Trans Canada Trail Head (45th St.) Meet at trail head sign, at the end of 45th St.

We will be picking up garbage along the Trans Canada Trail to promote environmental awareness and stewardship in the town of Athabasca.
Contact: Chandra Clarke, 780 675 8225

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Various class projects pertaining to enviornment issues grades k-6

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Municipal Building
Olympic Plaza
Calgary Public Library - Central Location
EPCOR Centre

The Mayor’s Environment Expo is a unique, educational and interactive opportunity for students, teachers and parents. You will learn more about local and regional initiatives taken by The City of Calgary and local organizations to address environmental issues. Our theme “Step Up to Green, Step Out to Nature” is an Environmental challenge for the entire community to reduce your Ecological Footprint and to protect and enjoy the great outdoors!
Contact: Judi Vandenbrink, City of Calgary, 403 880 4467

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4200 - 50 Street

The Open House of The City of Camrose Water Treatment Plant's GAC Faciltiy. There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony, refreshments and tours of the entire Water Treatment Plant including its new addition. Contact: Vicki Cole, City of Camrose, (780) 672-4428 ext. 1047

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CCC Bike Central @ Canmore Crossing 

Canmore Community Cruiser Bike Central is located in the Devonian Canmore Crossing building at 1120 Railway Avenue.

ReCYCLE ROUND UP is created by the Canmore Community Cruiser Bike Share Program for 2 reasons: To encouraging bike transportation & to save bikes from the landfill.

Donate a Bike(& parts) to a great cause and clear out your garage!
Where: CCC Bike Central in Canmore Crossing on Railway Avenue
When: Environment Week Kick Off: Saturday, May 30th 10am-3pm

Need a Bike?
Get your own recycled bicycle. (free- $45)
Where: CCC Bike Central in Canmore Crossing on Railway Avenue
When: Environment Week Finale: Saturday, June 6th 10am-3pm

Contact: Marnie Dansereau, Canmore Community Cruisers (a green bike program), 403-678-0307

Breath Deep and Breath Easier

June 6, 2009
10:00 am to 3:00 pm

1120 Railway Avenue
Use the shortcut from Sobeys and Safeway. There will be signs showing the entrance to our event at 1120 Railway Avenue.

Canmore’s Breath Deep and Breath Easier will have a petition for the public to sign, asking the Town of Canmore to replace traffic lights with modern roundabouts to reduce greenhouse gasses. In addition, this event will have:

• Literature about the Calgary Regional Airshed Zone.
• A demonstration of solar panels and a solar oven.
• A pedal power machine.
• A 10 minute film on anti-idling.
• Literature about carpooling and bike riding

Contact: Shirley Mushey, Bow Valley Clean Air Society, (403) 678-4457

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Environmental Fair with over 20 displays, environmental art, live music, demonstrations, and a plant exchange.

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Open house tours at 6 solar homes around Edmonton.  Please see www.ecosolar.ca for all details about the tour and the homes you can visit. Contact: Gordon Howell, Eco-Solar Home Tour Society, 780 484 0476

Dairy Container Implementation
June 1, 2009
9:00 a.m.

North refund Centre 9504-162 Ave NW Namao Mall

Please join us as Alberta becomes the first jurisdiction in North America to include milk containers in a regulated deposit-refund system. Environment Week is a fitting time to kick off the latest initiative to demonstrate Alberta’s leadership in waste reduction. The beverage container recycling program is one of Alberta’s longest running and most successful recycling programs. The addition of dairy containers will assist the Beverage Container Management Board in meeting or even exceeding its recycling rate target of 85%. 

Contact: Cheryle Busat, Beverage Container Management Board, 780 424-3193

Environment week at NAIT

June 1st - 5th
9:00am – 3:00pm

Commitment Booth - June 2nd from 9-3pm
The One Simple Act team will be at NAIT with their commitment booth encouraging people to commit to one simple act.

