The Mayor's Environment Expo is held annually in conjunction with Canadian Environment Week with the goal to empower and educate Calgary’s youth to practice and promote environmental actions, shaping a healthier and greener city for tomorrow.

The Expo, a FREE event for schools, features more than 35 interactive exhibits including those from Calgary-based EcoSchools Canada schools and more than 30 virtual and 80 in person workshops to engage and empower youth to act to protect the environment.

The 35th annual Mayor's Environment Expo will run virtually from June 3 to 6, 2024 and in-person June 4-5, 2024.

• School registration open now!  Teachers, complete this form to register your class(es) for the Mayor’s Environment Expo, whether you’re attending online or in person.  https://forms.office.com/r/ScLq8v4y9G
• Scroll down to find more information and register for all in-person and virtual sessions offered by grade.

Everyone, regardless of how you plan to attend, is invited to register for and attend the Opening Ceremony with Mayor Gondek on June 3 at 9:30 A.M.

Join Mayor Gondek as she kicks off our 35th annual Mayor's Environment Expo.  She will share her passion for climate action and environmental stewardship while welcoming students and teachers to join The City in its climate and environment initiatives through Environment Expo sessions, exhibitors and programming.  EcoSchools Canada's delivery partner, the Alberta Council for Environmental Education (ACEE), will then announce and celebrate the EcoSchools in Alberta that have achieved certification this year. 

Virtual, Monday June 3, 2024, 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Ahead of the Expo, schools are invited to access recordings of virtual sessions from previous years, sign up to be EcoSchools, and join the mailing list to receive updates and education opportunities throughout the year and registration information ahead of the event.

Please email expo@calgary.ca with questions or for more information.

The Mayor's Environment Expo includes sessions for students of all ages on a broad range of environmental topics. A selection of video recordings from previous years' Mayor's Environment Expos can be found on the City of Calgary's YouTube channel here:

• 2023 Mayor's Expo recordings
• 2022 Mayor's Expo recordings
• 2021 Mayor's Expo recordings

Have questions about the Mayor’s Environment Expo? Contact expo@calgary.ca

Are you looking to provide experiences in nature or in-class environmental education to promote student learning or create projects of meaning that tie to curriculum and contribute to environmental sustainability? 

The City of Calgary and CPAWS Southern Alberta have partnered to bring you a twenty-minute recorded webinar designed to develop cross-curriculum links and identify environmental education resources to support transcending learning beyond the classroom and help students see real-life connections to their learning.

This webinar explores nature and project-based learning approaches, promotes cross-curricular integration and lesson plan design to teach environmental education.

The A+ For Energy program, provides schools with funding to implement creative approaches to energy education. This is your chance to receive a grant of up to $5000 to transform an idea into action! Preference is given to projects that demonstrate measurable greenhouse gas emission reductions and high student engagement. All K-12 teachers in Alberta are welcome to apply. 

For more information and to view past projects visit Inside Education​.

The Emerald Youth Grant program empowers students and youth (under 25) to make their dream environmental projects a reality. It’s easy – first, get inspired by the Emerald Documentary Series, What On EARTH Can We Do? Podcast, or Emerald Speakers Series, then pitch your idea to the Emerald Foundation online.

To apply, visit emeraldfoundation.ca/eygrants.

Open to all students in Southern Alberta in grades 7-12, this program encourages students to develop ideas for protecting and caring for our local environment and watershed.

Students will be challenged to research their local watershed, identify an environmental concern and work to develop a creative, but a realistic solution. To learn more about Caring for our Watersheds program, click here.

CPAWS Southern Alberta is rewarding Canadian youth for their environmental actions with the new Action Challenge! Who can participate? Youth-oriented groups such as; classrooms, clubs, schools, and families who live in Canada! Teams register, submit their 'green actions', earn points and have a chance to win our Grand Prize. The team with the highest points at the end of the Challenge wins the Grand Prize of $500! The second-place prize is $300!

For more information and to register today visit ActionChallenge.ca or contact actionchallenge@cpaws.org.

Check out The City of Calgary’s other Parks, Water and Waste and Recycling education opportunities.