Posts by Mike Mellross

Mike Mellross is currently a Senior Environmental Project Manager in the Office of Environment. He has worked in the environmental field for over 15 years and he has an academic background in Environmental Sciences, Water Pollution Studies, and Natural Sciences. Mike started his career at the City of Edmonton five years ago as an Environmental Manager for the Fleet Services Branch.

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EcoVision Annual Report

by Mike Mellross on 06/24/2010

Last week the City of Edmonton released its EcoVision Annual Report. This document is basically a report card on our environmental status – both for City operations and in the community. We look at all the work done by the city that may have an impact on the environment and evaluate it against specific measures. [...]

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Tagged as: "City of Edmonton" "Preserve and Sustain our Environment" "EcoVision" "annual report 2009" environment sustainability

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Making Our Purchases More Sustainable

by Mike Mellross on 02/10/2010

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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Tagged as: buy local, direct trade, Environment, fair trade, materials management, sustainable purchases, Sustainable Purchasing Policy

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