Green Cleaning Lunch and Learn - June 4th from 12-1pm in room E 221

June 1st - 5th
NAIT will be participating in the commuter challenge.

June 5th
Commuter Challenge Breakfast for NAIT staff and students who commute using sustainable transportatio. Contact: Katie Kohl, (780) 378-5325

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Fort McMurray Public Library
Check out the top ten photos from this year's 'Wood Buffalo Landscapes' themed photography contest. Inquiries call Martin at 715-0005.

Magnificent Bison with Parks Canada
A Wood Buffalo National Park representative will visit participating elementary schools with hand-on activities about the ‘Magnificent Bison of the Boreal Forest’.

Saturday, May 30th
Household Hazardous Waste RoundUp

• 10:00 am – 5:30 pm at 168 Airport Road (RMWB maintenance building) on HWY 69   
• 8:00 – 12:00pm at Anzac Community Hall

Keep our environment free of toxic chemicals that can come from e-waste, batteries, paints and other cleaners. Drop off your unwanted household hazardous wastes for proper disposal! Volunteer by calling Laurie at 788-6425.

Tuesday, June 2nd
Compost: Food to Soil Seminar
7:00 – 9:00 pm at Keyano College,
Room 232 (Bob Lamb Centre)

Come learn about home composting in a free workshop! Composters will be sold at cost. Please register with Laurie at 788-6425.

Saturday, June 6th
Community Clean-Up
10:00 am Anzac Day Use Area
Help clean up the Anzac Day-Use Area and Gregoire Lake shoreline, followed with a BBQ!  For more information, contact Christine at 334-4262.

River Watch Raft Float Trip
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
You’re invited to join a free half-day 8 km interpretive raft trip on Fort McMurray’s Clearwater River. Participants will enjoy learning about the Clearwater River ecology, conducting water quality monitoring and engaging in a discussion of local environmental issues. There is room for 72 participants. Please register with Martin at 715-0005.

Royal Alberta Museum and CEMA at the Oil Sands Discovery Centre
10:00 am – 4:00 pm, Oil Sands Discovery Centre
Come by the Oil Sands Dicovery Centre to see RAMs dinosaur and bug exhibits; its fun for the whole family - rain or shine. CEMA is sponsoring a BBQ for you to enjoy. Call 743-7167 for more information!

Ken Beattie: From the Ground Up
2:00 – 4:00 pm, Keyano Recital Theatre

The Woodland Garden Society presents Ken Beattie! Ken is the author of a gardening book series and has hosted a number of gardening-related television and radio programs. Tickets are $12.  Inquiries call Yvonne at 792-2388.

Sunday, June 7th
Community Clearwater River Clean-Up & BBQ
10:00 am – 2:00 pm, Snye Park

Do your part and help clean-up our community! Volunteer with WBEA & RAMP members to clean-up our parkway and waterway. Boaters welcome! Prize giveaways, refreshments and a BBQ at Snye River Park are to follow.

Abasand Historic/Nature Walk
6:00 – 7:00pm, École Boreal Parking Lot

Enjoy the outdoors and join us for a walk through the historic Abasand oil sand plant site! Please register with Deanna at the Oil Sands Discovery Centre at 743-7167.

Go Green Family Day

Saturday, June 6th 2009
1:00pm - 4:00pm

Lion's Park

This event will be held to celebrate the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo's Environment Week. It will be a family event with recycled crafts, games, and prizes for the children, and seed packets for each family to take home and plant. Contact: Brooke McMillan, Summer Programs, Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, 780-799-1144

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Directions: From Hwy 16 turn south on Mountain Street by the Husky station. Follow Mountain Street up the hill and turn right onto Collinge Road at the top of the Hill. Park in the town parking lot on the north side of Collinge Road and walk down to Maxwell Lake. We will meet at the picnic table by the lake and proceed from there.

