Welcome to the Saskatchewan's Environmental Champions Website!
Saskatchewan people and organizations have made major contributions to their province, Canada, and the world in the fields of land conservation, natural history, land ethics, environmental protection and sustainable development. Many of these contributions remain unrecognised and unheralded both in Saskatchewan and in Canada as a whole.
The Centennial Environmental Champions project is drawing together the many historical threads of these achievements and champions to produce an educational website and timeline poster as a historical resource to schools, libraries, and citizens across Canada.
In addition to highlighting Saskatchewan success stories during its Centennial Year, the project provides a review of a century of environmental challenge and innovation at a time when Canadians are faced with developing new models of sustainability. It provides a unique perspective on the history of Saskatchewan that combines the arts and sciences and the convictions of individuals and groups working together co-operatively to honour and preserve our natural heritage.
The first set of 16 Environmental Champions were selected by the project coordinators as a representative sample of individuals and organizations dedicated to environmental understanding and conservation.
Additional nominations have been sought from the public. Nominees accepted for the web site will have made a significant contribution in areas such as ecology, agriculture, forestry, environmental management, education, natural history, writing and the arts, social or technological innovations, or alternative ways of living.
The Centennial Environmental Champions project, an initiative of the Saskatchewan Eco-Network (SEN), is funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Alberta-Saskatchewan Centennial Initiative and by Saskatchewan Environment and SaskPower.
For more information contact:
Saskatchewan Eco-Network
535 - 8th Street East, Saskatoon SK S7H 0P9
Phone (306) 652-1275
Email:
info@econet.sk.ca
