INSIDE EDUCATION

30 YEARS OF INSPIRING STEWARDSHIP

2015 Annual Report to the Community

OUR MISSION We help teachers and students better understand the science, technology and issues related to our environment and natural resources.

OUR VISION We envision future generations of engaged stewards who think critically about our environment and natural resources, and their important relationship with our economy and society. LETTER FROM THE BOARD

Dear Friends,

Thirty years ago, a small group of passionate, committed and dare I say courageous people gathered around a kitchen table to talk about the future for environmental education. They wanted to create an organization that provided both teachers and students balanced, real-world and -specific information about our natural world and how humans interact within that natural world.

In 2015 we celebrated Inside Education’s 30th anniversary, the product of that insightful group of courageous individuals. Fully a generation of both students and teachers have participated in, and been impacted by the work and the vision that began at that first kitchen table chat.

As President and Chair of Inside Education, I can tell you that our Board and our most important resource, our staff, remain just as passionate and committed today as we were those 30 years ago. There is no question 2015 was a challenging year for our organization, our partners and indeed our province.

We have been heartened through this past year, that even in the face of difficult economic times, the ongoing commitment to helping young people be engaged in the enormously important area of environmental and natural resources education has not wavered or diminished. Recognizing the importance of the issues the next generation of critical thinkers face and the opportunities they will encounter has never been more significant.

We thank our partners, our supporters, and our friends for your continued commitment to Inside Education, the teachers we support and the young people we do our best to inspire.

We hope you enjoy a look back on both this past year, and the 30 preceding. Here’s to the next 30!

David Huggill President and Chair of the Board EMERALD PREMIER’S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

AWARDS CASE TROPHY

North American Association for Environmental Education

1999 Emerald Award: Education Category 2013 Water’s Next Award for Navigate Youth Summit 2013 Emerald Award in Education: Teacher 2014 North American Association of PD programs Environmental Education: Outstanding 1999 Premier’s Award: Jumpingpound Service to Environmental Education Demonstration Forest Education Program 2015 Alberta Science and Technology Foundation: 2012 ECO : Environmental Employer Outstanding Contribution to Science of the Year Outreach - Youth Summits 2013 Alberta Venture Magazine: Best Employer 2015 Canadian Society of Association Executives: for Working Parents Outstanding Website ROAD MAP over over In over 2015we travelled 70 communities. 70,000 kms Hughenden Hinton River High Frog LakeFirst Nation Fox Creek Fort McMurray Falun Fairview Edson Didsbury Conklin Cold LakeFirst Nations Cold Lake Cochrane Clyde Claresholm Chauvin Canmore Brooks Blackie Black Diamond Beaumont Ardrossan Anzac Airdrie Yellowhead County Whitecourt Wainwright Turner Valley Trochu Taber Sturgeon County Strathmore Stony Plain Stavely St.Albert ParkSherwood House Mountain Rocky BarreRiviere Que Deer Red Provost Olds Okotoks Junction Niton Nanton Morinville Hat Medicine Lloydmintser Leduc Langdon Kitscoty Innisfail Hussar to reach to 2015 BYTHE NUMBERS at programs teachers PD programs attended our TEACHERS

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS PARTNERS OUR PARTNERS AltaLink WaterSMART Alberta TrappersAssociation Alberta Science Council Teachers’Alberta Association Alternatives Network Rural Sustainable Alberta Development SustainableResource EnvironmentAlberta and Energy Regulator Alberta Energy Alberta Community Spirit CultureAlberta and Emerald FoundationAlberta Education Alberta Environmental Education Council forAlberta FRIENDS ECO Canada Canadian Natural Baytex Energy Corp. Automotive ofCanada Recyclers ForestAlberta Products Association SUSTAINING Devon Energy The ofEdmonton City Cenovus Energy Canadian Association ofPetroleum Producers BP Canada Innovates-Energy andEnvironmentAlberta Solutions EcoTrustAlberta Government Alberta ALLIANCE GreenLearning Canada Greener Pastures Ranching Greener Homes FirstFort McKay Nation Foothills Research Institute Engage North Green Calgary Cows andFish LaBiche Community Futures, Lac Corporation Management Climate Change&Emissions Economy Learning Centre for Environment- Centre for GlobalEducation CAREERS: GenerationThe Next Blood TribeThe Battle River Watershed Alliance Syncrude Canada Shell Canada Plains Midstream Marathon OilCanada Energy Husky WellsFargo Canada West Fraser Suncor Energy Foundation Repsol Millar Western Forest Products Forest Resource Improvement Association ofAlberta Encana Corporation UnlimitedDucks Canada Alliance WatershedSaskatchewan North of Technology Institute Alberta Northern andScience Centre Cultural Lethbridge College Lethbridge Biogas Learning Clicks Homes Landmark Lakeland Expeditions Lakeland College Society Historical Lac LaBicheMission Keyano College Keepers oftheAthabasca Kaye BisonRanch Integrated Sustainability Weyerhaeuser Canada TD Friends oftheEnvironment Foundation Spruce Meadows ofSpruceCity Grove Projects Association Irrigation Alberta Ecotrust FoundationAlberta Capital Airshed Alberta SUPPORTERS WorkWild Western Land Sky Trust University ofLethbridge University ofCalgary University ofAlberta Synergy Alberta Stoney NakodaFirst Nation STAR EcoWorks Canada Skills of Technology Institute Alberta Southern RiverWatch Portage College Pollution Probe Pembina Institute Parks Canada Riverkeeper Saskatchewan North Nancy Xu Kathryn Wagner Jill Swingler Jenna Schulhof Laura Pekkola Megan Odell Minetta Norrie Jayme Nelson Steve McIsaac Milena McWatt Crystal Lumsden Pamela Learmond Karin Hedetniemi Bekki Hall Kaleigh Fendley Emily Drystek Molly Bujold Amanda Brown Sarah Bozman It takesanincredible teamIt to dothework that we do-meetthepeoplewhomakeitpossible! STAFF

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Miscellaneous $52,66 4% Total: $1,373,235 $52,667 $52,667 Miscellaneous $99,500 Public Sector $219,425 Non-profits/Foundations $411,000 Associations $590,643 Private Sector Total: $1,451,260 $84,478 Collaboration Space $100,336 Operations $345,141 Program Delivery $921,305 People andLearning 7

4 % 7 % 16 % 30 % 43 % 6 % 7 % 24 % 63 % 30 YEARS OF INSPIRING STEWARDSHIP Edmonton Office Calgary Office 11428 100 Avenue #218, 1300 - 8 Street SW Edmonton, Alberta Calgary, Alberta T5K 0J4 T2R 1B2 780.421.1497 403.263.7720

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