Hinton's new and exciting Beaver Boardwalk was opened June 2007 and additions in the winters of 2008 and 2009 make this one of the best places to observe beavers, birds and other wildlife in their natural habitat. The boardwalk leads visitors through a marsh, to a beaver pond, along Happy Creek and to the edge of Maxwell Lake. The boardwalk boasts an outdoor classroom, interpretive signage, and two viewing towers with spectacular views of the mountains. This event will be hosted by members of the Whisky-jack Club who have produced a Bird list of the Maxwell Lake and Beaver Boardwalk area. Learn first hand about the birds and wildlife in Hinton's backyard!

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Contact: Lori Rissling Wynn

1. EnviroFair/Saturday May 30 from 11am to 3pm/Elm Ave in downtown Jasper (rainout location is the Jasper Arena). This informative, fun filled outdoor fair will take place on Elm Ave in downtown Jasper. The whole family can enjoy this fair. There will be environment themed displays, activities, the 'Green Cup' street hockey tournament, recycled art show, entertainment by the Mountain WIT theatre troupe and announcement of the 2009 Bike Town winners. Tepee raising beside the Old Firehall at 11:30am with a discussion on this early example of green building.
2. Solar hot water heater open house/Monday June 1 from 6:30pm to 8:30 pm/1134 Cabin Creek Dr. Local resident Mike Wasuita will explain and demonstrate the benefits of his newly installed solar hot water heating system.
3. ESAC Awards/Tuesday June 2 at 1:30pm/Emergency Services Building (Jasper Emergency Services Building, 518 Geikie St.). Winners of the Jasper Environmental Stewardship Awards will be announced at the regular Council meeting. These awards recognize and celebrate leading local organizations, businesses, schools and individuals who are contributing to making Jasper a green community.
4. Wild Wacky Walking Wednesday/Wednesday June 3 all day/Jasper schools. Jasper's schools participate in WWWW. Students find creative environmentally friendly ways to get to school in honour of Clean Air Day.
5. Carbon Bust your Life/Wednesday June 3 at 7pm/Marmot Lodge (Marmot Lodge, 86 Connaught Dr.), Cabaret Room. Join Edmonton author and Energy Efficiency Expert, Godo Stoyke for an inspiring talk on how to slow climate change, reduce carbon emissions and save in energy costs.
6. Stewardship Day/Thursday June 4 all day/HWY 16, 93 and Jasper Townsite. Municipality of Jasper and Parks Canada staff join forces on Stewardship Day to pick up litter and recyclables along Jasper's highways and high visitor use areas.
7. Take it or Leave it Event and Toxic-EWaste Roundup/Saturday June 6 from 11am to 3pm/Activity Centre Parking Lot (rainout location Jasper Arena 303 Pyramid Ave.). The Take it or Leave it event is like a huge community garage sale - only everything is free! Residents can bring items they no longer use (but they must still work!) and leave with items they need. It's the ultimate reuse/recycle event. Also that day is our Toxic-EWaste roundup! Special Jasper Screening of the Disney movie EARTH at the Chaba Theatre at 1:30pm and again at 3:30pm.

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Canadian Cancer Society - 317 10 St S

Help protect yourself and your loved ones from potentially cancer causing pesticides! The Canadian Cancer Society wants to educate, empower and engage you this environment week!

We are offering "Pesticide Free" lawns signs for you to proudly display in your yard, as well as  information on cosmetic pesticide alternatives and pesticide facts – all free of charge!

Come learn how you can become an ambassador for a healthier community.

Contact: Lyndsay Montina, Canadian Cancer Society, 403-317-4659

Bike Ride & Barbeque

Wednesday, June 3
5:35pm - 5:45pm

Meet at City Hall, 910 4 Ave

Join others in your community as they bike for clean air in Lethbridge by supporting alternative transportation. The bike ride will be followed by a barbeque featuring locally produced, organic beef burgers by Diamond Willow Ranchers. Supporting locally produced food promotes clean air by reducing the greenhouse gases emitted by transporting that food to our tables. The barbeque is free for riders. All that is needed to join is a bike and helmet. Safety vests for the ride will be provided. People must register by calling 403-320-4996. Call the same number for more information and the bike route. For other Environment Week events in Lethbridge visit www.lethbridge.ca under Public Notices on the Homepage. Contact: Andrea Vaxvick, Environment Week Committee, 403-320-4996

