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What is a Nature Club?
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What is a School Nature Club?

The school nature club is a group of students, along with a leader (usually a parent or a teacher) who meet on a regular basis to enjoy a nature related exploration.

Each nature club is unique- just like its participants! Club characteristics such as, how often a nature club meets, and the kinds of activities, that number of children, the range of ages, where and when they meet - are all variable.

Some nature clubs focus on projects like creating a wildlife-friendly garden, running a recycling team, reducing energy use in the school or restoring habitat in a nearby Green space. Other nature clubs focus on learning about local species through nature studies in the schoolyard, neighborhood or local parks, or by inviting guest speakers like local natural history experts. It’s up to you and your club to decide what works!

How might your club be best described?

• Meet your wild neighbors – your club likes to study local birds, mammals or insects;
• Nature-friendly lifestyles – your club tackles current environmental challenges through beneficial personal actions such as reducing your carbon footprint, saving energy, walking to school, recycling etc;
• Digging deeper- your club likes to play in the dirt with school gardening projects like xeriscaping, native species gardening or wildlife gardening;
• Conservation Station- your club learns about and contributes toward the success of local conservation projects;
• Outdoor Exploring- your club likes to get outdoors exploring the school yard, neighbourhood parks and possibly beyond.

Check Club in the Spotlight to see how one school ran their club.