Mayor's Environment Expo
Mayor's Environment Expo
2025 Mayor's Environment Expo
The Mayor's Environment Expo is held annually, alongside Canadian Environment Week. Its goal is to empower and educate Calgary’s youth to practice and promote environmental actions. This will help shape a healthier and greener city for tomorrow.
The Expo is a free event for schools. It features more than 35 interactive exhibits, including those from Calgary-based EcoSchools Canada schools. It has more than 20 virtual and 100 in-person workshops to help youth act to protect the environment.
The 36th annual event will run virtually from June 2 to 5, 2025, and in-person from June 3 to 4, 2025.
Workshop, performance, and virtual session host registration closed on March 24. Stay tuned to register for individual workshops and learning sessions.
Ahead of the Expo, schools are encouraged to:
- Sign up to be EcoSchools;
- Watch recordings of previous years’ Expo sessions;
- Join the mailing list to receive updates and education opportunities throughout the year, and receive registration information ahead of the event.
Please email expo@calgary.ca with questions or for more information.
2024 opening ceremony
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Jack Leslie Youth Environmental Grant
Up to $1,000 of funding is available for your youth environmental project. This grant honours former Mayor Jack Leslie's positive impact on the city and the environment.
Applications for the 2026 Jack Leslie Youth Environmental Grant will be open in November! Check back for more information.
By the numbers
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schools and homeschool groups in Calgary participated. This includes attending environmental education workshops and sessions in person and/or online.
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students, teachers and chaperones attended the Expo. Attendance was in person at various venues in and around City Hall. Venues include the Calgary Municipal Building, Arts Commons, Central Library, University of Calgary SAPL City Building Design Lab, Platform Innovation Centre, and District Energy Centre.
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organizations, partners, and City Business Units. In-person and online sessions educated students from Kindergarten to Grade 12 about local environmental issues, actions, and solutions.
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students and teachers from 193 classes K-12 registered for virtual sessions June 5-8.
Previous years' virtual sessions
Before the Expo, schools are invited to watch recordings of previous years’ sessions. 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.
Sponsors and partners
Transportation Sponsor
Workshop Sponsor
Venue Support Partners
EcoSchools
The City partners with the Alberta Council for Environmental Education (ACEE) to deliver the EcoSchools program. It is designed to educate K-12 students about climate change and environmental education
To learn more, visit ACEE.
Webinar series for schools
We are proud to support EcoSchools with our Environment Webinar Series. Check out the playlist for webinars and subscribe to our mailing list for information on our upcoming events.
Other educational opportunities
Webinar for teachers
Are you looking to provide experiences in nature or class to promote learning? Do you want to create projects which tie to the curriculum and contribute to environmental sustainability?
The City of Calgary and CPAWS Southern Alberta have partnered to bring you a 20-minute recorded webinar. It is designed to develop cross-curriculum links and identify environmental education resources. These aim to support 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
- Reviews lesson plans designed to teach environmental education.
A+ for Energy
The A+ For Energy program provides schools with funding to implement creative approaches to energy education. You can receive a grant of up to $5000 to transform an idea into action! Preference is given to projects demonstrating 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 Alberta Emerald Foundation
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.
Caring for our Watersheds
This program encourages students to develop ideas for protecting and caring for our local environment and watershed. It is open to all students in Southern Alberta in grades 7-12.
Students will be challenged to research their local watershed, identify an environmental concern and develop a creative but realistic solution. Learn more about Caring for our Watersheds program.
CPAWS: Action Challenge
CPAWS Southern Alberta is rewarding Canadian youth for their environmental actions with the new Action Challenge! Who can participate? Youth-oriented groups include classrooms, clubs, schools, and families living 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.
The City of Calgary
Check out The City of Calgary’s other Parks, Water and Waste and Recycling education opportunities.
