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  • Leading Change for a Greener Tomorrow

    Many children and families in urban communities don’t have easy access to hands-on environmental learning, making it harder to build a connection to nature or understand how everyday actions impact local green spaces. Through Let’s Get Planting!, youth leader Tatiana Meneses-Sab is creating opportunities for children and families to learn by doing. The program brings…

  • Conservation Champions Club

    Many young people care about environmental issues but lack access to hands-on learning and real opportunities to take action. Barriers like cost, transportation, and limited exposure to conservation careers can make it difficult for youth to turn that interest into meaningful involvement. The Conservation Champions Club, led by the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo, brings together youth…

  • Peter Lougheed Wildlife Overpass

    The Trans-Canada Highway east of Banff is one of Alberta’s busiest transportation corridors. For decades, it has also acted as a barrier for wildlife in the Bow Valley, fragmenting habitat and leading to frequent animal-vehicle collisions that threaten both wildlife and motorists. Species including elk, moose, deer, grizzly bears, black bears, and lynx rely on…

  • Conservation Land Stewards Program

    In Alberta’s Parkland ecoregion, natural habitat is increasingly rare. Only about five percent of the region remains as natural vegetation, and less than one percent is formally protected. At the same time, conservation organizations face limited capacity to steward the lands they work to protect, especially as volunteer engagement has shifted in recent years. The…

  • Alpine Park MAGNA Stormpark™

    As communities grow and climate patterns shift, stormwater management systems must do more than simply move water away. They must help communities adapt to both intense rainfall and periods of drought while protecting surrounding ecosystems. In Calgary’s Alpine Park community, MAGNA Engineering Services Inc., working with Dream Asset Management Corporation, set out to design a…

  • Blatchford

    Cities play a critical role in addressing climate change, as the buildings and transportation systems that support daily life account for the majority of urban greenhouse gas emissions. In Edmonton, these challenges led to a bold vision to transform the former municipal airport lands into a new kind of neighbourhood designed to support sustainable living…

  • Kainai Ecosystem Protection Association

    Across the Kainai First Nation, restoring relationships between people, land, and culture is essential to addressing environmental challenges such as drought, declining native plant populations, and food insecurity. Strengthening this connection requires both the protection of culturally important species and the sharing of knowledge with the next generation. For more than a decade, the Kainai…

  • Cycling is Freedom

    For many young people, cycling is no longer a common way to get around. Safety concerns, limited access to bikes, and a lack of cycling skills have left many school bike racks empty and reduced opportunities for youth to travel independently. Youth en Route is working to change that by helping students gain the confidence,…

  • Calgary’s Renewable Diesel Program

    Reducing emissions from heavy-duty vehicles is a major challenge for municipalities. In Calgary, more than 1,200 medium and heavy-duty vehicles support essential services such as road maintenance, waste collection, and public safety. Many of these vehicles rely on diesel and must operate reliably in cold weather, making it difficult to transition quickly to zero-emission alternatives.…

  • From Forest Residues to Zero-Emission Adipic Acid

    Adipic acid is a  building block of Nylon 6,6, used in products from textiles to automotive components and electronics. Conventional production releases nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas nearly 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide CO2, generating millions of tonnes of emissions globally each year. OzoneBio, a Calgary-based, woman-founded clean technology company, has developed a first-in-the-world process to produce adipic acid from…