We make choices every day in what we do and how we do it. Take a look at the people and organizations who led the way in environmental stewardship in Saskatchewan in 2016.

1. Heading Out, Speaking Up, Taking Action
2016

2. EcoFriendly Sask informs, encourages, and
supports Saskatchewan environmental
initiatives:
 Online publication
 Small grants to support local
environmental initiatives

3. EcoFriendly Sask donated $17,675
to 25 projects in 11 communities
across Saskatchewan in 2016
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/p/action-grants.html

4. Heading Out

5. “Go forth, under the open sky, and list to Nature's
teachings, while from all around Earth and her
waters, and the depths of air – comes a still voice. . . .”
(W. Bryant)

6. The Year for Trees
"Let them grow, let them
grow. But nobody listens too
much, don't you know?
I speak for the trees and I'll
yell and I'll shout for the fine
things on earth that are on
their way out!”
(Dr. Seuss)

7. Ituna Regional Park: Planted 100 small spruce trees to
replace trees that had been drowned out in last year’s big rains
$500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

8. Melissa Squire, Alchemy, Ecobain : “When massive forest
fires destroyed much of Saskatchewan's Northern forests,
a group of us decided we wanted to do something to combat
the environmental impact.”
9,000 trees
planted in the
Ness Creek/Big
River area
$950
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

9. Mary Sinclair, Poundmaker First Nation: “I have been
looking into planting some trees on our reserve, also creating a
story-telling nook by the river with some beautiful weeping
willows.”
$500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

10. Langenburg & District Daycare Co-op: “Providing a long-
term natural environment for our children” by planting trees in
an outdoor playground area
$500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

11. John Paul II Key Club: 65 students planted 2,000 trees on
May 13. They’ve now planted 20,000 trees over the past 10
years.
$500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

12. Hodgeville School: “I would like to teach the children from
Kindergarten to Grade 12 about planting trees, landscape
maintenance, and composting.
If the school children become interested in composting and can
see its benefits on their newly planted trees and shrubs, they will
take this knowledge home to their parents and composting will
expand in our area.”
$500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

13. Saskatoon’s Urban Forest
We may live in a city, but Saskatoon residents are also forest
dwellers. There are 120,000 trees in our parks and boulevards.
Add in trees on private property, and you can easily double that
figure.
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2016/07/saskatoons-urban-forest.html

14. Outdoor Adventures
“I will exchange a city for a sunset, the tramp of legions for a
wind's wild cry, and all the braggard thrusts of steel triumphant,
for one far summit blue against the sky.” (Monica Blake)

15. Marion Graham Outdoor Club
$500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant
“The Winter Camping trip
was a great success this year,
with mild weather and lots of
fun experiences. Our group
was well equipped thanks to
EcoFriendly Sask who
donated some money for the
club to purchase 2 new
sets of skis, poles, and boots.”

16. Buffalo Narrows Ski Club “maintains a 13 km network of
trails. A culvert bridge crossing has significantly improved the
trail experience. As a result, we were able to host the first ever
cross-country running race on the trails and the first in Buffalo
Narrows in over a decade.”
$500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

17. Kenaston Distance Learning Centre: A brand-new
Outdoor Education Club offers high school students who are
home schooled a chance to participate in outdoor activities,
such as a winter camping trip, to encourage a love of nature.
$500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

18. Respect
"My heart found its home long ago in the beauty, mystery,
order and disorder of the flowering earth.”
(Lady Bird Johnson)

19. Richard St. Barbe Baker Afforestation Area
Clean-Up: 70 volunteers turned out to help, some of them
putting in a 13-hour day. The group removed 8,300 kg of litter.
They filled 350 bags and used donated trucks and tractors to
collect the garbage that wasn’t baggable.
$500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

20. $500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant
Girl Guides Clean Up Saskatchewan: “1,300 Girl Guide
members and their families assisted in the 10th year of an
ongoing commitment to the environment to help reduce litter
and keep our neighborhoods looking beautiful throughout
Saskatchewan.”

21. Education
“Let nature be your teacher.” (William Wordsworth)

22. Ecology Camp for Kids: Establishing a lifelong passion and
reconnecting children to the great outdoors as well as
encouraging an interest in science, nature, and conservation
$500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

23. $500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant
Dundurn Elementary Outdoor Learning Space: “An
octagon-shaped pergola will be located in the northwest corner
of our playground. We also plan to bring in trees and shrubs to
create pockets of wilderness for extended learning spaces and
exploration.”

24. Speaking Up

25. “We come from nature and we have to understand
what it is, because we are connected to it and we are
part of it. And if we destroy nature we destroy
ourselves.” (Edward Burtynsky)

26. Food Waste
“Imagine walking out of a
grocery store with four
bags of groceries,
dropping one in the
parking lot, and just not
bothering to pick it up.”
(Dana Gunders, Just Eat
It)

27. $500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant
Food Waste Film Night:
“We would like to spark a
discussion in our community
about how we can make sure
healthy food is not going to
waste and can get to those who
can’t buy that food themselves.”

