Green Kids Inc. is a live-theatre company and the only charity in Canada dedicated to environmental education through performance. Our mission is to educate children, teachers and families on environmental issues and to inspire them to take positive action towards protecting our environment. We tour to elementary and middle schools, as well as public events, with a variety of programs, consisting of Plays and Theatre Workshops. We also partner with community organizations for similar projects.

We use theatre as our medium because of its capacity to represent abstract ideas and to build empathy; as audiences watch characters navigate a situation, they begin to understand the characters' thoughts, feelings and actions, often taking on emotions they imagine the characters might feel.

We inspire young people and their families to be gentler on our planet, giving them both hope and accountability through meaningful yet simple changes in daily habits, with tangible goals.

Our programming is informative, realistic, and optimistic. We emphasize community spirit and individual action, with the message being that every little bit of help is an invaluable contribution.

We are the only group doing this kind of interactive education with schools, allowing kids to immerse themselves in the issues by way of imagination and empathy, through laughter.

All Green Kids' programming is a collaboration between our local theatre, education and scientific communities. We consult with educators and scientists in the creation of our scripts and resource materials. We support school curriculum in the areas of science, social studies and drama.

In the last 30 years, Green Kids has created and toured 24 plays full-length plays, and developed and delivered 8 classroom eco-drama workshops. We have toured from B.C. to Ontario and from Island Lakes to California. We have performed for over 1,400,000 kids, educators and families, at over 1,400 schools and public events.  

Green Kids has been nominated four times for the Sustainable Development Award of Excellence and won the 2012 Giving Back Award.