Nominee Name and Project

Nominee Contact Information

Nominator Contact Information

Category

Please indicate one category for which you wish your nomination to be considered. The Judges reserve the right to move nominations from one award category to another where appropriate.

The Nomination

1. Please provide an executive summary of the nominated project. This summary will be used on the AEF website as well as possibly in the Emerald Awards print program and other communications materials, so please ensure your summary is eloquent and easy to understand.

2. Environmental Benefit & Outcomes

• Identify what environmental receptor or element of the environment is benefiting from the project or activity being nominated: air, land, water, flora, fauna, biodiversity, waste reduction etc.
• Effectiveness in engaging youth
• Clearly identify/describe/explain how this is being accomplished:
  • Reducing the impact on the environment
  • Protecting preserving, enhancing
  • Reclamation, restoration
  • Kids doing a clean up
  • Conservation or preservation (i.e. nature conservancy holding land)
  • Social science (culture) has a role in environmental protection

How does the nominated project achieve environmental benefit and outcomes?

3. Commitment

• What were the results achieved?
• Demonstrate the depth and breadth of involvement by individuals and organizations
• # of years project has been active
• Demonstrate the extraordinary levels of dedication required to see the project or work of the nominee to completion
• Describe the magnitude of impact
• Did the project overcome any barriers? How did this contribute to project learning?

How does the nominated project demonstrate commitment?

4. Sharing

• How did/does this nominee influence others:
  • How were project results shared?
  • Did the project educate target audiences or the public?
  • Lead by example in order to change attitudes in specific industries or sectors
• Collaboration / partnerships with other organizations and individuals
  • # of people involved, # of partners involved
  • Extent of cross-sector partnerships (i.e. between different industry sectors; or partnering between industry, government, environmental NGO's, and community; versus partnering within a single
• How has this work influenced others to follow the same approaches, or how the project can stand as a prototype for future projects?

How does the nominated project incorporate sharing?

5. Innovation

• Is the nominee or the project creative or new?
• Does it use older technology in a new way?
• Does it provide leadership for others?
• Is this a research project – will and has it influenced public policy?
• How does this project differ from business-as-usual?

In what way(s) is the project innovative?

6. Shared Footprints Award Only

Nominations in this category must be observant and consistent with the Emerald Awards Criteria, as well, must demonstrate alignment to ILM Principles:

• Describe how there will be a reduction in land-use disturbances relative to what would have occurred in the absence of integrated efforts
• Describe how land users in the area affected by the proposed new activity have been identified and engaged, and their diverse interests, knowledge and values in the area have been considered.
• Have impacts on other land users been identified and addressed?
• Is the land use proposal supported by other land users? Where it isn't supported, describe the efforts taken to address concerns.
• What are the identified social, cultural and environmental resources that will be affected throughout the lifecycle of the activity? How will these effects be addressed?
• What are the risks to stated values for land in the area? What is the management strategy used to address these risks?
• Describe how the best available knowledge, data, information, science, process and/or models have been used to support the proposed activity, and how this will be used to minimize the present and future footprint.
• How does the proposed activity demonstrate shared stewardship?
• Has the entire lifecycle of the activity, including reclamation activities upon closure, been considered or anticipated?
• Are potential future uses and interests been accommodated during the life of the activity and/or after the activity has concluded?
• How will you continuously improve tools and process, while identifying information gaps and other needs (adaptive management)? Describe the mechanisms for collecting feedback and learning, and how this is influences changes in management practices.

How does the nominated project align with the above principles?

7. Why is the nominated project Emerald Award worthy?

8. Please attach 2 letters of support for the nominated project or testimonials.

Please limit your supplementary material to fewer than 10 megabytes. These could be in the form of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF or image files. Please be sure to make clear which nomination the materials are supporting. Please combine files in a zip.

9. OPTIONAL: One supporting document or weblink of the project may be uploaded, if you wish.

Please limit your supplementary material to fewer than 10 megabytes. These could be in the form of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF or image files. Please be sure to make clear which nomination the materials are supporting.

Conditions

I, the nominator, certify that the information provided in or with this form is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge.

I authorize the Alberta Emerald Foundation to use any information provided in this nomination (other than personal addresses and telephone numbers) to promote the Emerald Awards and as part of the database of examples of environmental excellence on the AEF website. Please note: The online database provides an opportunity for people to contact you via email, however responding to these requests for information is entirely at the discretion of the nominee/contact; e-mail addresses are not accessible to the viewer until you respond.

The Emerald Foundation is pleased to work with the media to provide opportunities for nominees to showcase their success to a broader audience. Please provide the name and contact information for the most appropriate person to act as a media spokesperson for your nomination. Please remember, this information will be shared with the media and posted on the AEF website for media access.

I authorize the Alberta Emerald Foundation to use the personal address and telephone number recorded above to promote the Emerald Awards and as part of the database of examples of environmental excellence on the AEF website.

If selected as a finalist, I agree that I, or my representative, will attend the Emerald Awards ceremony at the Martha Cohen Theatre in Calgary on Wednesday, June 6, 2012.

Where did you hear about the Emerald Awards?

Once you hit the submit button, the system will review your nomination form and accept it. Once it is accepted, you will be taken to a new screen with a completion message, and you will also receive an email confirmation. If this does not happen, that means there is a problem with your nomination (perhaps you missed checking off a box or entered information incorrectly?). Please review the form to identify the problem, correct the problem and hit submit again. Thank you for taking the time to nominate an environmental leader!

If you have any problems or questions, please contact us.

Once you submit your nomination, an email will be sent within 60 - 90 minutes that will include a copy of your completed nomination form.