Welcome to the Alberta Emerald Foundation website.

The Alberta Emerald Foundation website includes a fully searchable database of over 1,900 examples of environmental excellence.  Our goal is for people and organizations from around the province and across the country to learn from these examples, change their attitudes and behaviours and make environmental excellence an everyday occurrence.  

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2010 Emerald Awards

Do you know of a great example of Environmental Excellence?  Help celebrate and inspire Environmental Excellence in Alberta by nominating the project for a 2010 Emerald Award.

Nominations information and the online nomination form will be available on our website by late-November 2009.  Nominations will close on Friday, February 26, 2010.

The 2010 Emerald Awards will be presented in Calgary on Thursday, June 10, 2010.

Currently, volunteers are being recruited to help promote the Emerald Awards and encourage nominations.  If you are interested in becoming an Emerald Ambassador, please contact the AEF office at 780-413-9629 or email us.

NEW!  ILM Award: Shared Footprints - Excellence in Integrated Land Management

The Alberta Emerald Foundation is pleased to launch our first Emerald Certified partner award program.  For information or to nominate your project for an ILM Shared Footprints Award, please click here.

Youth Environmental Engagement Grant Program

The Alberta Emerald Foundation is pleased to launch the Youth Environmental Engagement Grant Program this autumn.  With seed funding provided by ConocoPhillips Canada and an additional boost from the Alberta Beverage Container Recycling Corporation, grants of up to $400 are available.  For information about this program and the downloadable application form, please click here.

Videos of 2009 Emerald Awards recipients and finalists!

The videos of our recipients and finalists are now available on their profiles!  Follow the links provided in the article below to view them.

Congratulations to all of our recipients 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 recipients put forward in the past year.

The list of recipients 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 2009 Emerald Awards finalist include:

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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