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Green Tours

EF Educational Tours is moving the classroom outdoors! Green Tours will challenge your students to put their environmental ideas into action while instilling in them a sense of global citizenship. These eco-educational tours will help you broaden your teaching platform and connect in a hands-on way with your students.

Green Tours have been designed with the help of educators from across Canada to provide students with the chance to make a difference in the world. EF’s collaboration with Evergreen, Canada’s leading environmental organization connecting schools and communities with nature, ensures that every aspect of Green Tours is both educational and entertaining.

Featuring Nobel Laureate Al Gore!

EF Educational Tours is proud to announce the addition of Nobel Laureate Al Gore to EF’s Earth Day Environmental Conference for Youth on April 20-21, 2013. The 45th Vice President of the United States and a bestselling author on environmental sustainability, Mr. Gore will connect students with the modern challenges of climate change and motivate them to put their environmental ideas into action. As the co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, received for “informing the world of the dangers posed by climate change,” Mr. Gore will bring an inspiring message that will enhance the learning experience for students and teachers alike.

The Heart of Central America

This tour combines the Earth Day Environmental Conference for Youth with lessons in preservation and conservation. In the Maleku Indigenous site, students will experience Maleku culture firsthand. Visit traditional gardens and see forest wildlife, including toucans, frogs and monkeys. Then participate in a Mangrove reforestation project in the Central Pacific Coast.
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Lessons in Tropical Research

Begin your tour of Costa Rica with an enriching two-day Earth Day Environmental Conference for Youth. Then move onto la Selva Biological Station, a prominent ecology research station. Students will get to participate in experiments at Earth University and witness the diversity of the tropical rainforest. Move on to the Arenal region for an introduction to the Maleku people in the Maleku Indigenous site.
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Exploring Costa Rica's Rich Nature

First, connect with teachers and students from across Canada at a two-day Earth Day Environmental Conference for Youth. Then move on to Tortuguero (Land of the Turtles) and ride through the Tortuguero Canals, seeing wildlife that includes monkeys, iguanas and tropical birds along the way. Students will also volunteer at la Selva Biological Station.
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Discovering Nicaragua's Fiery Marvels

Land in San José and get ready to celebrate Earth Day during an inspiring two-day conference with teachers and students from across Canada. Then travel to the Arenal region and visit La Fortuna waterfall and take a dip in the natural hot springs. Cross the border into Nicaragua and take a guided tour of the capital Granada, one of the first European cities in mainland America.
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Conservation on the Coast

After spending two days with teachers and students from across Canada participating in the Earth Day Environmental Conference for Youth, you will explore the Central Pacific Coast and Monteverde, two of the richest ecological regions in the world. Students will volunteer at a Mangrove reforestation project before visiting the Santa Elena Cloud Forest.
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