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Organization	What they offer
Alberta Council for Environmental Education Web Site: http://www.abcee.org	This Web site offers professional development information including awards, online resources and upcoming workshops.
Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC) Phone: (780) 988-0200 Web Site: http://www.acgc.ca	ACGC offers Development in a Box, an educational kit to be used by educators. Development in a Box will aid in the incorporation of global issues into the curriculum and classroom for grades seven through twelve. The kits will be available to Alberta classrooms free of charge. Lessons address many global issues and are linked to curriculum objectives in the Alberta Program of Studies.
Alberta Environment Environmental Education Section Web Site: http://environment.gov.ab.ca/edu/homeEd.asp	Large selection of free teacher resources Check out the new Climate Change: Creating Solutions For Our Future education kit.
Alberta Environment Fish Creek Environmental Learning Centre Roland Kirzinger Teacher In Residence and Outreach Specialist Phone: (403) 297-7927 / 310-0000 (toll free in Alberta) Web Site: http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/enjoying_alberta/ parks/featured/fishcreek/fcelc.asp	Provides curriculum-connected educational support materials for all on-site field studies. Web site provides activities, resources, and network connections.
Alberta Teachers' Association Janey Kemp Phone: 1-800-232-7208 Fax: (780) 455-6981 Web Site: http://www.teachers.ab.ca Direct link to workshops page: http://www.teachers.ab.ca/services/workshops/	The resources of the former Alberta Global Education Project are still distributed. Contact Janey Kemp for more information.
Alberta Tourism, Parks, Recreation and Culture Kananaskis Country Phone: 310-0000/678-5500 (Ext. 284) Web Site: http://www.parks.gov.ab.ca/kananaskis	Large selection of free teacher resources – all are downloadable in PDF format
BC Teachers’ Federation Global Education Teaching Resources Web Site: http://www.bctf.ca/social/GlobalEd/GlobalClassroom/	This Web site contains unit plans designed for teachers, by teachers. The units explore the themes of global education across the grades and across the curriculum. The units contain all of the necessary handouts and materials to be easily utilized in the classroom setting and are consistent with the outcomes of the BC Curriculum.
Bullfrog Power Web Site: http://www.bullfrogpower.com/	Choosing green, carbon-free power is an easy way to do your part to help fight climate change and create a healthier environment for future generations. That’s why more and more homes and businesses are choosing to go green with Bullfrog Power, which sources power exclusively from generators who meet or exceed the federal government’s Environmental Choice Program EcoLogo standard for renewable electricity.
Calgary Field Naturalists' Society Phone and Fax: (403) 932-2947 Web Site: http://cfns.fanweb.ca/	Numerous Calgary-based publications available in bookstores or on Web site
Canadian Nature Federation Phone: 1-800-267-4088 Web Site: http://www.cnf.ca	Has a detailed “Schools for Species” unit, including a teachers’ guide and a set of 25 endangered species fact sheets
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Education Program Phone: (403) 232-6686 Web site: http://www.cpawscalgary.org/education	School programs and teaching kits, workshops and professional development services, curricular links, Action Challenge program and more
Central Rockies Wolf Project Phone: 678-9633 Web Site: http://www.canadianrockies.net/wolf/	“Wolves and Wild Places” Activity Booklet
Clean Calgary #100, 3811 Edmonton Trail NE Calgary, AB T2E 3P5 Phone: (403) 230-1443 Fax: (403) 230-1548 Web Site: http://www.cleancalgary.com	Has conducted environmental education, awareness, recognition and action programs in Calgary since 1978
Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario 1185 Eglinton Avenue East Toronto, Ontario M3C 3C6 Web Site: http://www.coeo.org	Promotes safe and high quality outdoor education experiences for people of all ages, through Web site, electronic newsletter, region-based workshops and events and more
Destination Conservation 148 East Second Street, North Vancouver, BC, V7L 1C3 Phone: (604) 990-0165 Toll-free: 1-866-990-0165 Fax: (604) 990-0166 Web site: http://www.dcplanet.ca	Destination Conservation offers student-driven conservation education programs that help schools reduce their environmental impact by saving energy and water and reducing waste.
