Protecting the Environment
Finding creative solutions for the Planet.
Charitable Giving: Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
LSF supports one of Canada’s foremost organizations dedicated to the protection of Canada’s wilderness, CPAWS (www.cpaws-edmonton.org). Ten % ($2,900) of the 2005 spin event revenue went to the local chapter of this outstanding organization. The Edmonton Chapter focuses on the protection of Canada’s boreal forest.
Mexican Environmental School, San Isidro Educación Permanente
Instituto de Educación Integral Magdalena Cervantes is located about 3 hours by bus ride northeast of Mexico City, in Tlaxco, Tlaxcala; it is one of the first sustainable schools in the world to combine a cob school house, dry toilets, composting, recycling, and the integration of environmental learning throughout the curriculum. The students even have their own co-op to offer healthy snack alternatives, such as popcorn and spiced carrot shavings (they are yummy!). The Livia Stoyke Foundation contributed $1,000 to the school in 2005 to pay for one third of the badly needed repair of the workshop roof.
Rocky Mountain Institute
The Livia Stoyke Foundation supports the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI),
one of the world’s foremost environmental think tanks. RMI provides
innovative market-based environmental solutions to individuals, governments
and industry. Past and present projects of RMI include energy-efficient
hyper-car designs, promoting green building practices and solutions for
lessening climate change at a profit.
Credit: Rocky Mountain Institute
Wild World Program
This program provides nature studies for
disadvantaged children. It helps children to respect and understand nature,
and interact with a variety of other children resulting in new friendships
and happy memories. Thanks to the Devonian Botanic Garden (www.devonian.ualberta.ca/natintrp.html) for providing facilities and extra volunteer naturalists!
Wagner Natural Area
The Livia Stoyke Foundation made a contribution in 2004 to increase the size of the Wagner Natural Area (http://wagner.fanweb.ca/), a nature reserve a few kilometers west of Edmonton just off Highway 16. The Wagner Natural Area is home to 16 species of orchids, and contains rare marl ponds that provide breeding habitat for boreal toads and food for numerous bird species.