Oil 2 Solar

278. RenuWell – Solar breathes new life into abandoned oil wells

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Keith Hirsche is the founder and president of RenuWell …

Dan Balaban, CEO of Greengate Power

274. Alberta’s solar boom – The biggest story you haven’t heard about

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans “Small is beautiful.” In 1973, E.F. Schumacher used this …

Nukes or No Nukes

273. Nukes or no nukes – Nuclear’s role in a low carbon future

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The monkeys on nuclear’s back “Nuclear power is deeply stuck around the world with absurdly …

Renewable Revolution

271. 2020 – Year of the Renewable Revolution

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1. Renewable energy cheapest PODCAST – As 2020 winds down we look back at the …

Alberta Screw Piles crew

268. Solar screw piles – How a boom in solar is diversifying the economy

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans We call it the dance of the screw pile …

Raymond Cardinal's solar-powered cabin

267. Into the wild – solar is revolutionizing life at Raymond Cardinal’s cabin in Canada’s north

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Solar is revolutionizing cabin life for Indigenous residents in …

Blue Eyes Simpson

266. Hello solar, goodbye gas generator – Indigenous solar cabins

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Many of the people from the three Indigenous Nations …

Chief Allan Adam

265. Community-owned Indigenous Solar for Diesel in Canada’s North

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans In an amazing project, three Indigenous Nations in northern …

TerraView net-zero

264. TerraView builds net-zero ready and only net-zero ready homes

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans TerraView Homes from Guelph, Ontario doesn’t just build homes—they …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Solar on a Jayman BUILT Home in Alberta2 scaled

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 …

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 …

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 …