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Better Environmentally Sound Transportation
BEST strives to make our communities healthier places to live by promoting sustainable transportation
and land-use planning, and pedestrian, cycling and transit-oriented neighbourhoods.
BEST hosts the Off Ramp program, a student-driven, secondary school vehicle trip reduction program.
822-510 West Hastings Street,
Vancouver, BC, V6B 1L8 Canada
Tel: (604) 669-2860
Fax: (604) 669-2869
Email: best@best.bc.ca
Website: www.best.bc.ca
BC Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection
PO Box 9342 Stn Prov Govt,
Victoria, BC, V8W 9M1
Website: www.gov.bc.ca
The Canadian Nature Federation
The CNF works to foster an understanding of nature and to raise awareness of the role everyone
can play in conserving Canada's natural heritage. The NatureWatch programs encourage participants
to learn about the environment while gathering the information scientists need to monitor and
protect it. Action projects and Teacher kits are available on lady beetle identification, Canada's
species at risk, Frog Watch, Worm Watch, Ice Watch, Plant Watch, and Project Feederwatch. Read
the newsletters on-line.
Suite 606, 1 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 7B7
Tel: 613-562-3447 Toll-free: 1-800-267-4088.
Fax: 613-562-3371
Email: naturewatch@cnf.ca
Website: www.cnf.ca
The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
CPAWS promotes awareness and understanding of ecological principles and the inherent values of wilderness through education, appreciation and experience. The Calgary-Banff Chapter has staff dedicated to conservation and school programs, and capacity building through their NEE (Network of Environmental Education) initiative. Check out their web site to download free lesson plans for teachers on topics such as Grizzly Bears, conservation biology, and endangered species.
CPAWS - Calgary/Banff Chapter
1120 1202 Centre St. SE
Calgary, Alberta T2G 5A5
Tel: (403) 232-6686
Fax: (403) 232-6988
Email: info@cpawscalgary.org
Website: info@cpawscalgary.org (Visit the NEE portion of the website for useful resources, including "How to Get Action.")
Ducks Unlimited Canada
DU's education efforts are aimed at fostering public awareness of the value of wetlands and encouraging support for their conservation. DU provides free resource materials to assist educators in meeting curriculum requirements in the life sciences.
Grades 4 to 6: Habitats, Communities and the Diversity of Life
Grades 7 to 8: Interactions and Ecosystems
Grades 9 to 12: Evolution, Diversity and the Sustainability of Ecosystems
Ducks Unlimited Kamloops
954 A Laval Cres. Kamloops, BC V2C 5P5
Tel: (250) 374-8307
Fax: (250) 374-6287
Email: du_kamloops@ducks.ca
Ducks Unlimited Surrey
13370 78 Ave., Unit 511 Surrey, BC V3W 0H6
Tel: (604) 592-0987
Fax: (604) 592-0930
Email: du_surrey@ducks.ca
Environment Canada
Check out the 2002 Framework for Environmental Learning and Sustainability in Canada on-line at www.ec.gc.ca/education.
The document was written with the collaboration of many educators and organizations across Canada, and more than 130 organizations wrote an Action Plan to support the Framework that may provide project inspiration and background. They are grouped by province on their site, and you can search by key words.
Evergreen
Evergreen is a national non-profit environmental organization with a mandate to bring communities and nature together for the benefit of both. Evergreen's school program, Learning Grounds, brings teachers, students and neighbours together to transform traditionally barren asphalt and turf school grounds into natural outdoor classrooms through planting trees, shrubs and wildflowers, planning meadows or ponds, and creating murals, sculptures, and vegetable gardens. The Learning Grounds Tool Shed lists available teacher resources, and the Teacher's Corner is a database of lesson plans, tips and techniques for teaching in an outdoor classroom. View on-line versions of All Hands in the Dirt: A Guide to Designing and Creating Natural School Grounds and Stewards and Storytellers: The Greening of British Columbia School Grounds. Educational activities, resources guides and videos also available.
# 404 - 134 Abbott Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 2K4
Tel: (604) 689-0766
Fax: (604) 669-6222
Email: infobc@evergreen.ca
Website: www.evergreen.ca
Garry oak Ecosystem Education Kit (GEEK)
GEEK's Mandate is to educate and inspire the public on the values of Garry oak ecosystems as well as promote awareness, stewardship and restoration activities in the Southern Vancouver Island - Georgia Basin region. An up-coming Educators Guide will soon be available.
Environmental Education Officer
c/o Environmental Services, Municipality of Saanich
770 Vernon Ave, Victoria, BC, V8X 2W7
Tel: 250-475-1775
Fax: 250-475-5450
Email: macdonac@gov.saanich.bc.ca
Georgia Basin Ecosystem Initiative
Environment Canada's Georgia Basin Coordination Office
Email: GeorgiaBasin@ec.gc.ca
Website: www.pyr.ec.gc.ca/GeorgiaBasin