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Why are our Rain Barrel and Composter Sale volunteers so important? Here's what a sale would likely be without them... We’d be there all day! The first thing our volunteers do is help unload up to 300 barrels per sale! Even with 10 or …

Green Calgary is Hiring!

Posted on May 8, 2015

Green Calgary is looking for a Coordinator, EcoStore and Help Desk.  Are you a customer service driven environmentalist that's got lots of experience helping people on their green journey, answering green questions, and meeting sales t…

Here are our Top 5 reasons to love compost (thanks to the Compost Council of Canada): 1. Send less to landfill. Organics represent over 1/3 of the materials being sent to landfills. Whether through backyard or large-scale composting or…

A Greener Mother's Day

Posted on May 1, 2015

Mothers are pretty awesome people and when May comes around, all the times we forgot to say "thank you" or "I love you" can be rectified (or at least we try!)  And being greener doesn't mean you have to skimp on being great to your mom…