46 organizations made commitments to the Framework, only some of which are highlighted here. Click here to view detailed commitments. If you would like to feature your project, please contact us.

Lakeland College

New Initiatives: September 2008, Lakeland College offered PD sessions for teachers from the Buffalo Trail Public School Division and the East Central School District that  involved hands-on experiential learning and discussion topics. Participants learned how to safely navigate the Vermilion Provincial Park Reservoir in canoes discussing topics such as vegetation differences between north and south facing slopes as relates to precipitation and sunlight, water quality and protection of water resources with Riparian Zones. The sessions will be expanded to include grade 9 students in the future. For more information contact Allen Verbeek, 780-853-8589.

These efforts are in line with the following Framework outcome:

• Outcome 1-7

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Weaselhead/Glenmore Park Preservation Society

New Initiatives:  The Weaselhead  will be partnering with the City of Calgary to further advance the education of non-native plant species to both children and adults in many levels.  We will be using the Cochrane Ecological Institute (CEI)  L’ECOLOGIE, C’EST POUR TOUS (The Environment is Yours) to lead our programs in the French language. The WGPP will be advertising throughout the Calgary Board of Education and Calgary Catholoic School Board systems with a focus on the French Immersion Schools to deliver curriculum based environmental education programs in the French language.

These efforts are in line with the following Framework outcome:

• Outcome 4-3

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Hosteling International

New Initiatives:  The hosteling association will be working with local guide Doug Latimer and Shadow Light Productions to provide new resources on glacial melting, as part of the avalanche curriculum delivered to the Calgary Outdoor and Science School through the Mosquito Creek Hostel and Banff High School. Shadow Light Productions are currently presenting the film The Vanishing Ice to schools.

 The goals are to combine northern and southern programming and deliver new resource, bring teachers onto glaciers to contribute to a film about environmental issues surrounding melting glacier, present this film to students in their classroom, and eventually bring students to the toe of the glacier at our hostel for safe experiential learning fieldtrips

• Outcomes 1-2 and 1-7

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Land Stewardship Centre of Canada

New Initiatives: The Land Stewardship Centre of Canada will be offering workshops in support of our Green Communities Guide, a practical guide for municipal stewards to develop strategies to conserve water, protect water quality, preserve valuable agricultural land, and protect critical open space and wildlife habitat.   They assisted in the development of the National Stewardship & Conservation Conference 2009 “Strengthening Stewardship – Investing at Every Step” (Calgary, July 8-11, 2009) and support the initiatives of Alberta Stewardship Network in responding to the needs of Alberta’s stewardship groups. In support of ACEE's EE Resource Centre they provided a model of a directory content format. The Land Stewardship Centre participates in an advisory capacity on ACEE’s multi-stakeholder committee for the poll on Albertans’ environmental literacy, their stewardship actions, and their receptivity to market-based instruments to protect the environment. Visit our website>>

These efforts are in line with the following Framework outcomes:

• Outcomes 1-7 and 2-4

• Outcome 1-4, 3-4 and 3-6

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Federation of Alberta Naturalists

New Initiatives: The Federation of Alberta Naturalists will be increasing its capacity to organize and deliver programs, such the annual bird count, annual plant count, and "Living by Water" program. They now have increased capacity to incorporate more projects into programming and to involve more Federation of Alberta Naturalists (FAN) experts in delivering these projects.

• Outcome 3-5