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Posted on March 31, 2018

Have you heard about 100in1Day yet? Heard about it but still fuzzy on what exactly it is? Either way, we’re here to tell you! 100in1Day is a global movement, started by students in Colombia in 2012. The idea? Perform “urban interventio…

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Calgary, We Should Talk...

Posted on March 24, 2018

This week, the news broke that the Pacific Garbage Patch is now 16 times its original estimated size. It is now three times the size of France, and growing quickly. Estimates are that without decisive global action, ocean plastics will…

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Green Season Starts Now!

Posted on March 17, 2018

You may not have heard of the "green season" before, but that's what Green Calgary is calling a series of events that are running from the end of March all the way through June. Maybe you've heard of our Annual Rain Barrel and Composte…

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Powerful women, forgotten skills, and lost connections.

Posted on March 10, 2018

Today (March 9, 2018), I joined more than 200 people at Mount Royal University for the first day of this year’s Alberta EcoTrust Environmental Gathering. I had the pleasure of listening to Minister Shannon Phillips and Dr. Alex Bruton …

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4 Reasons Solar Power is an Albertan Energy Solution

Posted on March 2, 2018

We all know that solar energy is one of the big power sources for the renewable energy sector, and that the sun’s cosmic rays are a significant and persistent source of energy. But what many of us miss is that solar energy isn’t just a…

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