Choosing a good topic for a project can be challenging, but here are some steps to make the decision just a bit less overwhelming.
Identify...
Further Exploration
Latest News
New Lesson Alert: ‘Canada at a Crossroads’
This five-part story will be featured across each of the first five chapters of Nature Labs and will ask students to explore, through the...
Podcasts for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
We must be willing to listen and learn from all peoples and all life. Indeed, listening, and acting, is what the National Day for...
Resources From the Curated Library
6 Reasons Why You Should Prototype Your Idea Before Developing It
Sub-Category: Prototyping
Source: Entrepreneur
File Type: Article
Overview: Why you should always prototype an idea before developing it
Web Link: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/322320
Quick takes on how to bring prototyping into policy-making
Sub-Category: Prototyping
Source: Medium
File Type: Guide
Overview: How to bring prototyping into policy making
Web Link: https://medium.com/legal-design-and-innovation/quick-takes-on-how-to-bring-prototyping-into-policy-making-cc720f306d93
8 remarkable social innovation prototyping methods and tools
8 remarkable social innovation prototyping methods and tools
Bias: Centre Left
Sub-Category: Prototyping
Source: Social Innovation Academy
File Type: Resource
Overview: Tools and strategies to apply to prototyping
Web Link: http://www.socialinnovationacademy.eu/8-remarkable-social-innovation-prototyping-methods-tools/
‘Eco-colonialism’: Rift grows between Indigenous leaders and green activists
Bias: Centre Right
Sub-Category: Culture Divide
Source: Financial Post
File Type: Essay/Analysis
Overview: Is environmentalism colonial?
Web Link: https://business.financialpost.com/feature/eco-colonialism-rift-grows-between-indigenous-leaders-and-green-activists
Canada: Beyond Grudges, Grievances, and Disunity
Bias: Centre
Source: McGill-Queen\'s University Press
File Type: Book
Overview: Canada Beyond Grudges, Grievances, and Disunity
Web Link: https://www.mqup.ca/canada-products-9780228017622.php?page_id=73&
Reflections
Michael Kennedy
So, you’ve got a great idea for a class project; to launch a new business; to improve a community service; to change the world...
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