CEDC WINS EMERALD AWARD

The Classroom Energy Diet Challenge, Can Geo Education’s student energy-saving program, won the Alberta Emerald Award for Public Education and Outreach on June 8. The Alberta Emerald Foundation, which recognizes environmental achievements across all sectors in the province, presented the award at Calgary’s Telus Spark science museum. Since it launched in 2011, the Classroom Energy Diet Challenge has tasked 18,500 students in 695 Alberta classrooms alone with reducing energy use. —Michela Rosano