What's New?previous 10 • top • next 10 Alberta Ecotrust is Hiring!Jul 26, 2010
Click here for more information and to apply The Great Bear Thanks YouJun 09, 2010
In light of last week's very happy news that the Alberta government is listing the grizzly bear as a threatened species, we want to take a moment to congratulate Minister Knight and the Province on its decision. But even closer to home, we want to sincerely thank all of you in the Ecotrust community who have ensured funding has been available for the past 18 years to the individuals and groups who have worked so patiently to guarantee that real grizzly bears, and not just their ghosts, will be a part of Alberta's future. The announcement of special protection marks the end of a decades-long effort on the part of nonprofit conservation groups, scientists, individuals from industry and government and many other people. Spring Greening: Alberta Ecotrust May 2010 Grants AwardedMay 27, 2010
With spots for 38 corporate and environmental non-profit partners, you might think the Alberta Ecotrust Grant Review Committee would be feeling a bit crowded these days. And indeed, Kim Kiel, the Foundation's grant program manager was apprehensive going into the May 18th meeting of the committee. With an all-time high number of participants at the table, she had only seven hours, including time for lunch, to steer the committee through an ambitious decision-making agenda: winnowing an exceptionally strong field of 50 grant proposals that represented a collective request for over $1 million to eight or nine that could be funded with $165,000. Welcome Home! A Friendly Face Returns to Alberta EcotrustMay 26, 2010
Not to rest on past laurels, Wanda has definite plans for the organization. "I'm excited to be back on the Ecotrust team," she says. Thirsty for Knowledge: Waterlution’s Innovation Lab for Young LeadersMay 26, 2010
Waterlution is such a non-profit, and its Canadian Water Innovation Lab is one definitely a trail blazer. Danielle Droitsch Farewell RemarksMar 30, 2010 Alberta Ecotrust AGM, March 24th
Record Boom in Partnerships at Alberta EcotrustMar 24, 2010 With all the talk about the rapid pace of change in the world and the economic recession, it's exciting to see ourselves bucking at least one of those trends! Since November 2009, we have seen an unprecedented level of new support with five new corporate partners and a matching five environmental partners joining our community. On the corporate side, we welcome TAQA North, Cenovus Energy, Penn West Energy Trust, TERA Environmental and most recently Pembina Pipeline. On the non-profit side, we are delighted to welcome the High Prairie Regional Environmental Action Committee and the Athabasca Bioregional Society, the Land Stewardship Centre of Canada, Cows and Fish, and the Greater Edmonton Alliance. With the fastest growth on record, Alberta Ecotrust Partners now total 38. . .and rising!
Building A stronger environment – one project at a timeDec 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. Rolling on the river – Devon rally “revitalizes passion” for watershed protectionDec 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!"
Penn West Energy Becomes a Corporate PartnerDec 02, 2009
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. " previous 10 • top • next 10 |
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About Us
Alberta
Ecotrust is a great place to work in a flexible and lively team-based
environment. You get to work with and learn from smart, focused people who are
passionate about what we do. We offer a casual but professional environment in
which hard work and initiative are rewarded. We are currently hiring for two positions.
Although
no trumpets are sounding, Alberta Ecotrust staff members are genuinely
delighted to welcome Wanda Spooner back to their ranks. Hired initially in 2003, Wanda started work
as Ecotrust's first full-time Fund Development Manager and eventually added
communications to her busy portfolio. In
early 2006, she took eight month's maternity leave to have her first child,
returned for a year, and then worked part-time from out of town until she had
her second child in April 2009. Returning to the Foundation in May - this time
as Partner Development Manager - means not only the welcome reappearance of a
friendly face but an important connection to the history and partner relations
of the Foundation.
One
of the best things about working at Alberta Ecotrust is the opportunity to
support inventive non-profits as they design and implement pioneering
environmental programs. 
Danielle Droitsch, the environmental lawyer and
advocate who has generated big waves in the provincial water scene since
her arrival in the province in 2004, bid farewell to friends and
colleagues at
the March 24th Alberta Ecotrust
AGM. Speaking to an audience of
over 50 Ecotrust partners and friends, she spoke with humour and
eloquence about her work in the province and the lessons she's
learned, first as the Bow River Keeper and then as the founder and
executive
director of Water Matters. The real
strength of Alberta's
environmental movement, she said, is its people, who work as tireless
volunteers to protect the air, water, and native plants and animals of
this
"very special place." Droitsch, who is
moving to Washington, D.C.
at the end of the month to help with family obligations, said she will
particularly miss the landscape, the people she has worked with and
"that great
Alberta
spirit." 