Snack, Film and Info Night

Tuesday, June 2
6:00pm - 9:00pm

City Hall, 910 4 Ave S

Food For Thought: Inspiring Films on Gardening, Feeding and Strengthening Communities. Snacks, environmental information displays and films. Contact: Andrea Vaxvick, Environment Week Committee, 403-320-4996

Conservation Cache Nature Walk

Sunday, May 31st
2:00pm - 3:00pm

Helen Schuler Nature Centre (Take 3rd Ave S beyond Scenic Drive S intersection. At the bottom of the coulee turn right and drive until you see the Helen Schuler Nature Centre)

Come experience firsthand the importance of conserving our local river valley. We will make our own commitments to conservation and then place them in a geocache to hide in the Lethbridge Nature Reserve. All ages are welcome! Contact: Laura Piersol, Helen Schuler Nature Centre, 403-320-3064

Biological Control of Weeds Guest Speaker: Rose De

Thursday, June 4th
7:00pm - 8:00 pm

Helen Schuler Nature Centre

Join us as we explore a natural alternative to weed control with Rose DeClerck-Floate, an entomologist at the Agriculture Canada Research Station in Lethbridge. She will be explaining the use of biological controls on various weed species in projects going on within the city.

In lieu of an admission fee, please bring a non-perishable food item for the The Lethbridge Food Bank. Contact: Laura Piersol, Helen Schuler Nature Centre, 403-320-3064

Saturday, June 6th
1:30pm - 3:30pm

Helen Schuler Nature Centre

Teens MUST pre-register. Open to teens 11-15 years old. Discover geocaching, a sport where you search for hidden treasures using GPS units. We will find local caches and create a "conservation" geocache of our own! Contact: Laura Piersol, Helen Schuler Nature Centre, 403-320-3064

Environment Week

Friday, June 5, 2009

Alberta Environment Community Clean Up
Please meet 1:30 pm, at the main doors of the Lethbridge Provincial Building

• Clean up will occur downtown

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Bring in paints, solvents, oils, old drugs etc, and we will dispose of them safely. We will also provide information on the City's Hazmat dropoff site.

Monday - Hazardous waste Drop off - College personnel can bring in their paints, solvents, oils, old drugs etc, and we will dispose of them safely. We will also provide information on the City's Hazmat dropoff site.

Tuesday - Solid Waste stream reduction - We will collect all of the trash from the college from the previous day and deposit it outside the front entrance in a roped off area approx 10 meters from the front doors. It will be signed showing that this is a typical College daily garbage output and what this adds up to in a year. All students and staff will be encouraged to come visit the "pile" and bring any recyclable materials along and deposit in "green" collection hoppers. Posters on "green" hoppers will encourage us to "DO MORE!". We will also provide information on what can and cannot be recycled. At the end of the day we will show how much solid waste was diverted from the landfill in just one day.

Wednesday - Commuter Challenge - Staff will be encouraged to find alternate means than driving to work this week. A vehicle counter will be placed at the entrances to the College so that we can track our traffic. We will also be setting up a voluntary "Toll Booth" for those who do drive that day. There will be a sign up sheet to see how far people walked/biked that day. Again more info available on bus routes, Green house gas emissions, etc.

Thursday - Cathy Linowski will be hosting a free lunch time seminar on Xeriscaping and low impact gardening. Guided Tours of the Campus will be available throughout the day.

Friday - Eat Locally (100 mile diet) There will be a mini-farmers market display at the college from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Rachel MacPherson from MacPherson Meats willalso make a 15-20 minute presentation on the benefits of buying local, naturally raised beef. There will also be presentations on the 100 mile diet concept. There will be a BBQ offering burgers from MacPherson Meats, locally baked buns, and fresh vegetables from local greenhouses for a toonie. A comprehensive list of Local Producers put together by the Community Food Connections group will be available.

