2012 CASCADE AWARD RECIPIENTS
Best Program
Ocean Wise – Vancouver Aquarium
Ocean Wise is a Vancouver Aquarium conservation program created to educate and empower consumers about the issues surrounding sustainable seafood. Ocean Wise works directly with restaurants, markets, food services and suppliers, ensuring that they have the most current scientific information regarding seafood and help them make ocean-friendly buying decisions.
Best Exhibit or Show – Large Institution
Terra Mutantès – Musée de la nature et des sciences de Sherbrooke
Terra Mutantès is a multimedia and multi-sensory show that offers an immersive trip through time in search of the natural history of the planet. Visitors take a seat around an interactive table that is surrounded by screens. They experience wind, snow, and event the trembling of the earth brought on by the origination of the Appalachian mountains.
Best Energy Literacy Project – supported by Let’s Talk Energy
BC Green Games – Science World British Columbia
BC Green Games is an annual digital media contest designed to encourage K-12 students to document and share their environmental action stories on topics such as energy conservation, transportation, school yard greening, recycling, composting and community stewardship.