Green Energy Futures

When a church in crisis negotiated a creative deal with a social housing agency they produced amazing net-zero sustainable homes for both the church and immigrant families in Edmonton. This week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures we meet the Teklay family from Eritrea. See blog, photos and more: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/gods-green-home

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/...

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: h...

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 vid...

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...

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

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-com...

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

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

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

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

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures we talk to Raffi about his song “Young People Marching” a tribute to Greta Thunberg, the 17-year-old Swedish climate activist who has inspired millions of youth around the world to call for action on climate change. See blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/raffi-young-people-marching-for-greta-thunberg

Recycling was once a badge of honour – I recycle therefore I am helping the environment. But have we turned our backs on the three Rs as we walk down the street with single-use cups as if it were a fashion statement? We talk to Christina Seidel of the Recycling Council of Alberta about rebooting recycling. See Green Energy Futures story: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/229-recycling-energ...

Recycling just might reclaim a place in the sun as one solution to climate change and some of the waste issues plaguing us today. As plastics, microplastics and other waste issues plague the environment and hit the news there are calls to double-down in our efforts to truly reduce waste and emissions. see Green Energy Futures story: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/229-recycling-energy

Fort Chipewyan is going solar? Solar will replace 25 per cent of diesel generation in Fort Chipewyan a small community of 1,000 people in northern Alberta. See Green Energy Futures video, blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/solar-for-diesel:-the-sun-shines-on-fort-chipewyan

Kevin Ma knew he wanted an electric vehicle soon after a series on watersheds led him to the issue of climate change. This is the story of his long and winding road to EV ownership in Alberta. Episode 227, part III in our Green Energy Futures series LIfe with an EV broadcast on the CKUA Radio Network in Alberta. See blog, photos and more: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/life-with-an-ev-ke...

Life with an EV Part 2 – Carol Bishop bought her Nissan Leaf "mostly for environmental reasons" but she also loves driving it! In part 2 of our series, CKUA Radio and Green Energy Futures present Carol Bishop's experience with her EV. Spoiler alert, she also likes paying only $9 in fuel costs to drive 600 km!

Life with an EV Part 1 – Ed Ma was bitten by the EV bug in 2009 when "I made the mistake of taking a Tesla Roadster for a test drive." In the first of our series CKUA Radio and Green Energy Futures present Ed Ma and Rhonda Blair who've owned three Teslas and one Smart Cabriolet EV and will never go back! See blog, photos and more: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/life-with-an-ev-ed-ma-elec...

"Burning Souls" is a new book by David Chernushenko, activist, former Ottawa City Councillor and tireless crusader for sustainability. We talk to David about his "climate breakdown thriller" on this episode of CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures. See blog and part 1 of this series: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/224-activist-david-chernushenko-climate-thriller-burning-souls

David Chernushenko is the author of the new climate breakdown thriller entitled "Burning Souls." In this episode of CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures, we talk to David, a filmmaker, former Ottawa City Councillor and author about his journey to sustainability in Part I of our 2 part series. See blog and photos: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/224-activist-david-chernushenko-climate-thrille...

Twelve years ago Ed Ma and Rhonda Blair of Calgary, Alberta built the greenest home they could long before all this talk of net-zero homes and it's still pretty cool! What did they do in this amazing home? And what would they do differently today? Find out in this week's episode of CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures.

In Part II of Geothermal Revival Jacob Komar says super-efficient geothermal heat pumps make bigger buildings much more efficient and may be the most economical way to make bigger buildings net-zero. We dig deeper into geothermal this week on CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures. See blog and more: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/geothermal-revival-getting-to-net-zero-the-easy-way

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures Jacob Komar tells us why Geothermal Energy is about to experience a great second coming! He says on a renovation project you can get to net-zero for half the cost of using a more passive heating approach. Find out what's shaking up the green building industry. Check out our blog: http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/geothermal-revival-getting-to-net-zer...

The Tesla Model 3 is the best selling electric vehicle (EV) in Canada and electric vehicles have eclipsed internal combustion engines in Norway. So says Matthew Klippenstein, EV columist from Vancouver, Canada on this week's edition of CKUA Radio's Green Energy Futures. www.greenenergyfutures.ca

Derek Leahy is a farmhand, podcaster and the guy behind Rural Routes to Climate Solutions, an innovative project that works with farmers on farm solutions that are climate solutions in Alberta. Learn more about this CKUA Radio Green Energy Futures episode at http://www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/alberta-farms-fertile-land-for-rural-routes-to-climate-solutions