Connections. Students Powering Real Change

Energy Ambassadors
(Grades 8 to 12)

Students leading conservation conversations! The Energy Ambassadors program empowers students to be not only leaders of the future, but leaders of today.

    What is the Energy Ambassadors Program?

  • Partnership between secondary school teams, school districts and BC Hydro
  • Focuses on awareness, action and leadership
  • Student teams identify areas for conservation and sustainable actions, and lead real change in both their own school and neighbourhood elementary schools

    How Does it Work?

  • Workshop One - Students learn about energy use, sustainability, leadership and project management
  • Back at School - students implement awareness actions, complete a school energy audit, with continued contact from the BC Hydro coordinator who provides training, templates and ongoing project management
  • Workshop Two - students review the outcomes of their action plans and begin to develop a presentation for the School Board of Education
  • Culminating project - student teams highlight their actions, learnings and recommendations to the School Board of Education
  • For Educators

    What's In it For Educators

    Sponsor teachers and district mentors become engaged in meaningful ways with student teams while facilitating learning around energy conservation. Join other educators on FirstWave as you make waves with a program that truly goes beyond the walls of the school!

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  • For Students

    What's In it For Students

    Students gain teamwork and leadership skills within school environments and within their communities, while promoting environmental conservation and behaviour change. Students can join FirstWave and track their conservation efforts in relation to other schools in the province. Who will collect the most water drops in FirstWave?

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Program Resources

Teachers receive a comprehensive Energy Ambassador Program Guide that includes:

  • Background information on Climate Change, Ecological Footprint and Energy in B.C.
  • Project Management Tools and Templates
  • School Energy Audit and Behavior Survey Forms
  • Elementary and Secondary Presentation Plans

Interested in learning more about conservation and sustainability education? View Resources

Our Program

Are you a B.C. educator?

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