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Published Saturday June 18th, 2011 BY JENNIFER MCNEIL-HAY mcneil-hay.jennifer@dailygleaner.com Two young environmentalists are the local recipients of the $5,000 Toyota Earth Day Scholarship. Christina Vietinghoff of Fredericton High School and Katie Baba of Oromocto High School are among 20 students from across Canada to receive the scholarship this year. Recipients are students set to begin post-secondary education, who are community-minded environmental leaders, noted for volunteerism and pursuing academic excellence. Baba is the youth facilitator with Oromocto Watershed Association and is known for environmental work at OHS, where she's the captain of the Junior Envirothon team. She helped create the group when she saw how much her older sister was enjoying the family atmosphere of the senior team. Full Story
Saturday, June 11, 2011 Daily Gleaner Rotary cleans highway: Members of the Fredericton North Rotary Club recently cleared both sides of a three-kilometres stretch of Route 105 of trash as a local community project.
In pouring rain, the group collected more than 50 bags of coffee cups, plastic wrapping, bottles, household products, and other assorted garbage discarded by passing motorists. The Fredericton North Rotary Club, who's motto is "service above self", undertakes throughout the year numerous local and international community projects, as well as highway cleanup projects.
Metro Moncton group participates in Adopt-A-Highway programby jordan parkerTimes & transcript staff When Jacques Bertrand saw swarms of people hunched over, picking up litter off the side of the highway, he decided to join in the cause.
"Last year I was biking across Canada, and I saw a bunch of Adopt-A-Highway signs," says Bertrand, whose Knights of Columbus Council took on a stretch of the highway. "I saw a bunch of people cleaning ditches and highways. And anyone over 12 can get involved," says Bertrand. "We will cover the Mapleton Road and Elmwood Drive exits, on the south side." The Knights of Columbus is a group "devoted to the Catholic Church" who are very involved in the community. "We do community work, and our four principles are charity, fraternity, unity, and patriotism. We are a charity organization, and we live according to faith," says Bertrand. Full Story Are you ready to adopt?Published Monday May 30th, 2011 Telegraph JournalImagine if you could get fit, enjoy the outdoors and do a good thing for your community and your province's environment, all at the same time. You can - by adopting a portion of a New Brunswick highway. Last year, more than 1,300 New Brunswickers, including this group, spent 4,500 hours collecting 3,000 bags of trash. Full Story TEENS ACROSS CANADA TAKE GREEN LEARNING OUTSIDE Regional teams compete for spot at Canon Envirothon - One of North America's largest high school environmental competitions MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 28 /CNW/ - Canon Canada is announcing the start of the annual provincial and territorial Envirothon competitions. Beginning May 4th, high school students from across Canada will be testing their environmental knowledge through a variety of challenges, including written tests, field tests and oral presentations. Canadian teens will be competing for the opportunity to represent their province or territory at the Canon Envirothon, the annual competition which brings together winning teams from Canada and the United States. This year the Canon Envirothon will be held at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick from July 24-29, 2011. Full Story Envirothon NB media contact: Becky Geneau Tel: 506.452.1339 California Team Takes Top Honours at 2010 Canon EnvirothonTeams from 45 States and 9 Canadian Provinces Competed in One of North America's Largest High School Environmental Education Competitions LAKE SUCCESS. N.Y., August 9, 2010 - A five-member team of high school students from Arlington High School, California, is the winner of the 2010 Canon Envirothon. The winning team was announced on Friday, August 6th, during the closing ceremony of the weeklong North American environmental education competition held at the California State University, Fresno, and sponsored by Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in advanced digital imaging. More than 270 teenagers from 45 U.S. states and 9 Canadian provinces studied environmental issues and resource conservation, while competing for a share of more that $125,000 in scholarships and Canon products. Full Story - 2010 Canon Envirothon Winners Press Release
News Release May 1, 2010 2010 Results Stanley High School team Wins 10th Annual Envirothon NB Competition: will represent NB in CaliforniaSackville, NB - Team Eco-Tunes from Stanley High School won the 2010 Envirothon NB competition that took place at Mount Allison University with field testing at Mapleton Park, Moncton this past Friday. The team from Stanley will represent the Province of New Brunswick at the Canon Envirothon 2010 competition in Fresno, California this August-North America's largest high school environmental education competition. The 10th anniversary of the annual environmental science competition allowed twenty-three teams from across New Brunswick and one from Quebec to gain knowledge and experience in the areas of forestry, soils and land use, aquatic ecology and wildlife. In preparation for the three-day event, the participants attended workshops conducted by skilled natural resources professionals, which combined in-class teaching and hands-on field experience throughout the school year. "We are very excited about the growth and success of the Envirothon NB Program.” says Becky Geneau, the Associate Director of the Canadian Forestry Association of New Brunswick. Students are gaining valuable knowledge and skills