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Air Quality Webinars

Protecting Little Lungs: Outdoor Air Quality and Children’s Health – Recommendations for Childcare Facilities

Join Tomorrow Foundation board member Dr. Amina Hussein and her University of Alberta colleague Dr. Anne Hicks for the Capital Airshed Alliance's Clean Air Webinar on “Protecting Little Lungs: Outdoor Air Quality and Children's Health - Recommendations for Childcare Facilities”.
Gain an understanding of the health impacts of ambient air pollution and wildfire smoke on children, and why children are more vulnerable to poor air quality compared to adults. Our expert speakers will discuss why children are at greater risk, highlighting factors such as higher respiratory rates, developing immune systems, and increased time spent outdoors. Beyond discussing the health impacts, this webinar will offer practical recommendations for childcare facilities on what they can do during wildfire smoke events to ensure safe outdoor play. Our speakers will share actionable steps to create safer environments for children.

Don’t miss this opportunity to equip yourself with the knowledge to safeguard the health of children in your care.

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Carbon-Negative Backyard Housing Energy Transition Strategy 2021 Events Webinars

July 14 Webinar – Carbon Negative, Net-Zero Backyard Houses – A Made-in-Edmonton Climate Solution

Backyard House Rendering

Over 90% of Edmonton’s greenhouse gas emissions come from three big sources: buildings, energy sources, and transportation. Backyard houses, (or, “garage suites”) have the potential to help solve all three problems at once! 

Edmonton-based architect Eugene Dening and builder William Keith have designed and built an innovative backyard house that is a step closer to the holy grail: the carbon-negative, net-zero backyard house. Attend this webinar to learn more about this type of house, how it can be a powerful climate solution, and the innovations that Eugene and Keith have implemented in this project.

This free webinar is happening on July 14, 2021, at 7pm.

Register here!

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Events Private Urban Forest trees Webinars

July 6 – Join Us To Discuss The Private Urban Forest

Tomorrow Foundation Tree Count
Join us for our Summer 2021 Community Science Project!

Sign up on Eventbrite for our launch on Tuesday July 6 at 7:30 pm!

Project Description

Have you ever pondered how the trees on your property benefit you?

Or what kind of trees are growing on your property?

Have you ever considered how much of our urban forest resides on private property?

We at Tomorrow Foundation are asking these questions, and more!

This summer we are piloting a project in the Queen Alexandra Neighbourhood where we want to gather information about the trees in your yard! This project has the potential to grow into other neighbourhoods in the coming years.

Why is it important to gather this information?

A growing city impacts the trees of our public land (public urban forest) and private land (private urban forest.) By gathering a baseline of information now, we can better understand how these changes will affect us in the future!

The City of Edmonton has a goal to plant 2 million trees to help combat climate change. Getting information about private trees will allow us to advise the city as to the best places to plant them!

Much of our urban forest is on private property. In order to create accurate assessments to meet Edmontons climate goals we need to know what we have!

We need you!

Here are ways you can help make our project a success!

  1. If you are in the Queen Alexandra Neighbourhood please give us permission to enter your property so we can measure your trees.
  2. You can measure your own trees and send us the information.
  3. Join our volunteer team and help us measure!

Contact us at [email protected]

What information are we gathering and why?

In order to get accurate results we are collecting this information.

  1. Tree species – Each species uniquely interacts with its environment.
  2. Circumference of the trunk and Height of tree – A sign of age and overall vigour.
  3. Dead branches – A sign of the tree’s health.
  4. Exposure to sunlight – A sign of the growing conditions of the tree.
  5. Distance to the house – An indicator of potential home energy savings.

Benefits to you

  1. You can get a personalized report about what services the trees provide for you (e.g. energy savings, reduction of air pollution)
  2. This data will be added to a larger report about the Queen Alexandra neighbourhood
  3. You could gain a free sapling!

Can I opt out?

Of course! This is volunteer only.…

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Energy Transition Strategy 2021 Events Green Transportation Webinars

June 22 Webinar – A Vision for Spoke-tactular Bike Share

bike rider on bike share bike

A free, public talk about implementing a public bike share system in Edmonton

University of Alberta School of Urban and Regional Planning Students will present research on best practices for bike share systems and discuss their findings for implementing a public bike share system in Edmonton. This is based on a studio project guided by Paths for People and the Tomorrow Foundation.

Tuesday, June 22

7-8pm

Zoom

It’s free.

Register Here.

 

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Community Science Events Webinars

October 8 Webinar: YEG Tree Map – Calculating Eco Benefits of our Urban Forest

Join us as we welcome guests from the City of Edmonton Urban Forestry department for this engaging webinar all about YEG Tree Map and the eco benefits of Edmonton’s urban forest. Participants will even learn how to plot their own private trees! Registration and more information is below. As this is an online event, anyone can register even if you don’t live in Edmonton.

The webinar will conclude with a Q&A session, then opportunity for interested participants to stay on the call for the Tomorrow Foundation’s Community Science Meet Up.

We’d also like to give a shoutout to GFI Systems for sponsoring this event. Sponsorships and event donations go towards purchasing air quality and traffic monitoring devices to help expand our Community Science Program.

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Community Science Events Webinars

August 20 Webinar: Lichens as Biomonitors for Urban Air Quality & Climate

On August 20, 2020 we welcomed guest presenter Christopher Schulze, Sustainability Scholar, working on a project with the City of Edmonton and Royal Alberta Museum on using lichens as biomonitors in Edmonton.  More information on Christopher’s research results will be available in the coming months. For now, please enjoy this YouTube recording of his presentation and Q&A from participants.

Thank you to the Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition for sponsoring this webinar.

Edmonton River Valley Conservation Coalition (ERVCC) Logo

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Community Science Events Webinars

Webinar: Urban Trees: Improving Air Quality in Our Neighbourhoods

Watch the presentation from our July 28 webinar with Dr. Greg King, Professor of Environmental Sciences, UofA Augustana.

View or download Dr. King’s presentation slides below.

Download Urban Trees: Improving Air Quality in Our Neighbourhoods – Dr. Greg King, July 28, 2020

Thank you to our generous webinar sponsor

Canadian Tree Care | Classic Family of Companies

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Community Science Events Webinars

Webinar: Engaging Communities in Air Quality: Trends, Technology and Citizen Science

Watch the presentation from the July 8 webinar, Engaging Communities in Air Quality: Trends, Technology and Citizen Science.

View or download the presentation below.

Download Engaging Communities in Air Quality: Trends, Technology and Citizen Science (PDF, 12 MB)