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 …

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 …

231. How a brutalist University of Calgary library was transformed to Net-Zero

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans The University of Calgary — yes, that University of …

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228. Solar for Diesel: The Sun Shines on Fort Chipewyan

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The small indigenous community of Fort Chipewyan in northern Alberta is off the main electricity …

Ed Ma with solar thermal on his home

223. Solar Thermal Home still cool after all these years

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Calgary’s Ed Ma built an ultra-efficient solar-thermal-heated home way …

Jacob Komar and the geothermal revival

222. Geothermal Revival – Getting to net-zero the easy way

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Edmonton engineer Jacob Komar thinks there’s a better way …

People with boxes walking in field

219. Osnabrück county produces 80% renewable energy

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans The county of Osnabrück in northern Germany produces 80 …

Les Wold with office1

218. Effect Homes office goes off-grid in the big city

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 By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Effect Homes, a local leader in building net-zero, …

Guido Wallraven

214. Saerbeck, Germany – a model “Climate Community of the Future”

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 By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Judging by a small town in northwestern Germany, …

The Symonds Passive House

209. Passive house runs on sunshine, good to -30

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 By David Dodge and Scott Rollans When you step into the Brookfield Symons Gate …

Julia Pyper, Greentech Media

208. Ms. Pyper goes to Washington

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   By David Dodge and Scott Rollans A young, Canadian-raised journalist is emerging as …

Energy Shift - the way forward

207. Energy Shift – An oil and gas guy’s take on alternative energy

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 By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Peter Koning has been an oil and gas …

Joel Gingrich with Alternative Energy Lab behind

206. Sleepy small city college with a big solar vision

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 By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Red Deer College has surged beyond its own …