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• 1 Green Calgary

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• What was the major event that occurred  in 1975?

  Clean Calgary Committee was formed to conduct community clean-up activities and photometric litter indexing.

• What was the major event that occurred in 1978?

  Clean Calgary becomes a registered non-profit society and continues to focus on clean up initiatives such as election litter, river clean up, and water pollution.

• What was the major event that occurred in 1982?

  Clean Calgary receives charitable status and develops a reputation as a strong proactive environmental organization.

• What was the major event that occurred in 1993?

  The WINshop (Waste It Not Shop) was opened to further the organizations focus on waste minimization.

• What was the major event that occurred in 1999?

  Clean Calgary introduces the Master Composter/Waste Advisor program.

• What was the major event that occurred in 2009?

  Clean Calgary Association becomes the Green Calgary Association to encompass the many programs and services the organization offers.

• What was the major event that occurred in 2015?

  Green Calgary introduces Green Homes and Communities program which replaces the Healthy Homes program. The organization rebrands its child/youth education programming to Green Kids and Generation Green.

• What is the reputation that Green Calgary has created over the years?

  They have built a reputation on not passing the buck. This had made Green Calgary a well known and reliable "one call" source of a wide variety of information. If they don't have an answer, they try very hard to get one.

• What is the vision statement of Green Calgary?

  We envision Calgary as a world model of sustainable, vibrant, healthy community.

• What is the mission statement of Green Calgary?

  We empower Calgarians to create healthy homes and communities through environmental education, products, and services.