Green Energy Futures

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237a. God's Green Home - First Solar net-zero church & social housing project Dec 10, 2019

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Save the church, save the school, build homes for refugee families – build the first net-zero church and social housing project in Canada. Join us as we visit Westmount Presbyterian Church in Edmonton and learn about one of the amazing stories of sustainability we've ever seen. That's this week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures. Also see blog, video and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/canadas-first-net-zero-church

236c. EcoVision Super Teacher - Greenest School Part III Dec 10, 2019

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Steve Schultz is the super teacher behind the EcoVision Club, a student group at Lacombe Composite High School in Alberta that has built a very cool solar-geothermal greenhouse and a dozen other projects. Schultz has been as inspired by his students as they have been inspired by him. This is Part III in our Greenest School series on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures. See blog, videos and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/greenest-school-in-canada-has-a-solar-geothermal-greenhouse

236b. Amazing Solar-Geothermal Greenhouse - Greenest School Part II Nov 25, 2019

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Darcy Cunningham gives us a tour of the super cool solar-geothermal greenhouse that EcoVision students built at Lacombe Composite High School in central Alberta. The geodesic design uses passive solar, solar thermal and geothermal heat and even features an aquaponics system that works as part of the heating system. That's this week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Future. Also see blog, photos and videos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/greenest-school-in-canada-has-a-solar-geothermal-greenhouse

236a. EcoVision club born of sun and fire - Greenest School Part I Nov 25, 2019

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The EcoVision Club has built a solar-geothermal greenhouse, set up school gardens, raises bees and has even put solar on Lacombe Composite High School. The amazingly successful eco-group was borne of sun and fire. This week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures it's the origin story of the EcoClub. See blog, photos and videos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/greenest-school-in-canada-has-a-solar-geothermal-greenhouse

235. Travers, the largest solar project in Canadian history Nov 14, 2019

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Greengate Power is building the largest solar project in Canada in Alberta. This week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures we talk to CEO Dan Balaban about this unsubsidized 400-megawatt solar project planned for Vulcan, Alberta. Learn more in the Green Energy Futures blog at http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/travers-largest-solar-project-in-canada

234B. A builder's vision for Canada's largest net-zero community Nov 08, 2019

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Tegan Martin-Drysdale have been looking forward to building near-net-zero homes in Canada's largest low-carbon communities for almost a decade! This week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures we talk to Martin-Drysdale about the homes and the super sustainable community she's building in. Also see video, blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/blatchford-largest-carbon-neutral-community-in-canada

234A. Blatchford: Largest carbon neutral community in Canada Oct 30, 2019

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Edmonton is building the largest carbon-neutral community in Canada. Homes will be near net-zero and there's a geothermal district heating system, sustainable urban design and some of the most energy-efficient homes on the market. Find your place in the sun, this week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures. Also see blog and video at www.greenenergyfutures.ca

233. Trash Crisis? Make Producers Responsible for waste they produce Oct 23, 2019

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Jeff Linton says by making producers responsible for recycling the waste they produce we can solve the waste crisis, create jobs and reduce environmental impacts. CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures - Episode 233 at www.greenenergyfutures.ca

232. Loop – Ditch the packaging - Reuse like the milkman Oct 22, 2019

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Amidst the plethora of plastic and non-recyclable packaging plaguing the world comes Loop a company that wants to eliminate the idea of trash by using reusable containers. This week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures we ditch the packaging and go reusable. Learn more in Green Energy Futures' blog: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/loop-reuse-like-the-milkman

231. The University of Calgary renovates the brutalist MacKimmie Library to net-zero Oct 02, 2019

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This week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures – How the University of Calgary — yes, that University of Calgary, at the heart of Canada’s conventional fossil fuel industry — has turned their ‘60s-era brutalist MacKimmie Library into a building designed to reach net-zero carbon emissions. See blog and photos at www.greenenergyfutures.ca

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