Kassandra Starkell and Martin Martyniak in their net-zero home

401. Solar Serendipity: Discovering Our Eco-Friendly Net-Zero Home in Blatchford

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Agrivoltaics - Keeping the farm in the solar farm

382. Agrivoltaics – Keep the farm in the solar farm and save the family farm

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By David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca Agrivoltaics, or the idea of combining solar with farming could help …

Thriving in the Net-Zero Economy

319. Thriving in the Net-Zero Economy

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Carbon neutral by 2025

290. Schneider Electric – named the most sustainable company in the world

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By David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Schneider Electric was named the most sustainable company in …

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 …

Net-zero reno

178. Renovating your home to net-zero

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By David Dodge and Scott Rollans Have you ever dreamed of living in a net-zero …

Peter Simons, CEO of Simons

176. New Simons has largest solar system in Edmonton

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By David Dodge, Green Energy Futures At 177 years-old Simons may be one of the …

Sustainival

172. Sustainival, the world’s first green carnival

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By David Dodge Life may be a carnival, but at Sustainival you can’t “walk on …

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

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

Here in Halifax you can peek in and get a view of the super chilled mass of rock that provides the district cooling in the Aldnerney 5 project.

117. Sustainability snapshots: How Halifax, Tallinn, Hannover and Ottawa are learning from each other to make their cities more sustainable

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney If you’ve hung around some of the wackier, more …

Location Efficiency expert Kurt Borth says too many people "drive until you qualify" for a big house, without considering the very real and significant transportation costs you will experience just getting to work and play. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

110. Location efficiency: Discovering the hidden transportation costs of where you live

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney When you buy a house the first thing your …

Geoff Wensel works hands-on in his pilot plant that makes shingles out of recycled milk jugs, plastic grocery bags and limestone waste. Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures

109. Cradle to Cradle: Recycling’s cooler younger brother

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney What if you could take waste limestone, add in …

Photo David Dodge, Green Energy Futures Walmart-SMC Balzac Western Distribution Center

21. The unlikely Walmart sustainability story

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By David Dodge and Duncan Kinney As you walk past two wind turbines, a rack …