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Lliam Hildebrand is an boilermaker and oilsands worker that helped found Iron and Earth to call on training in renewable energy for out of work oil workers.

146. Iron and Earth: oilsands workers call for training in renewable energy

David Dodge May 15, 2016Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind 2 Comments

By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson The call to action on the Iron and Earth …

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A beautiful home in West Cape PEI with the West Cape Wind Farm in the background. Islanders get an average of 26 per cent of their electricity from wind power. Virtually all of the rest comes from an inter-tie undersea cable to the New Brunswick grid. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca

145. Prince Edward Island rocks wind power

David Dodge May 9, 2016Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind Leave a Comment

By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson Prince Edward Island is the smallest province in Canada. …

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143. Renewable energy powers Calgary, Canada’s oil capital

David Dodge April 25, 2016Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind 3 Comments

By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson Alberta’s carbon tax is expected to have a relatively …

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142. Alberta students school Premier Rachel Notley on climate change

David Dodge April 18, 2016Education, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Solar 1 Comment

By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson There’s a stereotype about young people. They don’t care …

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The Temperance Street Passive House will be the first passive house certified in Saskatchewan. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca

139. The first certified passive house in Saskatchewan

David Dodge March 14, 2016Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Passive Solar, Solar 5 Comments

By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson In 1976, gas prices doubled overnight. Naturally, this freaked …

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Visiting the Kinney Earthship, in the dead of winter on the Canadian prairie landscape north of Lethbridge, Alberta does invite comparisons with the lunar landscape! So much so it inspired photographer Steve Nagy to create this selfie in the middle of the night on a fine winter day. And in fact the number one question the Kinney's get about their Earthship is how does this passive solar heated home work when it's -30 degrees celsius.

136. Earthship living in a cold Canadian winter

David Dodge February 15, 2016Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Net Zero, Passive Solar, Renewable Energy, Solar 8 Comments

By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson When we last visited the Kinney Earthship it was a smokin’ hot 30 …

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The Mosaic Centre in Edmonton, Alberta is a net-zero commercial building powered by a nearly 200 kilowatt solar system (some of which is flat mounted) and heated by a geoexchange system that runs on solar power.

135. Shining a light on solar energy myths

David Dodge February 8, 2016Renewable Energy, Solar 4 Comments

By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson In Greek mythology, Icarus, while escaping Crete wearing homemade …

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Jason Rioux's shipping container cabin. The cabin was built out of seven sea containers in a hub and spoke pattern near Bobcaygeon, Ontario. This incredibly innovative sea container cabin is powered by a small 1 kW solar system and is packed with energy efficiency innovation - probably part of the reason the video has more than 100k views on YouTube. Photo Courtesy of Jason Rioux

130. Green Energy Futures: Our favourite stories from 2015 from net-zero to sea container cabin

David Dodge January 4, 2016Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind Leave a Comment

By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson The year 2015 may well go down as the …

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Highlight of 2015 - Dan Hofer, financial boss, David Vonesch of Skyfire Energy and Jake Hofer electrician with Green Acres Farm near Bassano, Alberta pose in front of their 2 megawatt solar farm that consists of more than 7,600 solar modules that produce the electricity to run Green Acre's recycling and farming operations. Photo David Dodge GreenEnergyFutures.ca

129. Green Energy: The highlights of 2015

David Dodge December 30, 2015Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind Leave a Comment

By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson No question, 2015 will be remembered as a banner …

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According to Penelope Comette of the Pembina Institute and the Green Jobs Map there are 14,100 renewable energy jobs in B.C. Photo David Dodge

127. Renewable energy jobs a big growth sector

David Dodge December 7, 2015Hydro, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind Leave a Comment

By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson By any metric, the renewable energy sector is a …

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The solar crew of Dave Simmonds, Warren Sarauer and Steve Milne from Evergreen and Gold Renewable Energy pose with Evansdale Community League's new 13.6 kilowatt solar system that will provide half of the community organizations electricity over the course of a year. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca

126. Evansdale Community League solar: An investment in sustainability

David Dodge November 30, 2015Solar 1 Comment

By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson In Edmonton, Alberta, almost every neighbourhood has a community …

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Dan Hofer hands me a carrot from the cool storage room on the Green Acres Hutterite Colony. These carrots are for colony use, but these are the same you might see at a farmers market in the region. Photo David Dodge

124. Green Acres, Hutterites invest in solar to run the farm and more

David Dodge November 16, 2015Renewable Energy, Solar 5 Comments

By David Dodge & Dylan Thompson You’ve seen them before, though they don’t tend to …

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Just one of the groups that has taken the 5-day solar training course at Grid Works Energy Group in Edmonton, Alberta. Owner Randall Benson has trained more than 700 electricians in solar in the last six years. Solar jobs now total 174,000 in the U.S. surpassing coal jobs. Many places in Canada are just beginning to install solar, but it has enormous potential to diversify the economy and provide clean, low emissions electricity. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca

122. Solar training on the rise

David Dodge November 2, 2015Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Solar sector employment in the U.S. is booming. It …

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121. SunMine: How solar is transforming Kimberley, an old mining town

David Dodge October 19, 2015Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney You hike over the crest of the hill and …

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Science teacher Stephanie Bennett with two alumni - all veterans of the Cochrane High School Sustainable Development Committee. Successive committees have built seven major projects at the school including solar, energy efficiency and gardens. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca

118. Cochrane students install solar and get new town policy permitting renewable energy

David Dodge August 31, 2015Buildings, Renewable Energy, Solar Leave a Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney There’s a quote from cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead that …

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Jason Rioux's shipping container cabin. The cabin was built out of seven containers in a hub-and-spoke pattern near Bobcaygeon, Ontario. Photo Courtesy of Jason Rioux

112. Welcome to the Octopod: An off-grid, solar powered shipping container cabin in Bobcaygeon, Ontario

David Dodge June 15, 2015Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Solar 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Whether you call it a cottage or a cabin, …

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Solar flowers at Clarkson Wastewater Treatment Plant in the Region of Peel in Mississauga, Ontario. This flamboyant solar system is installed right next door to a former hybrid bus plant that also has a 427 kW solar system on it's roof. More than 23,000 renewable energy projects have been built in Ontario since the launch of the Green Energy Act in 2009. Photo David Dodge, Green EnergyFutures.ca

111. Ontario: Canada’s energy transition success – the untold story

David Dodge June 8, 2015Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind 3 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney When you look at Ontario’s greenhouse gas reductions you …

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The grand opening of the Mosaic Centre for Conscious Community and Commerce in Edmonton. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

103. Welcome to the Mosaic Centre: Canada’s biggest net-zero building

David Dodge March 23, 2015Buildings, Solar 5 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney The gap from net-zero house to large scale …

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Prior to launching the solar municipal feed-in-tariff program Banff invested in solar systems on public buildings such as the public washrooms in downtown Banff. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

100. Banff launches the first municipal solar feed-in tariff in Canada

David Dodge March 2, 2015Solar 1 Comment

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney Banff National Park is famous for its beautiful mountain …

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No two homes are the same in the Craik Eco-Village. There are tiny homes, homes made of straw bales, homes made out of insulated concrete forms – each home is its own unique recipe for building eco-home. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

99. Craik, Saskatchewan: The little Eco-Village that could

David Dodge February 23, 2015Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind 3 Comments

By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney About ten years ago the town of Craik, Saskatchewan, …

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