National tour launches Sept 2027
Where actions cause reactions.Enhancing climate education through gamification and immersive experiences.
An immersive climate experience travelling across Canada in an all-electric van. Inside the dome, you learn by playing: every choice you make in our games is reflected in real time on a 360° world around you — so you see the impact of your decisions on the environment as you make them.
- 15Touch screens
- 360°Cinematics
- 10–18Ages
- Communities
- 40
- Youth per stop
- 300
- Youth in year one
- 12,000
- Electric tour
- 100%
01 — Game play
Learn by playing. See your impact in real time.
No lectures. No worksheets. Climate science becomes a game you play with your hands — and every decision is scored, tracked and projected live onto the dome around you. Electrify a city, and watch its emissions, air and wildlife respond the moment you act.
Start the game
Pick a station. Meet Greyville — a model Canadian city still running on coal and gas.
Electrify the city
Swap plants for wind and solar, trade gas-guzzlers for EVs, solve Mission Gate puzzles to unlock upgrades.
See the impact
The dome updates live as you play: cleaner skies, returning wildlife, a national and global impact meter climbing in real time. Bronze, silver or gold?
One lever. Nine games.
Electrification is the theme — and every game shows where it ripples next.
The theme
Electrification
The single most powerful lever for cutting emissions — and the one that pulls everything else with it. Clean power changes how we grow food, and how we grow food changes what can live on the land. Nine games follow that chain, one link at a time.
Clean energy
Power the grid, the roads and the home.
Sustainable agriculture
Electric farms, living soil, food that stores carbon.
Biodiversity
Healthy land and water — ecosystems that bounce back.
Game 01 · Clean energy
Electrify
Swap coal and gas for wind and solar. Playable now at Grey Roots.
Play now →Game 02 · Clean energy
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Game 03 · Clean energy
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Game 04 · Agriculture
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Game 05 · Agriculture
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Game 06 · Agriculture
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Game 07 · Biodiversity
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Game 08 · Biodiversity
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Game 09 · Biodiversity
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02 — Dome info
An inflatable H₂O molecule you walk into.
A 42-foot central sphere flanked by two entrance chambers — the shape of H₂O. Inside, fifteen touch-screen stations ring a central guide while a living Canadian landscape wraps the whole room.
- Sphere diameter
- 42 ft
- Peak height
- 36 ft
- Interior floor
- 707 ft²
- Touch screens
- 15 × 27″
Projection
Seamless 360° cinematics across the dome.
Guide
A central guide explains the science and offers insight as you play.
Interaction
Fifteen stations, gamified challenges, one shared score.
Sound & light
Spatial audio and lighting that follows the narrative.
Power
One server, one all-electric truck.
03 — Tour details
Coast to coast, north to south — no community too remote.
From September 2027, the dome rides a customized electric van to urban, rural and agricultural communities — 40 stops, about 300 young people at each. The trip itself is the lesson: electrification, in action, on Canadian roads.
- Jul–Aug '27
- Beta launch — first communities step inside.
- Sept '27
- National tour departs.
- → Nov '28
- Touring urban, rural and agricultural communities.
04 — Team / About
From anxiety to agency.
Within Our Reach is a project of Opt2Refuture, a not-for-profit that pairs rigorous climate science with hope-based, hands-on learning — helping communities protect and revitalize Canada's environment and natural assets.
Eight in ten young Canadians say climate change affects their mental health. Rather than adding to that weight, the dome hands them the controls.
of 16–25 year-olds say climate feelings affect their mental health
believe schools should do more on climate education
Supporting partners & funders
- Crocus Initiatives
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“I liked how I got to change the city.”
“I hope the world will be like that — with wind and solar energy.”
“We have to protect the world by using clean energy.”
Board & Core Team
Opt2Refuture
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Jenny Carver
MSW, MSM
Chair
Founding CEO of Stella’s Place. Community engagement, social justice and mental health specialist.
