About Us

The Otesha Project is a national youth-led charitable organization that seeks to educate and empower youth to make sustainable lifestyle decisions and consumer choices. We have connected with over 125,000 Canadians through our performances, workshops, and keynote presentations.

The Otesha Project's education programs use theatre, experiential activities, and storytelling to engage a wide range of audiences.  To date, we have reached more than 125,000 audience members across Canada and trained over 400 sustainability advocates.  We address our vision through the following major programs:

Cycling and Performing Tours

One to four month-long cycling adventures of groups of volunteers living as a sustainable community and delivering a play on environmental and social justice issues to schools and other community groups.   

Keynotes and Workshops

One to three hour workshops and keynote presentations which touch on issues of consumption in Canada and the choices that individuals can make to make a more a more positive impact on the planet and other people.

The Otesha Book: From Junk to Funk!

A colourful and quirky book that chronicles the stories of six different people as they recognize the connection they have to different consumer products and the impact their purchases make on the world around them.  Offering tips and solutions, this book focuses on six key issues: water, food, transportation, media, clothing and coffee. 

Hopeful High School Hooligans

Groups of high school students that learn the Otesha play to perform in their own communities and take on different projects to address environmental impacts at their schools and neighbourhoods.

Otesha’s programs focus on re-evaluating our daily choices to reflect the kind of future we'd like to see - rethinking what we really need, conserving resources, and voting with our dollars.