Jeff Reading
Jeff Reading is the Director, Operations and Enterprise Development at C3. He coordinates a team-based approach to designing and delivering the products and services C3 offers regarding energy conservation, energy efficiency and the introduction of small scale renewables. Jeff is a proven leader in environmental education and sustainability with more than 30 years' experience providing innovative, action based solutions that enhance economic prosperity, improve environmental quality and protect the social structures that contribute to our high quality of life. Prior to joining C3, Jeff was the Leader for The City of Calgary's Ecological Footprint Project. The ecoFootprint Project calculated Calgary's ecological footprint, in partnership with national and international organizations and implemented projects that enabled and engaged local stakeholders to complete actions that supported environmental sustainability and reduced our ecological footprint. Jeff also spent more than 20 years with the Calgary Board of Education. During this time he coordinated the ecoStewardship Program, provided system leadership to environmental and outdoor education, physical education and off-site activities while also offering leadership to provincial initiatives that advanced environmental stewardship. He was also seconded to Alberta Environment to coordinate environmental educations programs in Fish Creek Provincial Park and Kananaskis Country. Jeff is a member of the Grant Review Committee with the Alberta Ecotrust Foundation, serves as a Senior Research Fellow with the Canada West Foundation and is the Chair of the Alberta Council for Environmental Education. Jeff holds a Bachelor of Arts from York University, a Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall, a Bachelor of Education from Queen's University and a Master of Arts from San Diego State University. |
