Combating climate change by educating young minds on environmental studies [Video]

High school students in Guelph faced off Monday in a climate change showdown.

The Community Environmental Leadership Program, also known as CELP, hosted 150 Grade 9 students at the University of Guelph’s Arboretum Centre for a hands-on lesson.

“We need to just kind of accept that there is a problem, and we need to realize that we need to make change right now,” said program participant Mowat Kim.

CELP is an experiential learning program focused on environmental leadership.

Kaite Gad, a teacher with the program, said they’re already seeing the effects of climate change at the Arboretum.

“In terms of just the impacts on different species, and on the trees and plants here and over the long-term, I’m hoping that the students get a message of hope, that they can do something and that they can certainly take action,” Gad explained.

Students participate in the climate change challenge at the …