Tag: climate action



The Energy Innovation Challenge

385. The Energy Innovation Challenge and piloting decentralized energy strategies in Medicine Hat

The time is long overdue for the overhaul of our outdated 20th Century Electricity Grid to integrate millions of solar, wind, batteries, EVs and other decentralized energy resources. Decentralised Energy Canada and the City of Medicine Hat are running the Energy Innovation Challenge not just to integrated these distributed energy sources, but to make the grid more resilient and reliable.

The MCCAC, helping municipalities save energy and money

366. Helping municipalities take action to save energy and money, and reduce emissions

Not many people have heard of the Municipal Climate Change Action Centre in Alberta, but since 2009 they have worked with more than 150 municipalities helping them save $166 million by doing energy efficiency projects, installing solar and EV chargers and implementing climate resilience action plans.

Former Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson on creating green cities.

378. Vancouver’s former mayor Gregor Robertson on creating the greenest cities in the world

When Vancouver’s former Mayor Gregor Robertson came up with the campaign slogan of creating the greenest city who knew it would be his most popular focus area. Robertson,  Vancouver’s longest-serving mayor left office after 10 years in 2018. He’s moved on, but we look back at his idea of creating the Greenest City in the World. 

Community Leagues taking climate action

357. Cool ways community leagues are taking climate action

We meet up with Sarah Delano of Parkdale Cromdale Community League to learn all about living local, food foraging, community gardens and their solar-powered community league. Parkdale Cromdale has even created its own art walk with 64 panels of local community created art spread along a trail in one of the City’s ravines.