The People for Energy and Environmental Literacy (PEEL) project started with two teachers and an industry expert who worked together to create a classroom project. They have taken this project to the next level and are...
Inspiring Stories
We are excited to showcase these inspiring stories of environmental, energy, and climate change education in action from the environmental education community, Alberta EcoSchools, and Alberta Youth leaders for Environmental Education. We hope these inspire you to take the next step in your work. We'd love to include your work here - if you have a story to share, please contact Kathy Worobec - kathy[at]abcee.org
Edmonton Public Schools teachers, Aaron Dublenko and James Stuart, facilitate the Innovate Program for elementary and high school students. If there’s an example of taking the classroom out into the real world, Innovate...
The Alberta Emerald Foundation created the Energy Efficiency Champion Award in 2018 presented by Energy Efficiency Alberta. Ecole McTavish school in Fort McMurray received the 2018 award for their LEAP for Solar...
Aurora Charter school installed real-time energy monitoring technology that allowed students to use online dashboards to explore how much energy electrical items use. This video captures some of the work done at the...
This program brought copies of real logbooks from British whaling voyages in the Canadian Arctic to Grade 10 students at Robert Thirsk High School. Under the direction of AINA postdoctoral researcher Dr. Matthew Ayre and...
May 2018
High school students interviewed other high school students about climate change education. From the interviews, the students felt that students are not learning enough, feel concerned and want to...
April 2017
ALYEE asked students to join their "I want to learn about...." campaign to share what they want to learn to be climate leaders to create a large student voice. They compiled the responses to make...
April 2017
The Dialogue Guide helps students engage in conservations with school leadership and school division administrators to work together to be climate leaders. ...
This powerful learning story from Grayson Adam's grade 4 class at Glenbow Elementary School is one of 13 that showcases the use of the ...
This powerful learning story from Stephanie Bennett's grade 11 classroom at Cochrane High School, Rocky View School Division is one of 13 that showcases the use of the...
We wanted to ensure that the key concepts and student learning outcomes in the Curriculum for a Sustainable Future can be used in Alberta classrooms, and add value to classroom teaching and learning. The answer is YES....
This powerful learning story from Christine Crane's grade 9 class at Westmount School is one of 13 that showcases the use of the Curriculum for...
This powerful learning story from Kaeli Benoit's grades 1 and 2 class is one of 13 that showcases the use of the Curriculum for a Sustainable...
This powerful learning story from Nancy Pollard's grade 8 class at Manachaban School is one of 13 that showcases the use of the Curriculum for...
