Welcome to the Alberta Emerald Foundation website.

The Alberta Emerald Foundation website includes a fully searchable database of over 1,800 examples of environmental excellence.  Our goal is for people and organizations around the province, and across the country, to learn from these examples, change their attitudes and behaviours and make environmental excellence an everyday occurrence.  

NEWS

Congratulations to all of our winners and finalists!

Congratulations to all of our winners and finalists!  The 2009 Emerald Awards were astounding this year, and it could not have happened without the positive environmental efforts that each and every one of our nominees, finalists and winners put forward in the past year.

The list of winners is as follows:

Business
Lafarge's Lafarge Meadows Enhanced Gravel Site Reclamation
LOGical Creations Ltd's TREECYCLE: Making Protecting Nature LOGical

Community Group
River Valley Alliance's Capital Region River Valley Park

Education: Non-Formal
City of Calgary's Mayor's Environment Expo

Education: School or Classroom
Calgary Zoo's Groundworks

Government Institution
EcoTeam's Calgary Board of Education EcoStewardship Initiative

Individual Commitment
David Manz, P.Eng, P.Ag's Biosand Water Filter
Jill and Basil Seatons's A lifetime of Environmental Commitment and Advocacy

Not-for-Profit Association
Alberta Birds of Prey's  Alberta Birds of Prey Centre

Youth
Eco-Air's Edmonton's Children's-Organized Anti-Idling Recruiters.

And our list of finalists this year:

Business
Brewster's Columbia Icefield Visitor Centre's Walking the Stewardship Talk
Frito Lay Canada - Lethbridge Plant's Performance with Purpose

Community Group
Peigan Friends Along The River's Fish Rescue
West County Watershed Group's Riparian Reforestation and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement

Education - Non Formal
Dory Rossiter's School Environmental Presentations/Nature Cleanups
Evergreen Theatre's Touring of the Envrionmental & Educational "Go With the Flow" Production

Education - School or Classroom   
Christ the Redeemer Catholic Schools's Holy Trinity Academy
Professor Robert Grant's The Ecosys mathematical model of natural and managed ecosystems

Government Institution   
Alberta Environment's Partners in Resource Excellence
City of Medicine Hat's HAT Smart Renewable Energy and Conservation Program

Individual Commitment
David Keith's Commitment to Addressing Climate Change

Not-For-Profit Association  
Alberta Institute for Wildlife Conservation's Wildlife Health & Educational Center
Alberta Native Plant Council's Promoting and Conserving Native Plants in Alberta

Youth  
Cochrane High School (CHS)'s Sustainable Development Project Phases 3 & 4
Students' Union - University of Alberta's Environmental Coordination Office of Students (ECOS)

Once again, congratulations to all 105 nominees for the 2009 Emerald Awards--all of whom are shining examples of environmental stewardship.  We at the Foundation would like to thank everyone for their interest and support in celebrating environmental excellence, and we hope to see you next year for the 2010 Emerald Awards!

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2009 Emerald Awards

The 2009 Emerald Awards will take place on Tuesday, June 16 at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton.  The show begins promptly at 5:30 pm and is followed by a reception. 

As this is a theatre event with assigned seating, all tickets must be pre-ordered.  There will not be tickets available at the door.  For information about ordering tickets, please click here. 

Nominees and Finalists

Details about all of the nominees and finalists for the 2009 Emerald Awards are now online!  To access the database, please click here.

2009 Emerald Awards Finalists Announced

On Thursday, April 23, about 150 guests gathered at the Citdael Theatre in Edmonton to attend a special reception hosted by Mayor Stephen Mandel, 2009 Emerald Awards Honourary Chair.  During this reception, the finalists for the 2009 Emerald Awards were announced (as can be seen here).

Congratulations to all of the 105 nominees for the 2009 Emerald Awards.  Upon reviewing the nominations packages, Gordon Howell who is a recipient of an Emerald Award and has volunteers as a 2009 Emerald Judge remarked, "When reading through the nominations and seieng the extensive work that people are doing in Alberta to benefit our environment, it gives me great hope that Alberta's environment is in good hands for the future."

Centre for Environmental Excellence