About the Project
Live Net Zero is a community-focused, action-oriented program that empowers Canadians to embrace sustainable habits in their daily lives.
In partnership with OneEarth Living, Canadian Geographic is reaching more households and classrooms – and helping Canadians turn everyday choices into meaningful climate action.
By engaging households and classrooms in high-impact challenges, Live Net Zero aims to foster awareness, collaboration, and real-world action, helping communities recognize their collective role in building a sustainable future and inspiring lasting change. The challenges focus on practical actions like reducing emissions, using resources more efficiently, cutting waste, and making more mindful, sustainable choices.
Ready to Join?
Live Net Zero is an invitation to explore what sustainable living looks like for you – and to be part of a national community of people making change.
You don’t need to be perfect. You just need to be ready to try. Click the links below to learn more.
Learn about the Household Challenge and how to enter.
Learn about the Classroom Challenge and how to enter.
Read the complete Rules & Regulations
See our Frequently Asked Questions
Get inspired by households across Canada
Thirteen households from across the country took on a series of #LiveNetZero sustainability challenges from 2022-2024 with Canadian Geographic. They found creative ways to cut their carbon emissions, vying for a $50,000 prize. On average, they reduced their household emissions by 40%, and shared what they learned to inspire others across Canada.
Learn from them as you take on this year’s Challenge!
See the 2022 household summary
See the 2023-2024 household summary
Project Team
Canadian Geographic
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society is a non-profit organization founded in 1929 with the goal of making Canada better known to Canadians and the world. The Society publishes Canadian Geographic and Géographica magazines (read by over 4 million Canadians) and shares its educational program, Canadian Geographic Education, with more than 28 v,000 educator-members across Canada.
Click the links below to learn more:
Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Canadian Geographic
Can Geo Education
OneEarth Living
We are a nonprofit ‘think and do tank’ advancing sustainable ways of living around the world. We partner across sectors to transform how people live their lives – what they need and what they consume and produce, and what they aspire to. Our vision is a world where everyone is able to live thriving, healthy lives within the ecological means of our one Earth. We build the sustainable living field, connect research and practice, equip key actors with strategies and tools, and craft narratives and innovative programs that inspire change at scale.
We are proud to work with UBC’s Happy Climate Action team, led by Dr. Jiaying Zhao, to understand how climate-friendly living can support long-term well-being.
Click the links below to learn more:
OneEarth Living
Happy Climate
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Live Net Zero materials are developed with a deep commitment to the work of equity, diversity and inclusion. To demonstrate this commitment, we:
- Support authentic and unfiltered experiences, listening for key barriers and opportunities for sustainable living;
- Showcase sustainable living practices of people and communities from diverse income levels, racial/ethnic backgrounds, genders and demographics;
- Highlight the wide range of motivational drivers behind people’s choices to live sustainable lives;
- Ensure equal access to information, resources, funding and development opportunities; and
- Draw from our extensive experience and engagement in working with historically underrepresented groups.