Norman Crowley

262. Norman Crowley: Capitalist fights climate change

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Norman Crowley is a capitalist with on a mission …

Kenton Zerbin - Tiny Home

260. Tiny Home Tour – Living large super efficiently

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Kenton Zerbin gave up his career as a school teacher because he believes it’s imperative …

Charge it!

258. How Kent Rathwell created a zero-emissions birdseed company and the world’s longest green highway for EVs

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans It all started with birdseed When I first met …

Richard Zurawski

257. HalifACT 2050 – How Halifax got its climate plan and a goal of carbon neutrality

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By David Dodge Richard Zurawski is a meteorologist, a TV personality and a man with …

Edmonton's Solar Skydome

256. Solar as art – Edmonton’s solar skydome

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By David Dodge It has to rate as one of the coolest solar projects in …

254. Biomass a missing link for Canada’s future sustainable economy?

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans There are an estimated 120 million tonnes of waste …

Faruq Vishram, solar engineer

252. Former Alberta coal guy is now a solar guru sought after around the world

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Faruq Vishram is an engineer. And like many engineers …

Nathan Kuptana and Eriel Lugt Happening to Us

249. “They can’t even see it”: Tuktoyaktuk Teens’ film on the Impacts of Climate Change

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Last December, a group of seven teens from the …

246. Indigenous-owned renewable energy projects secure low electricity price

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Green Energy Futures presents, in collaboration with the Alberta Emerald Foundation, Part III of the …

Mortimer Capriles of the Goodwill Impact Centre.

244. Rethinking Recycling

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Green Energy Futures presents, in collaboration with the Alberta Emerald Foundation, the Emerald Series: conversations …

243. Alberta builder includes solar with every new home

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans At the start of 2019, 40-year-old Jayman homes decided …

Merran Smith, Clean Energy Canada

242. Canada’s Clean Energy Transition Underway & A Good Thing – Canadians

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans “Often, good news doesn’t make the news,” Merran Smith, …

Vivian Manasc green architect

241. Vivian Manasc – A lifetime of Building it Green

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Last year, Vivian Manasc received a lifetime achievement award …

Carbon Busters net-zero homes in Blatchford

240. Carbon Busters – Building net-zero in Blatchford

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Carbon Busters may seem like a strange name for a builder, but the company has …

Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community

Green Energy Futures – Four stories that matter from 2019

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By David Dodge Happy New Year from Green Energy Futures!  This week’s episode of Green …

Greta Thunberg in Edmonton, Alberta

2019–The year of Greta Thunberg

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Time Magazine named Greta Thunberg “person of the year” and climate change is the news …

Reverend Annabelle Wallace and elder Les Young

237. God’s green home is net-zero

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A few years back, then-minister of Westmount Presbyterian Church Reverend Annabelle Wallace and her congregation …

Greenest School in Canada

236. Greenest School in Canada has a solar-geothermal greenhouse

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans “Words without actions are meaningless,” Lacombe Composite High School …

Travers solar

235. Travers: Largest Solar Project in Canada

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Picture New York, Easter morning 1900: 5th Avenue is …

Blatchford-Town-Centre

234. Blatchford: Largest Carbon Neutral Community in Canada

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  By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Edmontonians have already been recognized as pioneers of …