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• University of Alberta Permaculture Group Aquaponics Research Facility
  Funded 2019-2020 From Funding Recipient(s): "The University of Alberta Permaculture group would like to extend a sincere thank you to APIRG for their support and funding. Our group focuses on sustainability by working towards growing food in an aquaponics system on campus and providing outreach activities in the community to students. This past year we started contacting schools and organizations to provide educational sessions that tie into the curriculum of elementary and secondary schools and to promote sustainability. We used APIRG funding to purchase materials for these learning events and were able to reach out to a school recently to do a virtual outreach activity. The demos we put together allow students to better understand the concepts being taught and were made possible by APIRG funding. Furthermore, APIRG funding has allowed us to purchase T-shirts with the University of Alberta Permaculture group logo so we are better recognized at schools, events, and sustainability fairs. Also, we were able to purchase equipment to help record our system, which will be used for outreach activities. Giving students the opportunity to see an aquaponics system, even if they cannot see it in person, will be a memorable experience and help promote sustainability. This grant allows us to continue to serve our mission of outreach for years to come. The ability to educate and excite people about the amazing sustainable technologies that can change the way we eat and live can not be understated and the support we received from APIRG has been an instrumental part in the initiation of that mission."
• Climate Justice Edmonton Trainings
  Funded 2018-2019 Activist Training Series.
• Level7
  Funded 2020-2022 Level 7 believes in crafting a legacy of sustainability advocates who seek discomfort by challenging the status quo – they believe in action-driven change. Their project integrates an alternative recycling solution at the University of Alberta through the combination of people, platforms, and passion. By repurposing collected waste, they are able to provide various on-campus groups with education and eco-friendly materials. Uniting the community through sustainability and engineering, Level 7 provides a tangible solution to help mitigate the global waste crisis, while also striving to stimulate innovation in student groups.
• Edmonton Climate Justice Coalition
  Funded 2020 Around Edmonton there are numerous groups involved in climate action related activities. They seek to provide a space for coalition building, skill sharing, and community building between those groups. Members of the working group include Extinction Rebellion Edmonton, Climate Justice Edmonton, and the Alberta Environmental Network.
• Greenpeace Edmonton
  Funded 2015-2016 Greenpeace Edmonton is a local campaigning group that is connected to the larger organization of Greenpeace Canada and Greenpeace International. They advocate for conservation and protection of the environment, the promotion of peace, and changing societal attitudes and behaviour. They communicate with our municipal and provincial government in Alberta on issues such as renewable energy, the tar sands, and environmental justice.
• Blue University
  Funded 2014 Blue University is a group that brings together students and community members to provide a resource for individuals and student groups seeking to use water more responsibly, and to advocate for environmental justice. They strive to encourage sustainable attitudes towards water practices and usage amongst faculty, staff, and students at the U of A by hosting and promoting “Blue” events and gatherings. Blue University hopes to build working relationships with both student and community groups by offering services and information that enables groups to host “bottled water-free” events and encouraging the use and protection of tap water on campus and beyond.
• Stand with Fort Chipewyan (SWFC)
  Funded 2009-2011 Stand with Fort Chipewyan (SWFC) is a non-partisan, campus advocacy organization based out of the University of Alberta dedicated to raising awareness to the concerns expressed by the people of Fort Chipewyan, as well as lobbying the government to engage in actions to firmly establish the effect of oil sands development on the health of residents.
• Greenpeace on Campus
  Funded 2009-2011 Greenpeace on Campus is made up of a coalition of environmentalists and humanitarians. The purpose of the group is to share information, facilitate discussion, and build support about Greenpeace initiatives on campus, and in local and global settings. Their goal is to support the development of an engaged and knowledgeable student community by offering information and opportunities to help students become active and informed about environmental issues in the community, region, nation, and globe.
• Active Citizens Television (ACTV)
  Funded 2006-2009 The goal of ACTV is to produce and distribute a television program that provides citizens with the skills and capacity to live sustainable, low-impact lifestyles within environmentally healthy and ecologically conscious communities. The program will focus upon do-it-yourself skills and techniques to reduce one’s ecological footprint, consumer awareness, citizen empowerment and community networking, and dispelling the negative connotations of environmentalism in Alberta.
• Sierra Youth Coalition (SYC)
  Funded 2003-2004 The Sierra Youth Coalition Working Group encourages awareness and action on environmental issues through lobbying and consciousness-raising on the University campus and the greater Edmonton community. Our mandate is to seek coalitions amongst other groups with similar mandates to assert our collective voice to move us on a path of greater ecological and social sustainability. In Spring (2003) a group of students formed an APIRG working group under the banner of the Sierra Youth Coalition, UofA Chapter. The plan was to form an environmental activist group on campus and create greater awareness about environmental issues, especially those pertaining to the campus ecosystem. The Environmental Coordination Office of Students (ECOS) was a contributing member of this working group.
• Kyoto Working Group
  Funded 2002-2003 The Alberta In Kyoto Investigation Group was set up to analyze the potential effects of the Kyoto Protocol on the province of Alberta’s environment, people, economy and industry.
• Alberta Taiga Oilsands Project (ATOP)
  Funded 2002-2003 The Alberta Taiga Oilsands Project is organized to provide a ready structure for research into the social and ecological ramifications of oil sands industry of Alberta. Researchers and participants are welcome to contribute their own work to the database, and to use the resources for their own research. It is hoped that ATOP will constitute a platform and foundation for research.
• Climate Change Talk
  Event photo of climate change talk.
• AWOL 2019 workshop series listing
  Poster listing all of the workshops being presented during AWOL 2019.
• 11-12 Disorganizer Zine - GPoC
  UofA Greenpeace on Campus logo