The projects that make a difference

The Clean50 Top Projects annually recognize those projects completed in the prior two years based on their innovation, their ability to inform, and inspire other Canadians. The Top Project of the year is then selected each year at the Clean50 Summit, from votes cast by both incoming and Alumni members of the Clean50.

2023

“Bee the Change” Pollinator Project

Pollinator habitat loss is, increasingly, a dire situation. “Bee the Change” is a smart, sweet response. With garden kits, education outreach, and propagating plants, “Bee the Change” has created roughly 100 m2 of habitat scattered across the Greater Toronto Area. While good for the bees, which is good for the planet, “Bee the Change” also helped build a sense of community for a school, one that defied pandemic-related isolation.

This means that, beyond the milkweed, “Bee the Change” is growing a whole new generation of climate leaders.

2023

A Sustainable Action Plan for GOOD.

The Goodwill Impact Centre, home to Alberta’s first Goodwill Outlet store, is at the centre of Goodwill’s commitment to becoming a Zero Waste organization.

2023

Carbon Neutral Buildings Program

BGIS’s Carbon Neutral Study Program is key to supporting their client’s achievement of Net Zero by 2050, and that’s a key we should copy.

2023

Clean Energy Financing for Homeowners

Clean Foundation gives Nova Scotians equitable access to deep energy retrofits because, whether it’s my house or yours, everyone deserves a place in the clean economy.

2023

Creating a 3D Map of Canada

By creating a High-Precision 3D Map of Canada’s top 100 cities, Ecopia helps us navigate our way to net-zero.

2023

Creating Compostable Plant Based Plastics

You have to take your plastic keg cap off to them, they’ve got something better; erthos’ novel plant-powered resin/materials are paving the way for a more circular, cleaner industry.

2023

Protecting Boreal Wildlands

The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Boreal Wildlands project, the largest private conservation initiative ever undertaken in Canada, helps us see the forest for the future.

2023

Solar Energy Powers Remote Cell Towers

In swapping diesel for solar panels as a means of powering their remote telecommunications towers, Bell Canada took an urgent call on climate change and good news was on the line.

2023

Talk Climate to Me

Project Neutral saw a gap in the climate conversation and found a way to help women fill it.

2023

The Solar Compass

Solar Earth Technologies Ltd. built Canada’s first solar sidewalk putting a whole new meaning to that most Canadian class act, “Doing the walk.”