Climate Change

Grant Linney has had a long and wonderful career of outdoor and environmental education in southern Ontario, Canada. His classrooms vary in size from 175 to 1100 acres. His students range from Junior Kindergarten through Grade 12 and on to university students, teachers and the general public. In 2012, Grant was presented with a national teaching award for “Outstanding Environmental Educator, K-12” from The Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication. In 2014, Grant received the Robin Dennis Award from (The Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario) for his “outstanding contribution to the development of the Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario and outdoor education in Ontario.” He is the 2015 recipient of the Richards Education Award from Ontario Nature, and just received word that he has won the 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award in the category of the Nature Inspiration Awards, sponsored by Canada’s National Museum of Nature.

In addition to being a teacher, author and editor, Grant is a trained and very experienced presenter with Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project. Over the past six years, he has given some 200 informative and engaging presentations to a wide variety of audiences. He is also the lead person for Hamilton Blue Dot. Sponsored by the David Suzuki Foundation and Ecojustice, Blue Dot is a national movement seeking legal recognition for every Canadian’s right to a healthy environment (e.g., clean air, fresh water and a stable climate). Hamilton is the first community in Ontario to issue a municipal declaration of such rights.