Climate change is an anxiety-inducing phenomenon, especially among young people. The systemic solutions seem out of one’s control. Thus, Banking on a Better Future is launching workshops for Canadian youth to show them that taking control of certain climate solutions IS possible; through aware financial decisions.

We offer interactive workshops encouraging students aged 12 to 18 to think critically about personal financial decisions, the finance industry, the economic system, and how it is all interconnected to our planet and climate change. The workshop is a journey. A journey where students learn the importance of being aware of how our environment is being affected by banks. Students are encouraged to think of innovative actions (and provided with a few) that they could take to help this issue. They are then given the opportunity and resources to pursue these solutions.

We offer both a series and a standalone workshop. The series consists of two to three workshop sessions, each half an hour to forty-five minutes long, depending on preference. The standalone workshop is an hour long and one session only.