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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I live in an old townhouse and I’m a renter so these two realities significantly restrict my ability to make energy efficiency improvements. But I keep working on it. My latest challenge was to make my windows more efficient. Both my living room and bedroom have south facing windows that are more than 3 meters [...]
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What could be more Albertan than a snow storm hitting the city two days into my car free trial? What could be more frustrating than injuring my knee two weeks before I commit to going car free? But a little bit of snow wasn’t about to stop me (or the many other Edmontonians who kept [...]
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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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As thoughts of the Olympics dance in my head I find myself wondering if competition to be the greenest will ever become as popular as competition to be the fastest. I recently read about how, now that the world’s former tallest building, Taipei 101, has been outdone, the owners are now going to spend billions [...]
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