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Roger Martin
B.Sc. Engineering and Applied Science, Yale
Treasurer
Inventor, retired manufacturer and active in the energy transition. Led a manufacturing company in the automotive industry for 44 years, including developing Canada’s first fully electric delivery truck.
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James Bergstra
PhD
Secretary
Innovator and digital design specialist, AI and robotics engineer, scientist and startup co-founder.
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John Martin
B.Sc., D.Phil.
Member at Large
Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, and the Institute of Particle Physics. Collaborated in and held leadership roles in particle physics experiments at Argonne National Laboratory and Fermilab (USA), DESY (Germany), CERN (Switzerland) and J-PARC (Japan).
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Stacey Spiegel
Creative Director
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Christopher Quine
Development Lead
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Junaed Bari
Interactive Programmer
Advisors
Science, education, community & the arts
Dr. John Anderson
PhD
Marine and Climate Scientist
Dr. Jennifer Clapp
B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability
Beth Anne Currie
B.ScN., M.A.Sc.
Applied Science Research, Environmental Management and Agricultural Researcher
Leigh Grigg
H.B.Com
Sustainability and Nature-Based Solutions Specialist
Dr. Eric Helleiner
B.A., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Balsillie School of International Affairs, University of Waterloo
Martha McGloin
Education and Communications Professional
Peter Sit
Museum Exhibit Designer, Graphic Artist
Dr. Helen Wang
PhD
Communication Specialist
Co-editor of Storytelling to Accelerate Climate Solutions (2024). Fulbright Scholar, 2026.
Riel Warrilow
Municipal Environmental Initiatives Specialist
Luc Zandvliet
Community Benefits, Engagement, Human Rights, Conflict Transformation and Social Performance Practitioner
Elizabeth Zetlin
Visual Artist, Filmmaker, Award-Winning Poet
05 — Roadmap
Concept to coast-to-coast tour, 2026–2028.
Jan – Jun 2026 (complete)
Concept plan
Look, feel and interactivity decided. Ready for production.
Jul – Oct 2026 · Now
Project development
Vehicle, dome and experience built, loaded and ready to roll.
Nov 2026 – Jun 2027
Production
Systems integrated; content produced across all three pillars.
Jul – Aug 2027
Beta launch
The experience opens and begins engaging communities.
Sept 2027 – Nov 2028
The national tour
Urban, rural and agricultural communities, coast to coast.
06 — Teacher resources
Keep the game going back in the classroom.
Free, curriculum-aligned materials for grades 5–12, before and after your visit.
Before your visit
Pre-visit lesson pack
Two 40-minute lessons on emissions, energy and the three pillars.
Download PDF SoonPlay anywhere
Electrify — classroom edition
The browser version of the dome game, with a teacher dashboard.
Launch game →After your visit
Community action kit
Project ideas and a story-sharing template so students' work travels with the tour.
Get the kit SoonBook a class visit
Is the dome coming near you?
Check the route and reserve a 45-minute session for up to 30 students.
See tour dates →
07 — Donate
Power the tour. Put 12,000 kids in the driver's seat.
Every dollar builds the dome, powers the electric van and keeps the experience free for the communities it visits. Opt2Refuture is a registered not-for-profit.
Secure giving through CanadaHelps. Opens in a new tab.
Sponsor a community stop · Partner with the tour · Give monthly
- Phase 1–2Funded
- Phase 3Production · open
- Phase 4–5Launch & tour
Corporate & foundation giving
Put your name on the dome.
Corporate partners fund what individual gifts can't: a full community stop, a season of the electric van, or the dome build itself. In return, your organization is recognized on the dome, the tour vehicle, this site and in every classroom kit we leave behind — and your team gets first access to host a stop in your community.
Opt2Refuture is a registered not-for-profit. We'll work with you on a package that fits your CSR goals, from a single sponsored stop to a founding partnership.
Talk to the team
partners@withinourreach.caWe reply within two business days. Ask for the partnership deck, or book a 20-minute call with our director.
Request the partnership deck →