Ducks Unlimited PO Box 1160 Stonewall, Manitoba R0C 2Z0 Phone: (204) 467-3254 Web Site: http://www.ducks.ca	Ducks Unlimited Canada has developed new elementary and middle school wetland education resource materials for teachers and students. These are in PDF format and can be viewed, downloaded and printed free of charge.
Earth Vision Web Site: http://www.evbooks.net	This Web site's central theme is spiritual ecology - going beyond environmentalism, to the wilderness within. Students with an environmental focus may be interested in the materials on this site. The first e-book is free, and subsequent books are at a nominal fee, well within a student's budget.
EcoKids Web Site: http://www.ecokids.ca	Affiliated with Earth Day Canada, which presents the annual EcoKids Challenge, and which also co-sponsors scholarships with Toyota
Endangered Species Games PO Box 1257 Station Main Parksville, British Columbia, V9P 2H2 Web Site: http://www.endangeredspeciesgames.com	Each game is an entertaining learning and research resource showing why a species is endangered and how the species – and its habitat – could be protected and preserved. Our games have been prepared by an experienced educator and environmental studies textbook author.
Endangered Species International Web Site: http://www.endangeredspecies.org	Endangered Species International focuses on species that have the biggest chance to become extinct including those that do not attract the media attention. Their ecosystems as a whole are a crucial component of ESI’s conservation strategy, which implements cutting edge conservation science research in field projects around the world.
Environmental Literacy Council 1625 K Street, NW, Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20006-3868 Phone: (202) 296-0390 Fax: (202) 822-0991 Web Site: http://www.enviroliteracy.org	Offers great ideas for teaching about the environment
Evergreen Theatre Phone: (403) 228-1384 Fax: (403) 229-1385 Web Site: http://www.evergreentheatre.com	This environmental touring theatre company performs educational shows about topics relating to the environment.
Friends of Banff National Park Phone: (403) 762-8929 Fax: (403) 762-2933 Web Site: http://www.friendsofbanff.com	School, community and visitor/outreach programs
Friends of Kananaskis Country Suite 201, 800 Railway Ave Canmore, AB T1W 1P1 Phone: (403) 678-5500 ext. 288 Fax: (403) 678-3137 Web Site: http://www.kananaskis.org	Video entitled “Think Big - Protecting Natural Systems in the Rocky Mountains”
Global Education Network Web Site: http://www.global-ed.org The Global Education Network consists of teachers, students, and members of the community at large who believe that teaching and learning must integrate the interdependency of the social, economic, environmental, and political aspects of our world. The categories are based on the work of Sue Greig, Graham Pike and David Selby (see the site’s “Additional Resources” section) and are also meant to be inter-dependent.
Global, Environmental and Outdoor Education Council (GEOEC) c/o Alberta Teachers’ Association Phone: 1-800-232-7208 Web site: http://www.geoec.org	“Five Minute Field Trips” and “Environmentally Tuned” booklets both available from the ATA World of 100 global simulation activity for classroom or larger groups
Global Living Project Gr4 C.17 RR#1 Winlaw, BC V0G 2J0 Web Site: http://www.globallivingproject.org	Ecological Footprinting (EF) and financial and life-assessment tools
Grassroots NW - Environmental Awareness Society Jill Kirker 5227 Barron Drive, N.W. Calgary, Alberta T2L 1T7 Phone: (403) 284-1316 Fax: (403) 284-1316 (please call first)	Let's Compost ($3), Going on a Garbage Hunt ($3), Exploring Nose Hill ($13)
Inside Education (formerly FEESA, An Environmental Education Society) 200, 10235-124 Street Edmonton, AB T5N 1P9 Phone: 1-888-421-1497 Web Site: http://www.insideeducation.ca	Get inside the science and issues behind the development of the environment through exploration of multiple perspectives! Inside Education provides classroom presentations, teaching resources and professional development opportunities focused on forests, water, energy and related topics for teachers and students grades 4-12. Since 1985, Inside Education has been developing quality, no-to low-cost education programming with the help of our partners from government, industry and the conservation sectors.
Lesser Slave Lake Bird Observatory Box 1076 Slave Lake, Alberta T0G 2A0 Phone: (780) 849-8240 Fax: (780) 849-8239 Web Site: http://www.lslbo.org	Have a brochure entitled “Save the Songbirds”
Let's Go Outdoors Radio Web Site: http://www.letsgooutdoorsradio.com	Alberta's only radio program dedicated to the great outdoors has daily and weekly features on outdoor activities, conservation issues and more.
