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Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta
In 1995, the Cerebral Palsy Association in Alberta (CPAA) established a clothing donation program to generate revenues that would provide funding support for the services offered to their members. Through a partnership with Value Village, donations of gently-used clothing and small household items dropped off at bins placed around the community are exchanged for revenue. In…
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Momentum’s Sustainability Audit Group (SAG)
Momentum is a community economic-development organization that partners with Calgarians living on low incomes to build sustainable futures and a resilient local economy. Their three program areas (Business Development, Skills Training & Financial Literacy) are designed to strengthen the assets of each participant in all areas of life: money, self, family, friends, work and the…
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Green Calgary
For over a decade, Green Calgary has been developing urban stormwater-management solutions through rainwater-harvesting initiatives. After the 2013 floods, they embarked on a more focused and systematic approach to helping Calgary better prepare for extreme-weather events, the effects of which may be mitigated by green stormwater management practices. In 2014, through a national study with…
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Sustainable Food Edmonton
Founded in 1989, Sustainable Food Edmonton (SFE) connects Edmontonians to urban agriculture through its three programs: Little Green Thumbs (LGT), Urban Ag High (UAH), and the Community Gardens (CG) program. The LGT program provides students with hands-on, cross-curricular educational experiences by growing gardens in their own learning environment. As an extension of the LGT program, UAH aims to connect…
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The Learning Naturally Program
The flagship initiative of the Friends of Fish Creek, the Learning Naturally Program engages and inspires future generations of responsible park users. Originating in 1998, the program serves elementary schools located in economically disadvantaged neighbourhoods who would otherwise not have access to environmental education programs outside of their schools. The Learning Naturally Program introduces many new…
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Electronic Recycling Association
In 2004, unwanted tech hardware was sent to landfills and e-waste management regulations were few. In response, Bojan Paduh created the Electronic Recycling Association (ERA). Through awareness events, collection drives, fundraising, partnerships with law enforcement and offering secure, convenient options for disposing of unwanted equipment, the ERA offers the option for e-waste to be processed…
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DIG | Do It Green
Do It Green (DIG) is a start-up social enterprise and boutique environmental consultancy that helps to create zero-waste events. DIG is making major progress toward its mission to reach 16-million people through waste, water and energy awareness programs and divert 100 tons of waste from the landfill by 2020. This year, DIG is introducing a new…
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Bullfrog Power Inc
Bullfrog Power Inc., Canada’s 100% green-energy provider, offers homes and businesses clean, renewable-energy solutions. When homes or businesses sign up for Bullfrog Power’s green electricity or green natural gas, Bullfrog Power injects green energy onto the respective energy system to match the amount of conventional electricity or natural gas the customer purchases, displacing energy from polluting sources. Bullfrog also uses the…
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Echohaven
Echohaven is a community of 25 home sites within Calgary. It was created as a place to group together solar or environmentally improved or net-zero energy or sustainable homes. Six founding families have taken the land from a former acreage to a place where like-minded people can live in a green community. By becoming the…
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Mattamy ecoEII NZEH Community – Cityscape, Calgary
Mattamy Homes, North America’s largest privately-owned homebuilder, was chosen as one of five homebuilders by Owens Corning to participate in the ecoENERGY Innovation Initiative (ecoEII). Mattamy designed five Net Zero Energy Homes (NZEH) for the program, the first completed in November 2015 in Calgary’s Cityscape community. Each home is designed to produce as much energy as it consumes…
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