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Click here for more information on the Emerald Awards and the Alberta Emerald Foundation for Environmental Excellence.

Alberta Emerald Foundation

The Alberta Emerald Foundation encourages all Alberta individuals, organizations and corporations to participate in its awards program.

Nomination Deadline: February 29, 2008
Finalists Announced: April 9, 2008
Awards Ceremony: June 3, 2008

Click here for nomination information.

Click here for details on past award recipients.


Click here for more information on the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication.

Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM)

EECOM has its Canadian Excellence in Environmental Education Awards, in almost a dozen different categories.

Click here for more information.

Deadline for submissions: May 12, 2008


Click here for more information on the Global Environmental and Outdoor Education Council.

Global Environmental and Outdoor Education Council (GEOEC)

Contact Noel Jantzie, Past President of the GEOEC, for more information.


Click here for more information on the Calgary Awards.

Calgary Awards

The Calgary Awards are presented each year to celebrate and recognize outstanding achievements and contributions made by Calgarians, and include the Environmental Achievement Awards (five different award categories).

Click here for information on nominations, awards, and past recipients. Find out more by calling 403-268-8881 or sending an e-mail message to calgaryawards@calgary.ca.


Click here for more information on NAAEE awards.

NAAEE Awards

Know a group or individual that is worth international recognition? The North American Association for Environmental Education recognizes individuals and organizations that excel in EE through their annual awards program. Awards will be presented at the 36th Annual Conference in Virginia Beach, VA, November 14-17, 2007, in the following categories:

  • The Walter E. Jeske Award
  • Outstanding Service to Environmental Education by an Individual
  • Outstanding Service to Environmental Education by an Organization
  • Outstanding Contributions to Research in Environmental Education
  • K-12 Educator of the Year Award
  • Outstanding NAAEE Affiliate Organization

    Click here for more information.


  • Click here for more information on the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO).

    World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations

    The WANGO Awards program honors non-governmental organizations from throughout the world that demonstrate extraordinary effort, innovation, leadership, and excellence in providing service to humanity. WANGO not only recognizes prominent international NGOs, but also the smaller, lesser-known NGOs in the least developed countries, whose exemplary service and success may have gone unnoticed and unappreciated on the international stage.

    Click here for more information.


    Click here for more information on the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes.

    Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes

    The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes seeks nominations for its 2007 awards. The Barron Prize honors young people ages 8 to 18 in the U.S. and Canada who have shown leadership and courage in public service to people and our planet. Each year, ten national winners each receive $2,000 to support their service work or higher education. Half of each year’s winners are chosen for their work to protect the environment.

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    Click here for more information on the Young Leaders in Rural Canada Awards.

    Young Leaders in Rural Canada Awards

    The Rural Secretariat is seeking nominations of young rural Canadians (18 to 29 years old), who have demonstrated in 2005 and/or 2006 outstanding achievements and contributions to rural, remote and northern Canada for the fourth Young Leaders in Rural Canada Awards (YLRCA). A commemorative Award will be presented in each of the following categories: Innovation, Leadership and Partnership.

    Click here for more information.


    Click here to go to the Alberta Teachers' Association Web site.

    ATA Educational Trust

    The ATA Educational Trust is a registered charitable organization closely associated with the Alberta Teachers' Association. Each year the Trust offers three categories of awards, worth approximately $40,000 (Cdn), to Alberta teachers: (1) study bursaries, (2) specialist council conference attendance grants and (3) project grants. The Trust also contributes $5,000 (Cdn) annually to the Education Leadership Academy, an in-residence program that the ATA offers to teachers and others aspiring to positions of educational leadership.

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