Ecovillage and Permaculture Certificate Program

Gareth Thomson is Executive Director of the Alberta Council for Environmental Education and has 17 years experience in environmental education, working first for the government of Alberta and subsequently as the first Education Director of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS). Gareth currently serves as a Board member of the Global Environmental and Outdoor Education Council (GEOEC) of the Alberta Teachers Association, and the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM).  He has been a board member of several grantmaking foundations, including Alberta Ecotrust, served on Canmore's municipal Town Council, and taught at an International Baccalaureate high school.  Gareth has an engineering degree, an M.Sc. in Environmental Geology, and is a certified teacher. A proud father of two exceptional children, Gareth can still occasionally be sighted on the hiking trails around Canmore.