The Live Net Zero Classroom Challenge is a free, nationwide opportunity for K–12 educators to bring climate action into the classroom in fun, meaningful, and hands-on ways. From September 8 to November 15, 2025, classes across Canada will take on real-world sustainability challenges that connect directly to everyday life at school, at home, and in their communities.
The goal? To empower students to learn, take action, and see how small changes add up to big impact—while also giving your classroom the chance to win cash prizes that can support future sustainability projects at your school.
How It Works
- Choose your challenges: Explore 21 challenges across themes like Our Homes & Energy, How We Get Around, Our Stuff, Our Food, and How We Celebrate & Play.
- Complete them together: Each challenge comes with bilingual resources designed for different grade levels, with step-by-step instructions that make it easy to guide students through the activity. Choose up to ten to complete as a class.
- Show your work: Submit your class’s results using worksheets, photos, short videos, or PDFs. Every submission counts as an entry into the prize draws.
- Win for your school: The more challenges you complete, the more entries you earn toward cash prizes to support sustainability initiatives.
Curriculum Connections
The Classroom Challenge is designed to fit seamlessly into the curriculum and spark cross-subject learning. Challenges are adaptable for different grade levels and align with key subject areas, including:
- Science & Environmental Studies – ecosystems, energy use, human impact on the environment, climate literacy
- Geography & Social Studies – human-environment interactions, community planning, global connections, equity in access to resources
- Mathematics – tracking, measuring, and analyzing data (energy, water, transportation, food waste, etc.)
- Language Arts – research, reflection, creative storytelling, persuasive writing, and presentation skills
- Arts & Design – creative reuse, upcycling, design thinking, and visual storytelling
- Health & Physical Education – active transportation, nutrition, mental and physical well-being
- Civics & Citizenship – community engagement, equity, cultural traditions, and social responsibility
By participating, students gain not only climate knowledge, but also critical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration skills that connect directly to curriculum goals.
Submitting Your Class’s Work
We want to make sharing your students’ efforts as flexible and creative as possible. For each challenge, teachers and students can submit:
- Completed worksheets (provided for each activity to guide learning and reflection)
- Photos documenting the process, final projects, or student-led action
- Short videos showcasing creativity, student voice, or results of the activity
- PDFs of written reflections, posters, or research projects
Submissions can be simple or detailed—what matters most is capturing your class’s unique learning journey.
Why Join?
Whether your class is just starting its sustainability journey or already eco-action champions, the Classroom Challenge provides the tools, inspiration, and community to make learning fun and impactful. You’ll equip students with real-world knowledge, connect lessons to curriculum outcomes, and inspire change that extends from the classroom to households and communities.
Questions?
Please send your questions to the staff at Canadian Geographic Education using info@cangeoeducation.ca.