After reading Bill McKibben’s Deep Economy a few years ago, I realized just how much power my purchasing decisions have. I can decrease my carbon footprint by buying organic or help ensure a farm worker is getting a fair wage by buying Direct Trade coffee. I can do all this just by considering what I [...]
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buy local,
direct trade,
Environment,
fair trade,
materials management,
sustainable purchases,
Sustainable Purchasing Policy
After hours of stuffing thousands of folders one by one (I’m not even exaggerating!), the Office of Community Safety has released the revised Parent Resource Toolkit “It’s Never Too Early… Talk To Your Kids About Drugs & Alcohol”. Never heard of it? The first version has been around for a couple of years, used by [...]
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addicitions,
Community Safety,
Community Services,
drugs and alcohol prevention,
health,
ICAAE,
parents,
REACH Report,
Safe Edmonton,
youth
Last week I got to facilitate a discussion group for the first event in Next Gen’s Engage: Your City, Your Voice series. Wait, you haven’t heard about this before? What is Engage: Your City, Your Voice? Well, let me fill you in! The series of Engage: Your City, Your Voice discussions brings together Edmontonians from [...]
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change,
Engage,
Livability,
NextGen,
planning,
sustainability,
trasnsportation,
urban core,
Your City Your Voice
It’s not quite spring in Edmonton yet, but it’s getting close enough that some of us are starting to dream about warmer weather and the popular warmer weather pastime of home improvement. When you are renovating it is important to think of energy efficiency; it can save you money, increase the resale value of your [...]
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climate change,
CO2RE,
energy efficiency,
Environment,
greenhouse gas emissions,
Home $avers,
renovations
I don’t think I’m as good a neighbour as I could be. Sure, when I was relaxing in my living room a while back and heard tires spinning, I went outside to help push a neighbour’s car out of the snow. On the other hand, however, I’ve noticed that a new family has moved onto [...]
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Good Neighbour Awards,
great neighbourhoods,
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safety