Alberta New Construction, Smaller Footprint - Open House

Thursday, June 4, 2009
5:00pm to 9:00pm

42 Somerset Way S.E.

Discover how new home construction can be more energy efficient and at the same time more comfortable than standard construction. Learn how you can take steps to reduce your gas, electricity and water use, save money and lower your environmental footprint!
Contact:  Donna Robinson, New Leaf Homes Ltd., 403-526-6116

"What's the Buzz"

May 30 to June 7, 2009
9:00am to 5:00pm everyday but Monday

Location: Police Point Park Nature Centre, located in Police Point Park along the South Saskatchewan River in North East Medicine Hat. Follow Police Point Drive.

Our new exhibit explores the importance of pollinators, and ways that we can develop backyard habitat. The first fifty families or groups will receive a free native flower to plant in their yard. Contact: Corlaine Gardner, Chief Park Interpreter, MH Interpretive Program, Grasslands Naturalists, 403-529-6225

For more information, please visit the BCMB’s website.
Click here for specific questions about milk containers.

Documentary: The 11th Hour

June 2, 7:00pm

Medicine Hat Public Library Theatre:  The Library is located at 414 First Street S.E. in Medicine Hat. The Theatre is on the lower level.

"Narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio, this captivating documentary explores the perilous state of our planet and the means by which we can change our course."  Also, throughout Environment Week, the Library will feature a display of relevant books, DVDs, and give-aways for children and adults. Contact: Sheila Drummond, Medicine Hat Public Library, (403) 502-8531

Go Green with the Canadian Cancer Society

June 1, 2009 to June 5, 2009
8:30am to 4:30pm

#102 1865 Dunmore Road SE

Stop by the Canadian Cancer Society and get your "pesticide free" lawn sign as well as information about alternatives to pesticides. Contact: Michelle Sauve, Canadian Cancer Society, 403-581-1039

Greening the Church Grounds; Caring for Creation

Friday, June 5

Fifth Avenue Memorial United Church: Corner of Fifth Avenue and Fourth Street SE. "Downtown"

"Dig In" 9 to noon. Displays all day and weekend

FAM Gardeners' "Dig In" Come join us for conversation and dandelion dig on our pesticide-free lawns. Take a turn turning compost. Milk and cookies will be served on the lawn for $2 for the United for Peace Campaign. Come on out and Dig in! Contact: Martha Munz Gue, 403-526-2226

Environment Week

The Esplanade, 401 1st SE

Friday, June 5, 2009
9:00am - 10:00pm

Students (previously registered) will see a Peter Puffin Performance, as well as dynamic & static displays. Students will go on a museum tour of the History of Food/Food for Health, Communities in Bloom marigold planting.

Open to the Public 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm

• Dynamic & static displays
• Museum tour of the History of Food/Food for Health

Saturday, June 6, 2009
9:00am - 10:00pm

• Dynamic & static displays
• Museum tour of the History of Food/Food for Health

Peter Puffin will have 2 shows in the park - open to the public! :)

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Open to the Public 11:00am – 4:00 pm

• Dynamic & static displays
• Museum tour of the History of Food/Food for Health

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Celebrating Green at Writing-on-Stone

Saturday June 6, 2009
11:00am, 1:00pm

Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park (45km east of Milk River on highway 501. Then south on access road. (Follow the signs)

Writing-on-Stone staff will be offering tours and activities in our LEED certified Visitor Centre by introducing and educating people on efficient and eco-friendly ways of reducing our impact on the earth. Visitors are invited to come to our Hoodoo-Hut convenience store and bring their reusable mug or cup to get a discount on slushes or coffee. Come to the park for more activities and information on celebrating green! Contact: Suzanne Lodermeier, 403-647-2364

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Parkland Conservation Farm: Spring Foraging and Food Festival

