FutureMakers

FutureMakers inspires students as they learn & design for a climate-resilient, hope-filled future

FutureMakers provides students in grades 4–7 with the knowledge and inspiration to design a safe, thriving future. Decision-making power is put into students’ hands, giving them space to feel creative, resilient, and capable. This flexible set of classroom resources for teachers includes seven lessons featuring videos, follow-up activities and extra activities that allow the learning to extend even further. 

With minimal prep required, each lesson can take less than 30 minutes or you can choose to expand the learning with options from the “extension buffet”.  FutureMakers schedule includes 7 video lessons plus build time.  

FutureMakers makes engaging, hope-filled environmental education resources accessible to more teachers. Proceeds from this social enterprise project will go towards expanding in-person environmental education in Canada’s Columbia and Rocky Mountain regions.

FutureMakers is available for sale in the Outdoor Learning Store. The program has already rolled out in classrooms across the Kootenays thanks to funding from both the Columbia Shuswap Regional District and the Regional District of Central Kootenay to bring this program to teachers in their districts for the 2023/24 and 2024/25 school years.


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A legacy of love

April 24, 2026
Marjan Patterson’s gift for the wild honours the legacy her parents left and continues the work they started more than 50 years ago.Read more 
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Want to protect wildlife, clean water and wild spaces? Volunteer with us! Wildsight volunteers are a very special group of people who give generously of their time to stuff envelopes, attend rallies, help run events, put up posters, keep tabs on forestry practices in their communities and participate in citizen science initiatives.

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