Alberta Climate Dialogue (ABCD) is a new project to engage citizens and stakeholders in climate change planning and action at the municipal and also provincial levels, using tools of deliberative democracy. The Project Lead will play a pivotal role in ensuring the successful launch and deployment of this innovative project, including project planning and strategy, fundraising, communications, operations and partnership development. Strong candidates would include academics in related areas with strong project management experience, experienced project managers familiar with research and interested in citizen engagement and climate solutions, and deliberative democracy practitioners with strong project management skills.

Combine your love of science, the environment, travel, and working with students to advance the quality of natural resources education in Alberta!

Who We Are

Inside Education™ is a leading non-profit, natural resources and environment education society. Our award-winning work connects formal education to science, technology and environment issues. We reach over 25,000 students each year, in over 100 rural and urban communities across Alberta and beyond. We also support educators in the K-12 school system with an extensive range of curriculum-relevant programs and services related to Alberta’s forests, energy and water resources. This year we are celebrating our 25^th anniversary of leadership in environmental education!

Opportunity

We have a full-time, spring seasonal position for a 2-month term to support the operation of a field education program in the Calgary/Kananaskis area. Based from our Calgary office, the successful candidate will be involved in the direct delivery of forest education programs to school children at an outdoor centre in Kananaskis. Due to the nature of our programs, regular travel and occasional overtime may be required.

About the Edmonton Bicycle Commuters’ Society (EBC)

The Edmonton Bicycle Commuters’ Society (EBC) is a registered non-profit society that has been a leader in the Edmonton environmental and cycling community since 1980. Our goal is to support the bicycle as a healthy and ecologically-sound mode of everyday urban travel, by providing bicycle services and resources.

Position overview

The Project Coordinator is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing the projects and operations of EBC. The position aims to further EBC’s goal of encouraging and facilitating bicycle use in Edmonton and promoting and strengthening our organization.

Who We Are

Inside Education™ is a leading non-profit, natural resources and environment education society. Our award-winning work connects formal education to science, technology and environment issues. We reach over 25,000 students each year, in over 100 rural and urban communities across Alberta and beyond. We also support educators in the K-12 school system with an extensive range of curriculum-relevant programs and services related to Alberta’s forests, energy and water resources. This year we are celebrating our 25^th anniversary of leadership in environmental education!

 Opportunity

We have a full-time, spring seasonal position for a 2-month term to support the delivery of wetlands education programs in northern Alberta. Based from our Edmonton office, the successful candidate will be involved in the direct delivery of information related to Alberta’s wetland ecosystems to school children through classroom presentations and outdoor field trips at various sites across the province. Due to the nature of our work throughout the province, regular travel and occasional overtime is required.

Join the Adopt-a-Plant Alberta Steering Committee!

Do you have a passion for the conservation of rare plant species in Alberta?

Do you want to make a difference?  If your answer to these questions is ‘Yes’ we want to hear from you!

Adopt-a-Plant Alberta (APA) is seeking an energetic and self-motivated individual to join the volunteer Steering Committee. As a Steering Committee member, this individual will help provide strategic direction for the program and help to build upon the existing base of support for APA at a grassroots level. If you are an enthusiastic botanist or rare-plant enthusiast with strong ties to the volunteer botanical, academic, or professional community you may be perfectly suited to this role. We encourage students or young people to apply.

Turn your passion into action!  The Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton (WRSE) is looking for Directors at Large to serve on its Board of Directors.

WRSE is a non-profit, non-partisan, charitable organization that has been providing compassionate care for our community’s injured and orphaned wildlife and promoting understanding and respect for wildlife through education since 1989.  WRSE annually treats over 1,000 wild birds and mammals, fields over 5,000 wildlife related calls from the community and provides education pertaining to human/wildlife interaction to 5,000+ students.  The Board of Directors is responsible for the governance and management of WRSE, to ensure that its facilities are operated in a manner consistent with the objectives of the Society.

We are looking for people with a variety of personal and professional backgrounds who wish to be a part of preserving, protecting and rehabilitating wildlife in Northern Alberta.  If you believe you can be an asset to this Board and are interested in learning more, please send an email to wrse_cheryl [at] shaw [dot] ca by April 1, 2010 to request further information, or leave your contact information at 780-433-0884.

Salary: $65,000 ‐ $75,000 per year, depending on qualifications
Job Start Date: April 1, 2010
Term: Full‐time, two‐year term with possible extension

Combine sustainable living, community building, theatre, leadership training and phenomenal bicycle touring on an Otesha Project bike tour!

Teams of a dozen or more motivated and energetic young people, aged 18 to 30, will set off on cycling and performing tours in 2010. You can be one of them! As a tour member you will share an incredible experience as they live as a mobile sustainable community. You will cycle from performance to performance, connect with communities along the route, brave the elements, and explore all the ups and downs of directly addressing environmental and social justice issues through your everyday actions.

The Opportunity

This is a rewarding opportunity for a self-motivated, team player with an environmental background, a quantitative aptitude and a passion for outdoor field work. The successful applicant would develop, lead and deliver an innovative environmental program focusing on ecological health and adaptive management by establishing long-term research plots and benchmarking reclamation efforts within the Eagle Point – Blue Rapids Parks System.

In this position you will:

• Work for a dynamic, energetic organization that is innovating the way we traditionally manage our provincial parks and recreation areas;
• Enjoy a flexible work schedule enabling longer weekends;
• Participate in a project that not only transcends multiple levels of government (municipal and provincial) but also engages and unites a community;
• Be provided the opportunity to combine office experience with relevant and engaging field experience

If you are an organized person with excellent communication skills who enjoys working with others and is interested in engaging a variety stakeholders and are excited about the opportunity to work with one of Alberta’s newest community based planning organizations, please apply to join our team.