2001 Triple Bottom Line Report - BC Hydro

I N V E S T I N G I N O U R C O M M U N I T I E S
Our reputation as a good neighbour is built at the community
level. BC Hydro’s Corporate Outreach programs coordinate our
community investment and partnership activities, including
public education, corporate donations, scholarships, support for
PUBLIC EDUCATION
Involvement in Education provides resources and programs for
B.C. classrooms. We encourage broader knowledge of energy,
its uses and impacts, through educational resources provided to
support school curricula. Material we prepare is promoted
through our website and at teachers’ conferences. A new education
module was developed last year for delivery in 2001. Designed
for students in grades four to seven, “Powering our Future:
Green Energy Options” provides a balanced look at alternatives
such as wind, fuel cells, woodwaste, solar and small hydro.
BC Hydro Youth Team members delivered 310 presentations
to grade four students throughout the province in 2000.
Also, BC Hydro helped to fund the development of the
“Up the Creek: The Salmon Survival Game” produced by the
World Fisheries Trust, a non-governmental organization based
in Victoria, B.C., and contributed nearly $10,000 to purchase
200 copies of the game last year for distribution throughout
B.C., including one each to over 100 First Nations schools in
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retired employees and HYDRECS, our employee community services
fund. Outreach programs invest in B.C. communities and the
diversity of our province, and contribute to our strategic priorities.
B.C. via the First Nations Schools Association. The game promotes
stewardship of salmon resources by bringing crucial information
into the classroom.
Our education involvements continue outside schools.
This year we are working with Science World to develop a
long-term exhibition on sustainability, called “Our World.”
Scheduled to open in June 2001 and remain for a minimum
of five years, the exhibit will feature interactive displays allowing
children to experience how power is generated from wind,
small hydro, thermal and solar sources.
BC Hydro also renewed the partnership established last year
with Knowledge Network, B.C.’s public educational broadcaster.
The new two-year agreement covers sponsorship of “Planet
Education,” a thirteen-part television series profiling innovation
and excellence in business, research and careers throughout B.C.
Knowledge Network is a division of the Open Learning Agency.