Rural Routes to Climate Solutions (RR2CS) is a central Alberta based project providing agricultural producers with learning opportunities to benefit from climate solutions. It is led by project coordinator, Derek Leahy and supervised by programs manager, Brenda Barritt of the Stettler Learning Centre. RR2CS runs farm field days, workshops and conference speakers series’ and produces a podcast in order to explain that what is good for the farm …
ENVIRx
ENVIRx is a provincial medication and sharps disposal program administered by the Alberta Pharmacists’ Association (RxA). Pharmacists apply to participate in the ENVIRx program, which is available to community pharmacies for the safe disposal of post-consumer pharmaceutical waste.
Albertans are encouraged to return old or unused medications and sharps to their community pharmacy for proper and safe disposal. Through this program, pharmacies help promote public safety and ensure …
AWES – Trees are the Solution
The Agroforestry & Woodlot Extension Society (AWES) was formed in 2010 out of the Woodlot Extension Program, a government initiative to encourage sustainable development of private forests.
The non-profit restructured and added agroforestry to its mandate in recognition of the prevalence of agriculture within and around these forests.
“When it started in 2010, its primary purpose was education,” says executive director Noel St Jean. “We …
Sustainability at the Edmonton Convention Centre
For more than a decade, sustainability has been a focus at the Edmonton Convention Centre (ECC).
The 150,000 square foot convention centre hosts over 500 events and serves 250,000 meals in an average year. The complex nestled in Edmonton’s river valley is a city-owned not-for-profit — a model that helps drive its environmental goals, according to the centre’s sustainability manager.
“It allows us …
Pres Winter
The Viking Bluebird Trail numbers more than 1200 nest boxes and stretches along 275 miles of road in Beaver County.
Pres Winter started the massive bluebird trail in 1977 with just 200 nest boxes given to him by the then-director of John Janzen Nature Centre. At 79 years old, he still tends and bands baby birds with no intention of missing the next season in 2021.
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Dale Hodges Park
Dale Hodges Park is at once a stormwater facility, a public park and an art installation.
That threefold purpose was born out of the City of Calgary’s WATERSHED+ program, which brings together planners from Parks and Water Resources as well as artists from Public Art.
Artists like Tristan Surtees of Sans façon.
“The idea was that artists would help create an …
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 Deer
Red Deer River Naturalists
Red Deer River Watershed Alliance
Living Lands …
Using NetMap for Alberta’s Watersheds
Government and Watershed Councils have the complicated task of managing Alberta’s watersheds in a very busy landscape. The Water Program at fRI Research, through the work of Axel Anderson and Michael Wagner, has developed a tool to make the job easier. They have customized the GIS platform NetMap to work for Alberta’s watersheds, so it shows exactly where problems are in a watershed, and where mitigation efforts would be the …
Sustainable Development Project Phase IX Rooftop Solar Array
Around 2004, Stephanie Bennett helped jumpstart the Cochrane High School Sustainable Development Committee alongside another teacher.
The first iteration of the student-run club raised close to $50,000 and installed the first set of solar panels on the school’s roof.
“Everything just kind of took off from there and we just haven’t looked back,” says Bennett. “It’s just one group after another after another …
Energy Efficiency Alberta
Energy Efficiency Alberta (EEA) is dedicated to raising awareness about energy use and the promotion, design and delivery of programs supporting energy efficiency, energy conservation and the development of micro-generation and small-scale energy systems in Alberta. EEA’s work spans multiple industries and public institutions across the province. They support emerging technologies and financing tools that make our communities and businesses greener while reducing the cost burden: an excellent …