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Chapter Six

Your Turn

Your Turn

IT'S TIME

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Continue the story to find out more about your final project: You've got this!

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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.

Your Project

What's your better idea?

Your Project: Outline

View your final project. You got this!

Project: Part One

Create a rapid prototype

Project: Part Two

Test your prototype

Project: Part Three

Re-adjust your idea and go for it!

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Eva Wu

A freelance visual storyteller, a former Parks Canada Youth Ambassador and renewable resource management student, Eva Wu is a young leader determined to create...

Chipewyan McCrimmon

Growing up across northern Saskatchewan, with roots in the Northwest Territories, Chip McCrimmon has worked to infuse his Deninu K'ue First Nation culture into...

Lucy Cullen

An award-winning social innovator, Lucy Cullen is a young leader working to help nature by lessening the environmental footprint of businesses in Canada. She...

Brandon Nguyen

One of the world’s leading educators never went to teachers college. He was a high school student when he saw a gap and worked...

Tessica Truong

Do you ever feel like your voice isn’t being heard in the decisions that affect your future? Tesicca Truong feels you. It’s what led...

How To

Specialized guides to help you create and excel!

Maintaining Mental Health

Part One As a class, work together to find the organizations in your community that assist with mental health. Highlight the organizations you have heard of...

The Perfect Pitch

A pitch refers to a persuasive message or presentation that is designed to convince someone to buy a product or service, invest in a...

Giving and Taking Constructive Criticism

A critique is an evaluation or assessment of something, such as a political statement or public policy, a work of art, literature or an...

What is Design Thinking

Design thinking is a problem-solving methodology that focuses on needs and experiences to generate creative solutions. It is a human-centred approach to innovation that...

Listening to and Learning from Traditional Knowledge

How to learn from traditional knowledge Learning from traditional knowledge involves understanding and respecting Indigenous wisdom, practices and values passed down through the generations. Here...

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

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The Year That Was (Sept. 2024 – May 2025)

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Resources From the Curated Library

Great Questions Lead to Great Design – A Guide to the Design Thinking Process

Great Questions Lead to Great Design – A Guide to the Design Thinking Process Bias: Centre Right Sub-Category: Interviews Source: Design (Business) File Type: Guide Overview: Asking the better question gets the better answer Web...

The Importance of Prototyping for People & Culture

The Importance of Prototyping for People & Culture Sub-Category: Prototyping Source: Mind the Product File Type: Video Overview: How prototyping can help address complex societal debates Web Link: https://www.mindtheproduct.com/importance-prototyping-people-culture/

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/

What is prototyping?

What is prototyping? Sub-Category: Prototyping Source: Innovation Foundation File Type: Video Overview: What prototyping is

Prototyping in Policy — What For?!

Prototyping in Policy — What For?! Sub-Category: Prototyping Source: Medium File Type: Essay/Analysis Overview: Does prototyping work in policy-making? Web Link: https://medium.com/legal-design-and-innovation/prototyping-in-policy-what-for-c7c567d922ec

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...

Further Considerations

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Chapters

Chapter One

The System of Things

Chapter Five

Here’s How

Chapter Nine

Own Your Hypocrisy

Chapter Two

The Context of It All

Chapter Six

Your Turn

Chapter Ten

Keep Going

Chapter Three

We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know

Chapter Seven

Dig Deeper

Chapter Eleven

One Last Thing

Chapter Four

Hard Stuff is Hard

Chapter Eight

Be Better

Chapter Twelve

The End (of the Beginning)