Stewardship Games, Challenges & Calculators
The Land Stewardship Centre of Canada is always seeking innovative ways to showcase and highlight interactive media for Stewardship Activities. If you have something you'd like to contribute to our Stewardship Games, Challenges, and Calculators Page, please contact us.
Stewardship Games:
Dogs Around the World – Interesting resource for children to introduce
ideas of “invasive” or “introduced” species and how animals evolve traits
specific to their environment.
The Green Mega City - contains visionary ideas for sustainable mega cities straight from popsci.com
Alberta Land Use Simulator - Discover how land use can change Alberta’s ecosystems and then design a management strategy for sustainable development in Alberta!
On the Prairie - An amazing resource and educational tool about the Prairies. Build a Prairie yourself!!
Play the "Watershed Game" - A fun educational tool for novice and intermediate levels. Can you make the right choices to ensure an healthy watershed?
The Walker - players have to catch various forms of alternatively fueled vehicles to help them cross a busy highway and make it to school on time.
Challenges:
Commit to One Simple Act
and do your part to reduce waste, conserve water and reduce energy
consumption in Alberta!Global Geotourism Challenge to identify people and organizations that are innovators in geotourism (defined as “tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place—its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage, and the well-being of its residents”). The deadline for nominations or self-selection: April 19, 2008.
Carbon Footprint in the Classroom - How much energy does the average classroom use?
Eco-footprint / Carbon Footprint
Calculators:
Zerofootprint Edmonton, the City of Edmonton’s environmental footprint calculator. The calculator allows citizens to measure their environmental footprint, and it gives them the opportunity to make pledges to reduce it. The calculator is designed to support the City Council's EcoVision campaign, which asks citizens to reduce their environmental footprint through five simple steps: travel smart, be yard smart, save energy and water, and reduce waste.
Friends of the Bow – Water Saving Calculator: This link will literally show you the water you are saving via a glass of water that is slowly filling, drip by drip
Crop Calculators - An excellent resource for farmers and gardeners!
Paper Calculator - Enter the grade of paper you use and how much, and see how using less paper, increasing recycled content, or making other changes can reduce impacts.
Zero footprint - kids calculator
Miscellaneous:
Going Green Quiz - Take this quiz and see what you know about "Going
Green."Green Life - See how much carbon is put into the atmosphere by your household appliances— and see what you can do about it.
Green Quizzes - an entire archive of Green Quizzes.
Maps of Watersheds in Canada - interested to see a map of your local watershed and the ocean basin it inhabits? Simply enter your town name to access these maps as well as a growing watershed profile including:
Smart Living - A simple, 12-week guide to lower energy bills for homeowners