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  • EcoAmmo

    EcoAmmo believes every project and person can make an impact on the environment and the health of the Earth. From their work on sustainable construction projects, carbon monitoring, environmental policy writing, and education, EcoAmmo is committed to their purpose of “Transitioning the World Towards Sustainability”. Established in 2006, EcoAmmo is based out of Edmonton, in…

  • Full Circle Plastics

    Full Circle Plastics is a made-in-Alberta solution for the diversion of single-use plastics from the agricultural, municipal, industrial and residential sectors since 2016. They are proud to be instrumental in addressing some important waste needs by recycling end-of-life plastics products including paint pails, residential recycling and oil containers. They work with a local company and…

  • Waste to Energy Project (ConocoPhillips Surmont Plant)

    Glen Smith remembers the night Eco-Growth Environmental first tested its biomass dehydrator. Employees loaded up around two hundred pounds of food waste and left for home in the wee hours of the morning. “We weren’t sure if this was going to burn the building down or anything like that,” the company’s vice-president and director recalls….

  • EcoAmmo

    EcoAmmo believes every project and person can make an impact on the environment and the health of the Earth. From their work on sustainable construction projects, carbon monitoring, environmental policy writing, and education, EcoAmmo is committed to their purpose of “Transitioning the World Towards Sustainability”. Established in 2006, EcoAmmo is based out of Edmonton, in…

  • Suncana Energy

    Suncana Energy has developed the Grid Guard system, a smart micro-grid technology that is portable. These systems are built in Calgary using revectored oil and gas instrumentation personnel. Suncana is innovating new tech that will be part of the next generation in renewable power. They are currently nationally recognized trainers for the safe installation, system…

  • Move the World!

    Leon Kassian, after hearing about the College HUNKS concept from his brother-in-law, made the journey to Tampa, Florida to learn more. The one-stop pickup for junk removal with an eco-friendly twist inspired him to open the first College HUNKS franchise in Canada. Whether they are helping a family downsize, decluttering an office, or removing debris…

  • Promoting Environmental Sustainablity Through the Crepe and Shake Cafe

    In August of 1932, four nuns from the French Roman Catholic congregation “Les Filles de Jesus” (Daughters of Jesus) arrived in Beaumont, Alberta. In 1939, a new convent was built. When the nuns were not serving the Community they would spend their time maintaining their one-acre property: growing fruit and vegetables and looking after fruit…

  • Alberta Paint Recycling

    What began 16 years ago when painting contractor Calibre Environmental Ltd. wanted to find an innovative way to deal with leftover paint, is now a company reaching the three million gallons of recycled paint mark, with six million kilograms of paint cans kept out of the waste stream. Calibre Environmental Ltd. Is a key player…

  • Carbon Credits Solutions Inc.

    Carbon Credit Solutions Inc. (CCSI) has gone from start up to Canada’s most successful clean tech company, growing a whopping 805 per cent since 2014 and becoming the largest aggregator of carbon credits in North America. The 40-member CCSI staff (and growing) are global leaders, with an advanced software platform for measuring, reporting and verifying…

  • Redemptive Developments

    When Redemptive Developments (RD) started as a social enterprise in Edmonton seven years ago, its aim was to create employment, help diminish poverty and invest in the community. Becoming one of the biggest mattress recyclers in Western Canada was never on the radar.  But that’s what has happened. In 2011, under the umbrella of its…