E-bike revolution

255. “Why I ditched my car for an e-bike” – Leon’s story

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans “Just look around us. I mean, this is the …

Whitecourt Power Biomass Generating Station 308

254. Biomass a missing link for Canada’s future sustainable economy?

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans There are an estimated 120 million tonnes of waste …

What is used to make biodiesel fuel?

253. Neste: How an oil company became the largest producer of renewable diesel fuels in the world

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Neste, the Finnish company formerly known as Neste Oil, …

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 …

Ford Mustang Electric

251. EV Tipping Point – The Future of Cars is Electric

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Green Energy Futures · 251B. EV Tipping Point – Proof is in the trucks By …

DanWoynillowicz resized

250. Best COVID recovery is climate capitalism

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Green Energy Futures · 250. Best COVID-19 recovery is climate capitalism Economies around the world …

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 …

Benefits of EPR in Alberta

248. Want recycling on steroids – make producers responsible

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans According to a new study, implementing extended producer responsibility, …

SPUD.ca is working to drastically reduce food waste

247. SPUD.ca turns the table on food waste, reduces emissions

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans Green Energy Futures presents, in collaboration with the Alberta …

Wind

246. Indigenous-owned renewable energy projects secure low electricity price

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Green Energy Futures presents, in collaboration with the Alberta Emerald Foundation, Part III of the …

Land Reclamation International Graduate School

245. Land Reclamation and the Decade of Ecological Restoration

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Green Energy Futures presents Part II, in collaboration with the Alberta Emerald Foundation, the Emerald …

Mortimer Capriles of the Goodwill Impact Centre.

244. Rethinking Recycling

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Green Energy Futures presents, in collaboration with the Alberta Emerald Foundation, the Emerald Series: conversations …

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 …

Merran Smith, Clean Energy Canada

242. Canada’s Clean Energy Transition Underway & A Good Thing – Canadians

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By David Dodge and Kay Rollans “Often, good news doesn’t make the news,” Merran Smith, …

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 …

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 …

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 …