 
 
GREEN SCHOOL TOURS
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The 11th annual Green School Tours will run May to June 2025
Since 1999, Planet in Focus has played a significant role in helping to raise awareness about the state of our planet through the power of film in schools and communities across Canada. Planet in Focus Teachers’ Guides are now available for all titles. These guides provide resources on the topics covered in the films.
A curated list of environmental films are available online, and include teachers guides or filmmaker Q&A sessions.
Limited schools in each region will receive a free in-school film festival
- Greater Brantford
- Windsor
- Hamilton
- Kitchener/Waterloo
If you do not qualify for a free program, please email schools@planetinfocus.org for alternative options.
Canadian Film 
Teacher’s Guide available 
Filmmaker Q&A available 
RECOMMENDED FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS
Mû
Malin Neumann | Germany | 6 min
Themes: Water, Resilience, Harmony
Mû is a 2D animated short film that poetically explores the theme of water scarcity and the importance of water as a life-giving force. As an essential divine water spring has dried up, a child accompanied by an otter-like creature sets out to find a cure for the life-threatening water shortage.
Pond
Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust | Switzerland | 8 min
Themes: Unity, Survival, Courage
A shoal of herrings, adopting fantastic formations, roams the vast ocean. When seagulls suddenly attack, one small herring finds itself stranded in a tidal pool. As it searches desperately for a way out, it discovers many other sea creatures here. And now there is no time for fear: only by joining forces can they hope to defend themselves against the hungry seagull.
Three Trees
Mathias Richard Horhager, Aaron Hong | Canada | 4 min
Themes: Friendship, Growth, Change
As the seasons change, three little trees learn about themselves, friendship and their place in the world.
Spuffies
Jaka Ivanc | Slovenia | 11 min
Themes: Teamwork, Diversity, Creativity
Spuffies have a serious thing for jubees. When they’ve eaten the very last delicious fruit and hunger is about to strike, they head to the jubee grove, through the murky forest.
RECOMMENDED FOR SECONDARY STUDENTS
I Won’t Stand For It
Caroline Bacle | United Kingdom | 29 min
Themes: Activism, Resilience, Empowerment
Miyawata is a 15-year old Indigenous activist from Winnipeg, Canada, who never hesitates speak up for what she believes in. To protest the injustices that her people have faced throughout the history of Canada, she refuses to stand for the National Anthem. She’s on a mission to help Indigenous voices be heard and included. And she’s the very first organizer of school strikes for the climate in her hometown. The climate movement in Winnipeg had big momentum… until COVID hit. Now that the end of the pandemic is in sight, can she get the movement going again?
Incandescence
Velcrow Ripper, Nova Ami | Canada | 1 h 45 m
Themes: Fire, Resilience, Knowledge
Directors Nova Ami and Velcrow Ripper explore the growing threat of wildfires as a powerful symbol of the climate crisis. Blending immersive footage with stories of survival and adaptation, the film reexamines our relationship with fire. While colonial suppression methods fall short in a warming world, Indigenous knowledge keepers offer insight into traditional controlled burns that restore and renew the land. Incandescence reveals fire’s dual nature—as both a force of destruction and a catalyst for regeneration.
Tea Creek
Ryan David Lee Dickie | Canada | 1 h 14 m
Themes: Sovereignty, Resilience, Healing
Against the backdrop of colonization and the climate crisis, passionate Indigenous entrepreneur Jacob Beaton sets out to turn his family farm into a centre for food sovereignty, resilience and healing for his remote northern community and beyond.
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