BUSINESS
Recognizing businesses that demonstrate a significant ongoing commitment to the environment and exceed normal practices or statutory duties. (Please indicate whether you consider the nominee a large or small business and why).
Past Recipients: Large Business
Past Recipients: Small Business
COMMUNITY GROUP
Recognizing particular environmental initiatives lead by volunteers that demonstrate a community group's commitment to the environment and has produced measurable and sustained positive change.
Past Recipients
EDUCATION: SCHOOL OR CLASSROOM
Recognizing classrooms, schools or school boards within the formal education system as well as formal educational curricula and programs. The category acknowledges those nominees that have gone beyond the normal practices and shown leadership and creativity in educating students about environmental matters.
Past Recipients
EDUCATION: NON-FORMAL
Recognizing individuals, organizations and on-the-ground local initiatives within the non-formal education system that demonstrate leadership and creativity in educating students and/or the broader public about environmental matters.
Past Recipients
EMERALD CHALLANGE AWARD
Each year the AEF Board of Directors will select a topic of current importance to the well being of the Alberta environment. The selected topic will be one that will provide many challenges to all involved parties and where inspirational and environmental leadership is needed.
The theme for the 2010 Emerald Challenge Award is Alberta’s Oil Sands. This award recognizes excellence and leadership related to activities in Alberta’s Oil Sands. This category will recognize the leadership work of any group/individual/business relating to any aspect of any Oil Sands deposit located in Alberta.
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION
Recognizing all levels of government, Crown corporations, public institutions, agencies, boards, etc., that demonstrate an ongoing commitment to the environment and exceed normal practice or statutory duties. This category includes universities, colleges and schools at the facilities or governance level (ie. facilities enhancements or policy changes).
Past Recipients
INDIVIDUAL COMMITMENT
Recognizing individuals committed to protecting the environment through personal initiative and/or within and through the organizations in which they work. Characteristics of nominees include: enthusiasm and resourcefulness in educating, inspiring and influencing others locally, provincially and/or more broadly. This category can be about lifetime achievement or something new and innovative with a particular “wow” factor.
Past Recipients
NOT-FOR-PROFIT ASSOCIATION
Acknowledging environmental achievement by a not-for-profit or professional association, this award recognizes particular initiatives that demonstrate commitment to the environment and produce measurable, positive change.
Past Recipients
YOUTH
Recognizing young people for initiatives that contribute to the future environmental well-being of the province of Alberta. The finalists have taken innovative action and demonstrated commitment to address or substantially mitigate a local, regional or provincial environmental issue. They have also shared the results and lessons learned so that others might be inspired to undertake similar initiatives.
Past Recipients
EMERALD CHALLENGE AWARD - Alberta's Oil Sands
New this year, the Alberta Emerald Foundation is introducing the Emerald Challenge Award. Each year, the AEF Board of Directors will select a topic of current importance to the well being of Alberta's environment. The selected topic will be one that will provide many challenges to all involved parties and where inspirational environmental leadership is required.
The theme for the 2010 Emerald Challenge Award is Alberta's Oil Sands, recognizing excellence and leadership related to environmental activities in Alberta's Oil Sands. Any group, individual, government or business may nominate their project relating to any aspect of any Oil Sands deposit in Alberta.