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It's Environment Week!

Posted on May 31, 2015

How are you celebrating Environment Week (May 31-June 6).  Not sure? We've come up with a list of easy ways you can celebrate being green all week! 1. SUNDAY Find your green tribe: Get some friends together this evening for an environm…

Rain Barrel Garden Tower Project

Posted on May 30, 2015

This spring, we worked with 1st and 3rd graders at King George Elementary, planning and installing a fully functional indoor garden with an embedded vermicomposting system.  This project embodies small-scale sustainability; from the re…

Water Water Everywhere...

Posted on May 26, 2015

Did you know that a person needs about 50 L of clean safe water for drinking, cooking and washing every day? And we Calgarians use an average of over 230 L per person? When we live in a country of such abundance, it's sometimes diffic…

We partner with organizations that truly live their green values. Our Calgary Rain Barrel champions not only make it possible for us to host our community sales, they are meeting some fairly lofty sustainability goals of their own... L…

Double Your Green Impact This May

Posted on May 15, 2015

Calgary lost 1.5 million trees after the 2014 September snowstorm. Our Urban Forest needs your help! Green Calgary invites you to donate a tree this May. For just $75 dollars, you can give a native tree to our urban forest this summer …