Environment Week June 5 - 11
Environment Week has been celebrated in Alberta since 1972!
- Find ideas for events
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Register your event and get tips and tools for promotion
- Within Environment Week, there are some topic specific days
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Biodiversity and Forests
May 22 is the International Day for Biological Diversity and the theme this year is forests as 2011 is the International Year of Forests. Here are some ideas for the classroom: 
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Peter Puffin Wins a Juno! 
Peter Lenton is a great friend to environmental educators everywhere, his songs keep us dancing and inspired! He was recently honoured with a Juno Award for his album Proud Like a Mountain.
Hear a clip from Proud Like A Mountain.
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Emerald Award Finalists Announced
Congratulations to all the finalists! There are many inspiring environmental education champions and organizations who made the cut this year:
- Jim Martin
- Climate Change Central
- Evergreen Theatre
- EcoLiving Events
- Agrium Inc.: Caring for our Watersheds
- Green Calgary
- Edmonton Bicycle Commuters' Society
- Brightview School
A special mention to two schools who participated in the ACEE 2011 Cenovus Energy Environmental Education Leadership Clinic:
- Glenbow Elementary School
- Ecole Lawrence Grassi Middle School
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The Green Interview
This site has in-depth interviews with leaders in the environmental field in Canada and around the world. Episodes include interviews with Vandana Shiva, Farley Mowat, Chris Turner, Elizabeth May and others. You pay a subscription fee for a new interview every month, there are discounts for students.
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Take Me Outside 
Colin is running across the country to raise awareness and inspire young Canadians to GET OUTSIDE! Follow his progress and learn more about the trip here. |
Green Teacher Webinars
All webinars from this series are recorded and posted if you missed any. 
The next 4 webinars are: - May 10 - Frog Songs: Poetry and Essays, Field Ecology and Entomology
- May 16 - Water Stewardship - From Source to Sea
- May 19 - Do a Little or Do a Lot: Sustainability Education
- May 25 - Green Craft Making
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Waterlution Workshops
These sessions are for leaders between 18-35 interested in water issues in Canada. Registration is now  open for the following sessions in Western Canada:
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National Environmental Education Conference June 8-10
The 2011 Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM) conference will focus on exploring the issues of learning and being active in society AND our environment.
Register now!
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