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Sustainable School Boards:
Leadership AND Grassroots = Success!

Defining Sustainability

            “Leave the world better than
            you found it, take no more
            than you need, try not to harm
            life or the environment, make
            amends if you do”
            (from Ecology of Commerce
            by Paul Hawken)

          Watch this video defining sustainability.

Defining Sustainability

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• The largest public
  school board in
  Western Canada
• 121,000+ students
• 14,000 employees
•   245+ schools and
    administrative sites

CBE Environmental Policies

Operational Expectations 9
9.2 Ensure that facility planning and design decisions
appropriately consider environmental impacts, including
eco-efficiency and sustainability.
Results 3 Citizenship
Each student will be a responsible citizen:
 3.4 Be responsible stewards of the environment by
contributing to its quality and sustainability.

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CBE Sustainability Framework

                     The Calgary Board of Education
                     will
                     • advance student achievement
                        in sustainability;
                     and
                     • be a leader in sustainable
                        practices and behaviours

                     www.cbe.ab.ca

2020 targets related to the Built Environment

 •   The CBE builds, operates and maintains its buildings in ways that
     protects the health of building occupants and the environment.
 •   All new construction and major renovation projects are, at a
     minimum, LEED Silver certified
 •   GHG emissions are reduced by 12% by 2020 (from 2010/2011 levels)
 •   The CBE manages and/or reduces energy consumption to the
     following energy utilization intensity targets, by 2020: 0.92 GJ/m2 for
     elementary schools; and 1.08 GJ/m2 for middle/junior and senior high
     schools
 •   The CBE manages and/or reduces water consumption to 4m3 per
     student per year, by 2020
 •   Waste reduction 80% by 2020
 •   CBE schools reduce their dependency on fossil fuels through the
     incorporation of photovoltaic systems on schools.

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ImagineCALGARY

                 Calgary’s long-range urban
                 sustainability plan.
                 Created in 2006, the Plan
                 represents the voice of 18,000
                 Calgarians.
                 The Vision – Calgary: a great
                 place to make a living, a great
                 place to make a life.

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ASBA Sustainable Development Policy

  “The Alberta School Boards Association supports sustainable
  development and believes subsidies and supports for
  renewable energy options must be provided. Additionally, all
  Alberta students must be provided access to an environmental
  education”.

  81% of the 61 school boards in Alberta supported this policy

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Waste Reduction

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Renewable Energy Projects

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Taking Learning Outdoors

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Discussion

    Describe successful sustainability
    initiatives that you led/know about?
    Why were they successful?

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Discussion

  What sustainability initiative(s) are you
  trying to get off the ground? Challenges?
  Barriers?

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Process

Facility Related Project Requests for Your School
1.School has concept for facility related project, i.e. renovation
projects and initiatives that introduce change to buildings or
school grounds.
2.School administrator contacts their Area FTL for guidance,
assistance and information on projects and possible funding
sources.
3.FTL enters the project request into Archibus. Please note that
paper submissions will not be accepted. Administrator will have
access to view project progress in Archibus.
4.The project will require further reviews and approvals. School
administrator will be contacted throughout the process.

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Resources

People Resources: project managers, facility operators, trustees, parents, MLAs

Web Resources & Organizations:

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Resources

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Resources

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Resources

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Resources

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Discussion

 Resources that you have found useful?
 Resources that are needed?

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Funding

Inside Education A+ for Energy
TD Friends of the Environment Foundation
Calgary Foundation Community Grants
LSF EcoLeague Action Project Funding
City of Calgary EcoLeaders
Emerald Foundation Youth Environmental Engagement
Grants
EcoCity Edmonton

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Wrap-up

Questions?

Next steps for CBE: report progress on
existing goals, set new goals

Your next step to support a sustainable
future? One action. I will…

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Thank-you!

Olena Olafson
CBE Sustainability Coordinator
otolafson@cbe.ab.ca

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