The GreenLearning Team is comprised of staff from the Pembina Institute with additional support from education consultants, teachers, evaluators, web designers, and partners.
Gordon Harrison, Director, GreenLearning
Gordon's career as an environmental educator began in the classroom, teaching elementary grades while infusing his love of nature and environmental themes across the curriculum. Gordon previously worked as education coordinator for Pollution Probe (Ottawa) and a number of other environmental NGOs, and then as an environmental consultant with Marbek Resource Consultants.
More recently, Gordon developed innovative environmental education programs including EcoScope for Sustaining Wetlands and the education component of the Canada India Rural Energy Project. Gordon received a BA in political science and economics from the University of Toronto, as well as his Ontario teaching certificate. Gordon and his partner, Claudia, live in Lanark Highlands. In addition to his work, Gordon finds time for friends, family, music, canoeing, reading and hiking.
Kathy Worobec, Director, Alberta GreenLearning
Kathy joined the Pembina Institute in 2003 and she is the Greelearning.ca Alberta Director. Kathy has over 20 years experience in developing, implementing, delivering and managing environmental education programs for youth and teachers. Kathy received her Education Degree from the University of Alberta. She taught in the classroom, worked in the energy efficiency field with the Alberta Department of Energy, was a consultant and then joined the non-profit environmental education sector.
Nadine Raynolds, Director, Redfish School of Change
Nadine is the Director of the Redfish School of Change at GreenLearning. Nadine is an organizer, facilitator, educator and community activist based in her home office in New Denver, British Columbia. She has designed and delivered education programs for a variety of youth and community-based organizations and has been integral to youth environmental initiatives since her adolescence. She has a B.Sc. in Environmental Science and a Masters degree in Environmental Education and Communication. The Redfish School of Change is a dream come true for Nadine: her Masters research focused on the design of education from a youth perspective, which led to the development of this unique field school. With more than 15 years of experience in environmental education and communication, Nadine leads this innovative accredited experiential program, as well as assists with writing, editing, organizational development, workshop delivery and promotion for other GreenLearning programs.
Johan Stroman, Director, BC GreenLearning
Johan is the Director of GreenLearning BC. Prior to joining the Pembina Institute in December 2006, Johan taught high school science and math in Surrey, BC for ten years. He has been a long-time volunteer executive of BC's Environmental Educators Provincial Specialist Association, which provides environmental education resources, conferences and networking for teachers. Johan also worked as a field biologist on several studies in Canada and Sweden. He recently completed an MA in environmental education and communication at Royal Roads University. His thesis explored students' responses and perspectives to an integrated sustainability education unit in Biology 11.
Dave Kalbfleisch, GreenLearning Web Architect
Dave Kalbfleisch works with GreenLearning Canada, the Pembina Institute and other not-for-profit societies in Alberta and internationally. Dave is the author of the eCards system and helps GreenLearning deliver programs to the web.
Dave got his start in the corporate world where he assisted fortune 500 companies develop custom business applications. And he spent several years as Director of Product Development for a Toronto-based software company, before moving to Alberta in 2004.
Dave holds a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo.
Contributors
We would like to thank the many people that have supported the development of GreenLearning.
Alberta Development Team
- Dave Mussell
- Cheryl Lepatski
- Diane Simpson
- Jillian Scrimger
- Rob Macintosh
- Kim Sanderson
- Dawn Lindenberg
- Paul Robertson
- Jeff Goldie
- Evalaine Goggin-Michaud
- Angela Miskuski
- Will Jang
- Valerie Rufer
- Justin Tobias
- Keltie Duncan
- Brett Thompson
- Heather Little
- Sze Yeun Lee
- Andrew Dubois
Overall GreenLearning program expansion
- Jacques LeCavalier & Associates
- Communicopia
BC Development Team
- Bob Benmore
- Connie Cirkony
- Bruce Ford
- Ruth Foster
- Darlene Giesbrecht
- Rod MacVicar
- Helen Marek-Jones
- Lisa McIntosh
- Milton McClaren
- Drew Murphy
- Monica Noakes
- Sherri Norbury
- Andrew Pape-Salmon
- Marion Pape
- Patrick Robertson
- Brenda Rushton
- Darla Simpson
- Diane Simpson
- Sue Staniforth
- Drew Williams
Ontario Development Team
- Dick Holland and Stephen MacKinnon: the writers and brains behind eCards
- Ethel Johnston, curriculum consultant with the Toronto District School Board and eCard mentor
- Susan Gesner, Eneraction writer
- The crew at Passion4Action: Ken Martin, Marnie Olson, and Randy Yeung
- All the folks at Ontario EcoSchools, especially Catherine Mahler
- Elizabeth Everhardus at Pollution Probe
- The participants at the July 2006 eCards inception and planning retreat including Eva Rendek, Linda Ross, Angela Prest, David Sobel, Barb Tanton
- eCards Alpha Test teachers:
- Heather Knapp-Irvine
- Jacquelyn McDonald
- Greg McKean
- Valia Reinsalu
- The teachers who have helped build EnerAction, including:
- Ron Ballentine
- Paula Beech
- Kathy Bosci
- Jackie Bradley-Brown
- Suzanne Burwell
- Dana Harrison
- Rob Ledingham
- Jeff Major
- Nancy Marenger
- Greg Marshall
- Erica Morrill
- Anne Paquin
- Carol Pashkievich
- Nancy Wilder
Our Partners
- Wild BC
- Science World
- EcoSchools
- Passion4Action
- Reduce the Juice