The schedule is:
1:00: meet at the PCF and registration
1:30 - 3:00 pm: Foraging, Edible and Healing Plants Walk with Glen Gustafson from Alberta Environment. Site: Aspen Parkland Adventure Trail, PCF
3:00 - 4:30 pm: One Simple Act Program: Food Miles presentation. Site: PCF farm yard
4:30 - 5:00 pm: Free time to explore the Parkland Conservation Farm; naturally raised livestock, organic gardens, wetland, etc.
5:00 - 6:00 pm: Local Meal over the campfire

Cost: $10/family or $5/person with the meal included in that. Children must be accompanied by their family.

Please contact Melissa Horne at 780-764-3927 to register and for more info.

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Community Garden - composting talk

June 5th, 2009
3:00pm - 7:00pm

Ground Level Youth Centre
The old "House by the Bridge" location: 94th Ave & 98 St.

Join us at the Community Garden as we discuss composting and food security. Contact: Wanda Laurin, Peace Citizens' Recycling Society, 780-624-2751

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Multi-purpose Facility, 895 Main Street, Pincher Creek, AB

Various displays will be set up in the lobby of the swimming pool/multi-purpose facility for schools & public to view. Displays will include: Cows & Fish, MD Ag Service Board (noxious weeds), displays on composters, rain barrels etc. Demonstrations will also be held as well there will be an aquarium project. Contact: Diane Burt Stuckey, Town of Pincher Creek, 403-627-4322

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Kerry Wood Nature Centre

Learn about watersheds, wetlands, and water testing with the whole family. Contact: Jolene Burge, Red Deer River Watershed Alliance, 403-340-7379

Tree Planting

June 4, 2009

The Community Connections Club and Individuals served by Catholic Social Services will plant trees with support from the City Urban Forester. Contact: Sherry Albrecht, (403) 347-8844

Enviro Fair

Thursday June 4, 2009
10:00am - 2:00pm

Provincial Building (main floor foyer) 4920 - 51 Street

Join us for this fun, free interactive event open to the public! Come learn about local programs and organizations striving to enhance the environment and your health.

Come meet the people supporting environmental stewardship in your community and learn how easy it is to help improve your quality of life and the protect environment. Topics of interest will include local watershed and stewardship programs, drinking water and air quality management, waste reduction and water conservation, climate change and energy efficiency, environmental regulations and much more.

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Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation:  The BCBC is located in Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park, approximately 18.5 km north of Slave Lake, AB on Highway 88.

Celebrate spring migration at the Boreal Centre for Bird Conservation. This green building promotes conservation in all aspects of construction including: composting toilets, rainwater collection system, geothermal heating/cooling and passive solar design. Activities include: Guided hikes, banding lab tours, pancake breakfast, children's activities, and special workshops on a wide variety of activities. Check out www.borealbirdcentre.ca for more information on this event.

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This event will start in the classroom teaching kids about riparian areas, what they are and then what they do, followed by looking at factors affecting water quality and some different types of aquatic bugs. The presentation will then head outside to the local lake where we will do some water quality sampling, look at how what we do in one area to our steam affects all other areas and finally end the day with some pond dipping.

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4202-50 ST Stony Plain Heritage Park
Directly behind the Dodge Dealership off Highway 16 A in the building attached to the Pioneer Museum grounds.

A kick off to an ongoing campaign to encourage customers to bring their own reusable bags and baskets, to reuse plastic bags if they must use plastic and to cut down on the amount of plastic going into our local environment. On June 5 & 6 there will be prizes for those who bring their own bags, there will be information on why bringing your own bag matters and there will be a plastic bag recycling station. Contact: Robin Hill, Heritage Farmers Market, 780-963-2777

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Railway Park Promenade 49th Ave
Directly North of the Sylvan Lake Pool

Booths will be set up for people to come check out different environmental agenicies and programs running in the central Alberta area. Contact: JoAnn Oldcorn, Town of Sylvan Lake, 403-887-1185 ext 233

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