Hello <span contenteditable="false" data-custom-variable="{{firstname}}" fr-original-class="fr-deletable styled-tag-chip" fr-original-style="" style="background-color: rgb(248, 248, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(191, 191, 255); border-radius: 4px; color: rgb(42, 42, 196); padding: 1px 8px; font-size: 11px; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;">First name, Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for supporting Green Ummah. This donation greatly helps our by educating Muslim youth on environmental issues!&nbsp; If you would like to contribute further to our cause, contact us to become a volunteer, or spread the word about our organization! Green Ummahinfo@greenummah.org

At Green Ummah, we empower Canadian Muslims to create solutions for environmental problems. Help us grow and provide more educational opportunities to young people all across Canada. Green Ummah is a nationally-incorporated non-profit organization seeking to create an environmental and environmental justice movement within the Muslim community. Green Ummah was created in 2020 by youth advocates for the environment who found a gap in the Canadian Muslim community as it pertains to environmental consciousness. Green Ummah’s Vision To empower Canadian Muslims to create just solutions for environmental problems.  Green Ummah’s Mission To share intersectional knowledge about the environment and environmental issues, to build capacity for Muslim leadership in the environmental movement, and to share tools for Muslims to engage in solution-making for environmental problems. “And it is He (God) who has made you khalifa upon the earth” (Quran 6:165). Green Ummah is a youth-based organization that started right as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the entire globe. Since then, we have successfully:<ul><li>Hosted the Building a Greener Community Forum, which was Canada’s first Muslim-run environmental conference in 2021;</li><li>Ran six successful Green Ramadan campaigns;</li><li>Collaborated on several community, faith-based and interfaith events on the environment;</li><li>Advocated on issues such as environmental justice, protection of nature and the implementation of sustainable urban planning policies, including urban infrastructure;</li><li>Launched the Greening our Communities Toolkit in collaboration with Nature Canada;</li><li>Released the Green Ummah Guides to facilitate meaningful interaction between Muslim youth and their local nature spaces; and,</li><li>Established the Family Green Space to empower Muslim youth to take leadership roles in environmental and climate action.</li><li>Supported the creation of the National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice Act;</li><li>And launched the Green Ummah Research Blog to fill the current gap in Islamic material on the environment, sustainability, and environmental justice</li></ul>To take Green Ummah to the next level, we need your help! We are aiming to raise $10,000 to $12,000 to sustain our growth and continue our programming.  Your generous donation will go towards:<ol><li>Continued work with Muslim youth through the Toolkit and workshops in schools and community spaces using the Green Ummah Guide</li><li>Sustaining the Green Ummah Blog to fill the current gap in Islamic material on the environment, sustainability and environmental justice</li><li>Continued advocacy to protect green spaces and green infrastructure (i.e. bike lanes) in Ontario</li><li>Helping bring the GU Toolkit and nature-based activities to schools</li></ol>The Toolkit has two ready to teach modules: a) Islam and the Environment and b) Worldviews, Justice and the Environment. The Toolkit is solutions-oriented, has nature-based learning elements and a FREE field trip for students to nature spaces! In the <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-islam-ramadan-green-1.6411801" target="_blank">2021-22 school year</a>, we piloted the toolkit at 5 Islamic high schools in Ontario. Since our pilot, we have been taught to hundreds of students in the public and private school system in Ontario, as well as through workshops at the university and professional level. Learn more, and hear from our former students, <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/green-ummah-environmental-education-1.7341806" target="_blank">here</a>!  Thank you for your support.

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