Building A stronger environment – one project at a time

Dec 02, 2009

Alberta Ecotrust announces fall grants. Alberta's water, wilderness and air were $152,500 to the good last week as Alberta Ecotrust's grant review committee gathered to choose which of 23 proposed projects would receive the foundation's support. The deliberations of the review committee — a gathering of two dozen representatives from the foundation's corporate and environmental nonprofit partners — eventually winnowed the applications down to just ten projects.

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Rolling on the river – Devon rally “revitalizes passion” for watershed protection

Dec 02, 2009

Let's face it: a cold day deep into September is not the ideal time to raft down the North Saskatchewan River. And yet, for the 75 watershed-protecting participants of Alberta Ecotrust's River Rally 2009, three hours on the river provided the perfect introduction to three days of networking, knowledge-sharing, and inspiration. As one of the river runners noted during a streamside presentation on aquatic health, "I'm freezing, but this is the absolute best start to any conference I've ever attended!"

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Penn West Energy Becomes a Corporate Partner

Dec 02, 2009

Penn West Energy has become the latest company to join Alberta Ecotrust's growing list of Corporate Partners. Penn West has a corporate mandate to contribute to the environmental quality of life in Alberta, and the company's Community Investment Committee believes it has found in Alberta Ecotrust a great partner to help it pursue that mandate. Ecotrust's focus on funding community environmental projects, combined with the way it decides on which of those projects to fund - a process involving both corporate and environmental non-government organization (ENGO) representatives -- was key to Penn West's decision to become a Partner.

Nicole Collard, Penn West's Public Affairs Manager, reports that the company's decision was reinforced by the range of Alberta Ecotrust's projects and its mandate to not only fund projects, but help nonprofit groups become more effective in their work through a variety of capacity building activities. "We were impressed with the approach Alberta Ecotrust takes in determining how environmental initiatives can be supported," reports Collard. "Not only do they seek solutions that will have the greatest impacts, but they take a collaborative approach to include their partners in the decision-making. It will be interesting and educational for us to be involved in their grant processes, and we'll have an opportunity to be directly involved in improving impacted environmental areas and ecosystems. "

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