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Come Grow With us Passive Solar Greenhouse Project
The Come Grow With Us Passive Solar Greenhouse Project is transforming education in Red Deer by giving students hands-on experience in sustainable food production, energy-efficient building design, and environmental stewardship. Led by The Foundation for Red Deer Public Schools, this living classroom integrates STEM learning with real-world skills, preparing students to tackle climate change and…
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Ten Peaks Innovation Alliance: Connecting Youth to Energy, Climate, and Sustainability
The Ten Peaks Innovation Alliance is transforming the way Alberta’s youth engage with innovation, energy, climate, and sustainability. Through annual conferences, case competitions, and hands-on summer camps, Ten Peaks provides students with real-world insights into clean technology, digital transformation, and environmental entrepreneurship, preparing them to be the next generation of sustainability leaders. Since its inception…
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Circular Rubber Technologies: Becoming the First Devulcanization Facility for End-of-Life Mining Tires in the World
Circular Rubber’s mission is to positively impact the world by converting rubber waste into value, again and again, to be used in new high-performance rubber products. Rooted in sustainability, their vision aims for the infinite reuse of the world’s rubber, striving towards a circular future where rubber is continuously repurposed, contributing to a regenerative environment….
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Piper Creek Restoration Agriculture Project
The Piper Creek Restoration Agriculture Project (PCRAP) is a publicly accessible site demonstrating riparian restoration and urban agriculture on the edge of Red Deer. Working together under a shared vision of “Cultivating a healthy environment for all creatures from soil to sky” the PCRA Project is a collaboration between many partners: The City of Red…
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Aspen Heights MicroSociety
For the past six years, Aspen Heights MicroSociety (AHM) has embarked on a mission to transform their school and community through environmental Initiatives and projects with the students as the driving force behind their projects. Aspen Heights Microsociety projects include: exploring their local watershed by raising and releasing of trout in a local pond,…
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Creating the Ultimate Environmental Experience
Through their MicroSociety Program, Aspen Heights Elementary School has been diligently working to provide their students with the Ultimate Science Learning Experience. Their Indoor Science Classroom, in conjunction with their Worm Wranglers business venture, has placed an emphasis on recycling and education for their students. Their Bottle Depot is run by their students (K to…
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NOVA Chemicals Community Nature Trail
In 2013, NOVA Chemicals announced it would create an environmental legacy project to commemorate a significant milestone for the company. The outcome is the NOVA Chemicals Community Nature Trail – opened in Fall 2015 – an 89-hectare (220-acre) area that reflects the province’s Water for Life strategy and wetland policies. The area near their Joffre…
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