that they can take back to their communities and make a difference!” adds Geneau. Dr. Robert Campbell, President and Vice Chancellor of Mount Allison University addressed the participants on Thursday, April 29th at the opening ceremonies. The Envirothon NB competition represents a great opportunity for high school students to increase their understanding of local ecosystems and sustainability issues from environmental professionals and to explore different career options in the environmental field. All participants are eligible to receive up to $1000 scholarships in various degree programs at the University of New Brunswick, and Mount Allison University. Envirothon NB is a bilingual environmental science program for high school students across New Brunswick, and is supported by many volunteers, organizations and companies, including: New Brunswick Environment Trust Fund, New Brunswick Wildlife Trust Fund, University of new Brunswick Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Management and Faculty of Engineering, Canon Envirothon, Canon USA Inc., New Brunswick Departments of Education - Agriculture and Aquaculture, Natural Resources Canada, JD Irving, Limited, Town of Sackvgille, Stantec, Dillon Consulting, Environment Canada, New Brunswick Off-Road Club, New Brunswick Forest Technicians Association, Association of Registered Professional Foresters of New Brunswick, NB Blueberries, MRDC Operations Corporation, GEMTECH, and Natech with special thanks for Recycle NB, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, City of Moncton, Fundy Model Forest, New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources, Petitcodiac Watershed Alliance, Future Shop, McCain Foods Limited, Enbridge Gas New Brusnwick, CFB Gagetown, Aramark - Maritime Forestry Complex Cafe, Covey Basics, and Mount Allison University. Media Contact: Becky Geneau, Associate Director / Envirothon NB Coordinator Canadian Forestry Association of New Brunswick Tel: 506.452.1339 Cell: 506.440.0228 Fax: 506.452.7950 Hundreds of North American High School Students to Compete at 2009 Canon EnvirothonLAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. - More than 260 teenagers from 45 U.S. states and seven Canadian provinces will meet at the University of North Carolina - Asheville, from August 2 through August 8, to participate as finalists in one of North America's largest high school environmental education competition, the 2009 Canon Envirothon. Full Story - Canon Envirothon North Carolina 2009 Envirothon NB 2009 - Congratulatory MessageMinister of Natural Resources - Hon. Wally Stiles Tuesday, May 26, 2009
on winning the 2009 Envirothon New Brunswick competition. Over the past nine years, the Envirothon New Brunswick program has quickly established itself as an important educational program in our province. This program allows students to learn about local ecosystems and sustainability issues from environmental professionals. Students increase their understanding of basic science concepts in the areas of forests, wildlife, soils and aquatic ecology. And they gain a practical understanding of the impact of human activities on our environment. Full Message - Minister of DNR Congratulatory Speach to Legislature News ReleaseSenior Team from Stanley High School Wins 2009 Envirothon NB Competition and gets to represent NB at North America's largest environmental education competition May 23, 2009 Fredericton, NB - The Senior Team from Stanley High School won the 2009 Envirothon NB competition that took place at the University of New Brunswick with field testing at the Department of Natural Resources' Kingsclear Forest Tree Nursery in Island View, near Fredericton. The award was presented to the team from Stanley High School during the competition's closing ceremony on May 23, 2009. Full Story - Envirothon NB Competition News Release 2009 Stanley High team wins Envirothon May 25, 2009 After two days of competition a team from Stanley High School won the New Brunswick Envirothon on Saturday, finishing ahead of Oromocto High School and Fundy Community School. All three teams delivered presentations on how to improve the biodiversity of Heron Lake in the competition's final event. Full Story - Daily Gleaner 2009 05 25 Students compete in Envirothon; Metro students place in provincial event May 25, 2009 Many high school students are used to memorizing dates and formulas, but how about soil types, different species of rats and the answers to complex environmental problems? For 16 teams from across the province that was exactly the challenge they were presented with this past weekend as the University of New Brunswick played host to the New Brunswick Envirothon. Full Story Telegraph Journal 2009 05 25 Environment in spotlight at N.B. competition May 21, 2009 After studying forests for a year, Zara MacKay-Boyce has picked up a habit that drives her friends crazy. "I can't walk down the street now without identifying the trees as I walk by, " she said, laughing, seated in her Rothesay backyard. Zara will specialize in the topic at this year's 2009 Envirothon NB Competition, which begins today in Fredericton. Each member of the five-member teams in the event takes on one subject area to study to test their knowledge on wildlife, soils, aquatics, biodiversity and forestry. Full Story - Telegraph Journal 2009 05 21 Metro high schools compete in Envirothon May 18, 2009 Three Metro Moncton high schools will be represented in this year's Canon Envirothon international competition, which is being played out over the next two weeks across Canada. Competing in the New Brunswick competitions May 21-23 at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton are Moncton's Harrison Trimble High and Bernice MacNaughton High, along with Dieppe's Mathieu-Martin High. Full Story - Media - times transcript 05 18 2009 |
