Evergreen and Home Depot Canada are pleased to announce the Rebuilding Nature Grant, a new grant program offered to community groups across Canada working on urban naturalization projects on public lands. Rebuilding Nature Grant supports the restoration and stewardship of urban habitats such as woodlands, meadows, wetlands and ravines. It also supports community gardening projects that involve native plants.

For more information about this grant and to download an application guide and form, please visit Evergreen's web site at http://www.evergreen.ca/en/cg/cg-funding.html. The deadline for this application is May 16th, 2005. Read more about Rebuilding Nature Funding Opportunity

Martha Kostuch

Media Release

April 4, 2005

The Energy Utilities Board (EUB) is proposing to revise their Enforcement Policy. On March 21st, the EUB issued Bulletin 2005-09 inviting comments to be submitted by April 8th on their Draft Compliance Assurance – Enforcement Directive.

The Bulletin talks about prevention of noncompliance, continuous performance improvement and communication and education but according to Martha Kostuch, an environmentalist who is active in energy issues, there is nothing in the draft objective that enhances prevention, continuous improvement or communication and education.

The Draft directive on Compliance Assurance – Enforcement which accompanied the bulletin sets out the proposed new enforcement policy. The Bulletin and Draft Directive are available at www.eub.gov.ab.ca/BBS/new/Projects. Read more about EUB Proposes to Weaken Enforcement Policy

Alberta Wilderness Association

Friday April 1st - or All Fools Day - marks the first day of Alberta's spring grizzly bear hunt. The irony is not lost on Albertans, who have been increasingly calling for a suspension of the hunt until grizzly populations recover to a healthy level.

"If the situation weren't so deadly serious for Alberta's grizzlies, you might believe that it was some sort of bad taste joke," says Nigel Douglas, Alberta Wilderness Association Conservation Specialist. "Some of the justification which we have seen for continuing to hunt a threatened species has been laughable." Read more about No Fooling! Alberta Continues To Hunt Its Threatened Grizzly Bears

On Friday, April 1, thousands of people across the U.S., Canada and the U.K. will come together as part of the Second Annual Fossil Fools Day.

Edmontonians are participating by targeting Ford. Ford Motor Company has the worst fuel efficiency among America’s and Canada's major automakers.

We are hoping you will help by coming out and forming the Climate Change Scene Investigators (CCSI). Feel free to simply show up or come dressed up ready for a radio active scene (TVEK suits, masks, come dressed as an animal, bird or plant etc.).

The action will take place this Friday at 11:00 at Koch Ford - 5121 GATEWAY BLVD come five or 10 minutes early just to set up. Read more about Fossil Fools Day - Edmonton