Posts by Mary-Ann Thurber

Mary-Ann Thurber is a Communications Officer with the City of Edmonton. She provides support to the Environment Branch.

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After months of consultation The Way We Green project team has created The White Paper, a document that pulls together all of your thoughts, ideas and feedback on what Edmonton needs to do to protect the environment. The paper discusses the environmental issues using the six topics you felt were the most pressing areas of [...]

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The City of Edmonton needs to start preparing now for future shocks that could harm our critical systems, says resiliency expert Craig Applegath. The effects of threats like climate change, oil shortages or skyrocketing oil prices, and extreme weather can be reduced in the future by planning in the present. This past Friday at noon, [...]

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We’ve all been told idling cars is bad for the environment.  There is even a Be Idle Free Video Contest for youth ages 7 to 18 in the Edmonton Capital region.  The contest challenges youth to make a video about why people shouldn’t idle their cars. Interestingly enough, this contest sparked the interest of an [...]

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If you’ve been been out enjoying these last days of summer at the assortment of Edmonton festivals, you might have run into one of our summer research students  who have been continuing to ask Edmontonians to give us your ideas about sustainability and what Edmonton needs to do to ensure we preserve and sustain our environment. [...]

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As part of the development of The Way We Green Strategic Plan, we’ve had a series of Public Surveys where we’ve asked Edmontonians to give us your ideas about sustainability, the environment and what Edmonton needs to do to ensure we live in harmony with nature. Most recently some of our summer students have been out and [...]

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