150 Ways - Calgary

We are shining a light on the amazing work being done by students and teachers in Alberta with our celebration of "150 Ways Schools Show Climate Leadership" in Calgary on November 4!

Most students in Alberta are not benefiting from hands-on, engaging, innovative environmental and sustainability projects, we want to change that! By profiling these types of programs, we want to show other teachers and educational leadership the tremendous benefit students receive from this type of learning. Help us move environmental, climate, energy and sustainability education from the margins to the mainstream.

Thank you to the 14 schools, 80 students, teachers and parents and 20 guests who participated in this great event! See all the photos of the event here.

We received media coverage from the event:

Global Television: https://globalnews.ca/news/3844028/groups-push-for-more-emphasis-on-climate-change-in-alberta-curriculum/

Radio-Canada: http://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/videos/media-7807315/temp

Metro News article: http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2017/11/08/calgary-students-take-charge-of-climate-change-education.html

Schedule of Events

9:00am Teachers and students set up displays

9:30am Guest arrive

10:00am Kick off

10:15am - 11:20am Visit booths and learn about projects

11:20am - 12:00pm Presentations from invited guests,

Gord Baldwin, Principal
Michael Gray, Mayor's Environment Expo
Shauna Kelley, student
Julie Hrdlicka, CBE Trustee
Victoria Goleski, student
Patrick Duke, University of Calgary
Mary Martin, Alberta School Board Association
Education Minister David Eggen

12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch will be provided

1:00pm - 2:15pm Workshop for students

1:00pm - 2:15pm Workshop for educational leadership: How Alberta schools can take the next step: grants and resources to support Greener facilities and environmental and energy education.

2:15pm - 3:00pm Wrap up and departure

Schools Attending the Event

Career and Technology Centre	Energy and Environmental Innovation
Ian Bazalgette School	The Clean Water Birthday Project
Highwood School	Solar powered ovens and ipad chargers
Arbour Lake School	Food miles and learning with seniors
Olds High School	UNESCO Associated Schools Food - community gardens and earth boxes Fair Trade - supporting these systems respects the environment, combats climate change and helps producers deal with the changing climates.
Building Futures	Hydroponics demonstration
Connect Charter School	School wide composting program
Lacombe Composite High School	BEEWISE and LEAF (Lacombe Education Agriculture Foods System
Dr. E. W. Coffin School	Catch the Wave - Raising awareness about single use wrappers
Rundle College	Using LEGO to learn about solar, wind and human powered energy
Ted Harrison School	Humanizing electricity through design thinking and integrating Western and Indigenous systems for granting rights and privileges for our resources
Robert Thirsk High School	Living wall and Natural Sciences Program
Collingwood School and Senator Patrick Burns- Spanish Bilingual Program	Eco Site School - How do we reduce our emissions effectively?

Thank you to our sponsors

This initiative is made possible by the Community Fund for Canada’s 150th, a collaboration between the Calgary Foundation, the Government of Canada, and extraordinary leaders from coast to coast to coast.

This means that Bullfrog Power's generators put 100% green power onto the grid to match the amount of conventional electricity the event uses, displacing energy from polluting sources.