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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Charles Labatiuk Environmental Excellence Awards

by Mary-Ann Thurber on 06/02/2010

The Charles Labatiuk Environmental Excellence Awards are one way the City of Edmonton recognizes the environmental dedication of its employees. The awards, named after the late Charles Labatiuk, a Waste Management Branch engineer and dedicated environmentalist, are presented in three categories: Innovation, Continual Improvement and Leadership. This year the Office of Environment, which administers the [...]

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Tagged as: Charles Labatiuk Environment Excellence Awards, Excellence Awards, Office of Environment, staff, sustainability

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Elementary ways to save power

by Mary-Ann Thurber on 03/22/2010

Sometimes my job is a lot of fun. As part of the City of Edmonton’s Earth Hour celebration on March 27, the Office of Environment decided to have a contest with Edmonton elementary school children. We asked them to give us their top five ways to save power. The entries will be put in a [...]

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Tagged as: "environmental impact" "energy consumption", conserve energy, Earth Hour, Office of Environment, sustainability

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Be Idle Free

by Mary-Ann Thurber on 12/10/2009

The City of Edmonton’s Environment branch has started a new campaign called Be Idle Free: A Minute or Less is Best. The campaign is trying to get drivers to turn off their car’s engine when they think they will be stopped for more than one minute, except in traffic. A campaign like this has one [...]

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Tagged as: anti-idling, be idle free, ecovision, Environment, sustainability

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