2014 EcoFriendly Action Grants

EcoFriendly Action Grants 2014

EcoFriendly Sask informs, encourages, and supports Saskatchewan environmental initiatives:

Online publication Small grants to support local

environmental initiatives

EcoFriendly Sask donated $14,500 to 17 projects in 2014

Public Education

Wild About Saskatoon$5,000 to support the 2014 NatureCity Festival

http://www.wildaboutsaskatoon.org/

Saskatchewan EcoNetwork$500 to support the 2014 Environmental Film Festival

http://econet.ca/

CISV Shaunavon$500 to support the Flower Power May Mini Camp

http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2014/06/cisv-shaunavon-flower-power-mini-camp.html

Saskatchewan Environmental Society/Western Development Museum$2,000 to expand and maintain the Smarter Science, Better Buildings education program

http://environmentalsociety.ca/programs/k-12-school-programs/ssbb/

Prairie Habitat Garden, College of Education$300 to support an Ecological Camp for Youth

http://www.usask.ca/education/prairiehabitatgarden/

Trees & Urban Agriculture

Photo credit: SOS Elms Coalition

Buffalo Narrows Community Garden$500 to establish a community garden

http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2014/06/buffalo-narrows-community-garden-spring.html

Permasask, Saskatoon Food Bank’s Garden Patch, Let’s Talk Science $500 for an urban agriculture, research & outreach project

http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2014/12/sustainable-urban-agriculture-research.html

Craik Sustainable Living Project$500 for permaculture landscaping using fruit trees in front of the Eco-Centre

http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2014/10/edible-gardens-craik-sustainable-living.html

Biology 20 class, Aberdeen Composite School $500 for an outdoor classroom & fertilizer for community trees

http://www.spiritsd.ca/aberdeen/

John Paul II KEY CLUB, North Battleford$500 to support their 2014 tree planting project

http://jp2.loccsd.ca/

Energy

Saskatchewan Solar Tours $500 towards the 2014 bus tour of renewable energy sites in Regina and Moose Jaw

http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2014/07/2014-saskatchewan-solar-tour.html

Grade 8 class, Ecole Alvin Buckwold School $500 to purchase automatic light sensors to reduce energy usage in their school

http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2014/04/we-are-eco-mean-but-global-green.html

Waste Reduction

Photo credit: wehatetowaste.com

Saskatoon Friendship Inn$1000 to purchase reusable cups to replace disposable styrofoam ones

https://www.facebook.com/SaskatoonFriendshipInn?fref=ts

Wildlife Rehabilitation

Salthaven West Wildlife Rehabilitation & Education Centre$500 to build outdoor enclosures for injured wildlife

https://www.facebook.com/SalthavenWest?fref=ts

Water

Brittney Hoemsen/TRoutreach Saskatchewan $500 for research into the ecosystem health of Saskatchewan streams

https://www.facebook.com/TRoutreachSaskatchewan?fref=ts

Transportation

Louise Jones & Anna Leighton (Northeast Swale Watchers)$200 to attend the Urban Transportation conference

http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2014/02/urban-growth-and-native-prairie.html

Native Plants

Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan$500 to sponsor the 2014 AGM & Conference

http://npss.sk.ca/

Apply Now for an EcoFriendly Action Grant

“Be the change you want to see in the world.”

Mahatma Gandhi

EcoFriendly Sask provides small grants of approximately $500 to support local projects that will benefit the environment.

Look around you. What can YOU do to protect the local environment?

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