The Marquis Project Web Site: http://www.marquisproject.com	The Marquis Project delivers educational programs to Manitobans, partners with southern communities in development projects, and operates a successful fair trade store in downtown Brandon.
Medicine River Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre Phone: (403) 346-WILD (9453) Fax: (403) 728-3782 Web Site: http://www.telusplanet.net/public/mrwrc/	Wildlife/human interactions, K-high school teachers’ kit
MountainNature.com Web Site: http://www.MountainNature.com	At this Web site, you can identify all the common species (233 different plants, 196 birds and 48 mammals!) in the Canadian Rockies. You can also record a sighting in the database.
North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) Web Site: http://www.naaee.org	The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) site offers a plethora of resources, including lessons, publications, professional conference information, and much more.
Web Site: http://www.onlineeducation.com	The Complete Guide to Environmental Science and its Components section of the OnlineEducation.com Web site offers good links and downloads pertaining to the broad study of all the things that make up the environment. These fields include both living organisms, such as plants, animals, and humans, as well as non-living environmental components, such as water, earth, and the atmosphere.
Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development 2nd flr, 2830 Parsons Road Edmonton AB T6N 1H3 Phone: (780) 485-9610 Fax: (780) 485-9640 Web sites: www.greenlearning.ca, www.re-energy.ca, www.pembina.org	Pembina provides curriculum and supplementary materials for the topics of energy efficiency, renewable energy and climate change. The educational programs are designed for a number of grades, levels and learning styles. Program materials are used in a number of situations such as classrooms, distance learning, special programs, workshops and inservice environments.
Puffin Productions Phone: 1-888-878-3346 Web Site: http://www.puffin.ca	A number of teacher and student activity guides, plus videos and CD/cassettes
Recycling Council of Alberta Box 23 Bluffton, Alberta T0C 0M0 Phone: (403) 843-6563 Fax: (403) 843-4156 Web Site: http://www.recycle.ab.ca	Enviro Business Guide – includes listing of environmental products and services, as well as summaries of current conditions for various recyclable commodities.
Resources for Rethinking Learning for a Sustainable Future 343 York Lanes, York University 4700 Keele North York, ON M3J 1P3 Phone: 1-877-250-8202 or (416) 327-2032 Web Site: http://www.r4r.ca	Resources for Rethinking (R4R) provides teachers access to materials that integrate ecological, social and economic spheres through active, relevant, interdisciplinary learning – Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).
Science Alberta Foundation Suite 260, 3512-33 St. N.W. Calgary, Alberta T2L 2A6 Phone: (403) 220-0077 Fax: (403) 284-4132 Web Sites: http://www.sciencealberta.org http://www.wonderville.ca	Science in a Crate series include “green” topics such as The Peregrine Falcon, The Swift Fox, Wetside Story (on watersheds), and the Green Balance (sustainable devlopment). Also Enviro-Files, one of their Mystery in a Crate series.
SEEDS Foundation Phone: 1-800-661-8751 Web Site: http://www.seedsfoundation.ca	Provides Kindergarten to Grade 12 curriculum programs that include our online Energy Literacy Series and Habitat in the Balance, plus resources for climate change study, water conservation, bird counts, environmental Literacy, cloud and climate observation, and our GREEN Schools program.
World Wildlife Fund – Canada Phone: 1-800-267-2632 Web Site: http://www.wwfcanada.org	Has a Schools for Wildlife program, annual COSEWIC listing, posters, activity guides.
Writing for Kids Web Site: http://www.writingforkids.ca	McTavish & Nunn is a children's books publisher focusing on mountain environments. Their mandate is to publish educational books for children that reflect the true spirit of the mountains.
Zerofootprint 197 Spadina Avenue, Suite 400 Toronto, Ontario M5T 2C8 Canada Phone: (416) 365-7557 Web Site: http://www.zerofootprint.net	Zerofootprint aims to mobilize and empower large groups of individuals and organizations worldwide, to reduce their collective carbon and ecological footprint. The site includes a kids-oriented carbon footprint calculator.