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77. Everything is awesome when Prairie Waters students tackle sustainable energy Jun 13, 2014

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This is the third year that Ms Van Den Eynden's Grade 5 class at Prairie Waters elementary school in Chestermere Alberta has taken part in the the Classroom Energy Diet Challenge. It's a series of 25 different challenges that students across the country can participate in, the more you the more you learn about renewable energy, energy efficiency, carbon footprints and much much more. We head to Prairie Waters to see these energetic students in action researching sustainable energy and preparing reports, making videos and finding a sustainable energy futures for all of us.

76. An amazing ethanol plant turns its waste into food and fuel May 21, 2014

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Greenfield Specialty Alcohols in Chatham, Ontario produces 200 million litres of ethanol a year. That's their main business, but beyond all the steel and pipe this plant produces animal food, CO2 for pop, heat for a tomato greenhouse, corn oil for biodiesel fuel and more! Discover this amazing industrial ecosystem on this week's CKUA episode of Green Energy Futures.

75. Pond Biofuels - turning cement industry smoke stack emissions into algae May 12, 2014

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Pond Biofuels is growing algae by feeding it smoke stack emissions from the St. Marys Cement plant in Ontario. The company's founder Steve Martin hopes one day to capture between between 5 and 10% of the carbon dioxide emissions at a cement plant by commercializing the process. That's this week on Green Energy Futures CKUA episode. Also see our video and blog: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/75-pond-biofuels

74. Team Zeus - Conquering mount Olympia on an electric racing bike May 05, 2014

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On this weeks CKUA Radio Green Energy Futures podcast University of Calgary students on Team Zeus set out to build an electric racing motorbike. They proved their chops with a bike that ran on a washing machine motor and went 20 km/h – now they are building a full-fledged racing bike! http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/blog/zoom-zoom-university-calgary-s-team-zeus-builds-electric-racing-motorcycle

73. Groundswell - a passive solar greenhouse designed for northern climates Apr 28, 2014

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This week on our Green Energy Futures' CKUA podcast we tell the cool story of the Groundswell passive solar greenhouse that stays warm by capturing solar energy in four different ways to extend the season to 10 months of the year! We speak to Bill Swan of the Groundswell Community Network in Invermere, B.C.

72. Three green start-ups: Tiny Homes, Fly larvae as food and Hydrokites Apr 24, 2014

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On this week's Green Energy Futures CKUA Podcast come on into the Grizzly Den at GLOBE 2014 and learn about three green start-ups. We look at tiny homes, black soldier fly larvae that eat garbage, and an underwater powerplant called the Hydrokite. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/72-three-and-coming-companies-keep-eye

71. Truly Green industrial symbiosis – CO2 for the tomatoes! Apr 14, 2014

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How Truly Green Farms and Greenfield Ethanol married a smoke stack with a greenhouse. Greg Devries is the president of Truly Green Farms a greenhouse operation in Chatham, Ontario that is set to capture the emissions from a smoke stack and grow tomatoes with the heat and CO2. This week on Green Energy Future's CKUA Radio podcast It's an amazing story of industrial symbiosis.

70. Solar hot water is dead, long live domestic solar hot water Apr 08, 2014

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Solar Thermal 101 - This week on our CKUA Green Energy Futures show we head to historic Terminal 4 at the Edmonton International Airport to look at domestic solar hot water systems. Invented accidentally in the late 1700s we learn out how this technology has exploded around the world and what the best applications are today. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/70-solar-thermal-101

69. Laneway homes: sustainable Inner city housing that's near net zero Mar 31, 2014

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This week on our CKUA podcast we head to ground zero for an idea called laneway housing. These small homes are replacing garages all over Vancouver as a new form of affordable housing. We talk to Bryn Davidson of Lanefab Homes, a builder of near net zero landway homes. http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/69-vancouvers-lane-homes-cheaper-more-energy-efficient-way-densify-mature-neighborhood

68. Starland County: Solar for farmers that pays for itself in 10-13 years Mar 25, 2014

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This week on our CKUA broadcast, Starland County started using solar to run water pumps in 2007. They are now working on a pilot program to get 10 farmers each installing a 10 kilowatt solar system. The idea is is to mix in a little farmer DIY to get the price down to the point where solar pays for itself in 10-13 years. Learn how this small Alberta county took an innovative approach to bring solar costs down and got big buy-in from the community.

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