Alberta

Welcome to Alberta GREEN Schools

Alberta GREEN Schools is an extension program offered by the SEEDS Foundation GREEN Schools and the Alberta Council for Environmental Education. Expanding upon the GREEN Schools Canada Program, Alberta GREEN Schools provides additional resources and in depth professional learning specific to Alberta schools.

Why Become an Alberta Green School?

Help your students engage in environmental education and action
Create a school-wide culture of environmental stewardship
Improve your school and community’s environmental performance
Celebrate the accomplishments of your students, teachers, and the school!
Give students hope for the future.

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Membership, Resources and Online Community

Membership is free and gives you immediate access to teacher resources and an online community that allows you to share resources, engage in discussions, and connect with others.

Program Components

To support you, the two organizations offer the following:

SEEDS	ACEE
Recognition and celebration	Transformational leadership for school divisions
Membership	Workshops
Online community	Earth Matters conference
Resources	Resources
Contact:Linda Finlay seeds@seedsfoundation.ca	Contact:Kathy Worobec kathy@abcee.org

Workshops

Workshops help teachers better understand environmental education and its links to curriculum, inquiry learning, and outdoor education – and showcase best practices and resources for teachers.

Annual Conference

ACEE’s annual Earth Matters environmental education conference has an Alberta Green Schools stream that supports professional learning and sharing of Green School accomplishments. The 2015 conference will scheduled soon.

Recognition and Celebration

Alberta Green Schools helps you celebrate by providing banners and recognition to showcase your accomplishments in seven focus areas:

Activities that help the environment:	Activities to create a school‑wide culture of environmental stewardship:
1. Energy conservation	5. Outdoor learning
2. Water conservation	6. Environmental education for professional learning
3. Waste reduction	7. Transformational leadership
4. Protecting and enhancing nature

Schools track their progress and recognition is provided as you achieve new levels. Banners and badges are provided to help you celebrate your achievements.

The beginning phase- share your achievements in any of the 2 focus areas

Bronze (over 20 projects)
Silver (over 40 projects)
Gold (over 60 projects)

The growing phase- share your achievements in any of the 4 focus areas

Green (over 100 projects)
Jade (over 250 projects)
Emerald (over 500 projects)

The changing phase- share your achievements in any of the 6 focus areas

Earth 1 (over 1000 projects)

The transforming phase- share your achievements in all of the 7 focus areas

Earth 2 (over 2000 projects)
Earth 3 (over 3000 projects)
Earth 4 (over 4000 projects)
And keep going

Alberta Green Schools is brought to you by the Alberta Council for Environmental Education (ACEE) and the SEEDS Foundation, building on the GREEN Schools Canada Program. Together we offer many Alberta specific resources and curriculum links available under the Resources tab, along with the GREEN Schools Idea Book and Program Resource Manual. ACEE has many resources and offers environmental workshops and conferences for Alberta schools. Find out more about ACEE.

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