With key contributions from our expert Advisory Team, the Elements Society has developed our unique and impactful curriculum. Elements Society is a non-profit organization, founded in 1983, of education professionals with expertise in facilitation, project management, program and leadership development. Programs offered by the Elements Society empower young sustainability leaders to affect positive change in their schools, workplaces and communities.

Through hands-on experiences, our EcoCooks will learn about:

• Kitchen safety and hygiene
• Healthy, balanced plates as per the Canada Food Guide
• Reading recipes and measuring ingredients
• Using a variety of kitchen tools
• Cleaning up as you go
• Planning a meal while making healthy choices for themselves and the environment
• Exploring environmental concepts of land use, water use and pollution, biodiversity, food waste, climate change and how they are connected to food choices
• Connecting where food comes from through a field trip to a farm or grocery store, when possible
• Celebrating with food! When possible at the end of each program, EcoCooks will share their newly found knowledge and skills with their families through a celebration dinner.