28. Federated Co-operatives’ Sustainable Business
Practices: Waste Reduction
FCL has donated approximately 105,000 kg of
fresh food that didn’t have enough shelf life to
be sent to a store to the Saskatoon Food Bank &
Learning Centre.
They also offer the food bank some freezer space
for storage.
Following the Food Waste Film Night, FCL contacted the Food
Waste Coalition and asked to work with them on decreasing
their food waste through reclamation.
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2016/04/federated-co-operatives-limited.html

29. $500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant
Young Parent Program, Moose Jaw Family Services:
Reusable plastic containers, cups, plates, and cutlery

30. $500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant
Michelle Liota, Bokashi Ninja: Increasing awareness and
demonstratng the practicality of bokashi for composting in a
cold climate
CHEP Good Food Inc.’s
Askîy Project composted
10 bathtubs full of garden
waste using the bokashi
method.
The Waste Reduction Council’s Master
Composters hosted bokashi demonstration
workshops across Saskatoon this summer.

31. Fruit for Thought, Regina, harvests unwanted and excess
fruit. Additional apple-picking equipment and a compost bin will
ensure a larger harvest and less waste.
$500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

32. Transition Café, Fishguard, Wales: Serving meals made
with 850 kilos of surplus food provided monthly by local
businesses.
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2016/04/reducing-carbon-emissions-and-building.html

33. Our Natural Resources
“Nature is not a place to visit. It is home.” (Gary Snyder)

34. Saskatoon’s Northeast Swale: “a ribbon of wild prairie and
natural wetlands, the conservation opportunity of a lifetime”
http://www.swalewatchers.org/
$1,000
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

35. NatureCity Festival:Building broadly based community
support for the conservation of biodiversity by bringing
awareness and issues home to the urban landscape of
Saskatoon
$5,000
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

36. NatureCity Festival 2016:
• Water Song for a River City, headlined by Maria Campbell,
brought a capacity crowd to consider new perspectives on living
in respectful relationship with the land.
• Learning From the Land With Traditional Knowledge and
Science, a full-day immersive experience of the North Swale for
100 elementary students
• Traditional Water Ceremony to honour
the South Saskatchewan River
• Presentation by Wilfred Buck, expert
on Cree knowledge of the stars
• Fully subscribed school program
• Launch of the Master Naturalists
Program

37. A Sustainable Economy
"Reducing our levels of consumption will not be a sacrifice but a
bonus if we simply redefine the meaning of the word success.”
(David Wann)

38. Teaching Sustainable Consumption: “A lot of people
know that we are consuming more than the planet can sustain,
at least at a basic level, but they don’t know what to do about it.
If we want to see changes in behaviour, then that has to begin in
the classroom.”
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2016/02/teaching-sustainable-consumption.html

39. Why Buy if You Can Borrow or Repair? Across Canada,
groups are creating alternatives to the traditional consumer
economy.
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2016/04/why-buy-if-you-can-borrow-or-repair.html

40. Leading the Way

41. “There is something bigger than fact: the underlying
spirit, all it stands for, the mood, the vastness, the
wilderness, the Western breath of go-to-the-devil-if-
you-don't-like-it, the eternal big spaceness of it. Oh
the West! I'm of it and I love it!” (Emily Carr)

42. Demonstrating the Options
“If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.”
(Charles Lindbergh)

43. Icecycle 2016 with Tom Babin, author of Frostbike:
Saskatoon Cycles: making cycling fun and safe in winter and
promoting the benefits of cycling – better health, environmental
sustainability, enhanced community connection
$500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

44. $500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant
Saskatoon Teachers’ Association: 100 teachers – 100 bus
passes; taking the bus to the annual convention and reducing
the number of cars on the road

45. Saskatoon Pride Festival: Going Green in 2016
Bullfrog Power and Biofuels
Reusable water bottles & water refill stations
Waste recycling stations
Reusable banners
Bike Valet
$500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

46. Collaboration and research into more sustainable methods of
environmental remediation of fuel and fertilizer sites
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2016/04/federated-co-operatives-limited.html
Federated Co-operatives Limited

47. Composting
No More Idling
Lights Out Campaign
No More Plastic Bags
Personal Water Bottles
Water Usage at Home & at School
Native & Endangered Plant Awareness
Grade 8 Inquiry Unit, St. George School: “The students
took their projects very seriously and did amazing work. They
went into the school and community of St. George to test and
solve their hypotheses.”
$500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

48. Saskatoon Embarks on Energy Performance Contract
Implementing broader-scale energy improvements on up to 20
civic buildings
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2016/11/saskatoon-embarks-on-energy-performance.html

49. The First Step
“Unless someone like
you cares a whole
awful lot,
Nothing is going to
get better.
It’s not.”
(Dr. Seuss, The Lorax)

50. Master Naturalists of Saskatchewan: Providing
volunteers with the knowledge and tools they need to become
stewards of our natural areas
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2016/01/master-naturalists-volunteer-stewards.html

51. PowerShifting Saskatoon: An action-based, collaborative
workshop to address climate justice and reconciliation in our
community
$500
EcoFriendly
Action Grant

52. $275
EcoFriendly
Action Grant
Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Saskatchewan:
Helping to keep Saskatchewan wildlife wild
“Dissection of owl pellets is a fun and
educational way to encourage people to take
an interest in the outdoors and wildlife.”

53. Urban Bird Hazards: “The East Tower at River Landing is a
hazard to birds due to the extent of glass planned for the
exterior of the building,” says Jan Shadick, Executive Director,
Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation.
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2016/12/saskatoon-river-landing-proposal-bird.html

54. “Being in the Central and Mississippi Flyways and being
adjacent to the water, bird-friendly design must be considered,”
says Richard Huziak, SK Light Pollution Abatement Committee.
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2016/12/further-concerns-about-east-tower-river.html

55. 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 prevent or reduce
damage to the environment.
Look around you. What can YOU do to protect the local
environment?

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