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Renewable is a series about visionaries, creators, community leaders and, above all else, Edmontonians, each with a unique vision of a sustainable future in the heart of Canada’s fossil fuel industry. It ran for three seasons and has been recognized by numerous awards.
“It’s not a solution to climate change, but you can mitigate many of those challenges by having a healthy urban forest.”
Dustin Bajer has a vision of a future where the urban jungle has a little more foliage. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about Dustin’s vision, please check our blog post: Urban Forest.
“When you have a city that’s built to support people who want to walk and bike...you get a much happier, healthier city for everyone.”
Chris Chan has a vision of a future where everyone can get where they need to in a sustainable, affordable way. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about Chris’s vision, please check our blog post: Bike Edmonton.
“As we figure out these low carbon technologies there’s a real opportunity to add to people’s energy security, while we add to their environmental sustainability."
Greg Caldwell has a vision of a future where our energy is as resilient as it is renewable. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about Greg’s vision, please check our blog post: Microgen.
“Food insecurity is fundamentally an income-based issue. We have enough food that’s grown and distributed in the world, it’s not about not having enough food.”
Ashley Bouchard has a vision of a future where every community has access to healthy, sustainable food. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about Ashley’s vision, please check our blog post: Food4Good.
“To us it checks all the boxes. It’s the most cost-effective thing you can do long-term as an owner-operator. It eliminates the use of fossil fuel which is a non-renewable resource, and it mitigates climate change.”
Jean, Sandy, and Stewart have a vision of a future where we turn the buildings we have into the buildings we need. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about their vision, please check our blog post: Sundance Retrofit.
“Repairing and mending are things that your grandparents or parents might have taught you, but it’s kind of skipped a generation.”
Kate Spencer has a vision of a future where we don’t buy what we can fix. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about Kate’s vision, please check our blog post: Repairathon.
"I feel like I didn’t really understand the power of protest that I have, and all citizens have, until last year when I started organizing these protests.”
Alyssa Tonnes and Luke Nelson have a vision of a future that’s worth marching for. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about their vision, please check our blog post: Youth For Climate.
"To break into the renewable energy industry, whether you’re installing wind turbines, or putting up solar panels, or working in any form of renewable energy, all you need is just a little bit of extra training."
Ian Wilson and Desmond Bull have a vision of a future of green communities built by people retrained in green jobs. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about their vision, please check our blog post: Green Jobs.
"The biggest thing we can do is change the amount of energy that we use. The whole principle behind car-sharing is changing our habits and changing the way we live our lives in the city.”
Kieran Ryan has a vision of a future where more car-sharing means less emissions. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about Kieran’s vision, please check our blog post: The Car-sharing Alternative.
“We have a huge task ahead of us, but we’re very well positioned in the province because we have all that expertise.”
Jacob Komar has a vision of a sustainable future that’s right below our feet. Find out what that looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about Jacob’s vision, please check our blog post: Engineer Brain.
“It's going to be something we look back on and be like, why was that so difficult back then?”
Beth and Julia are part of an emerging workforce that will power Alberta's future. Find out what that looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about their vision, please check our blog post: Designing the Big Picture.
“If there’s anything that lights my fire, it’s the profound gift that music is to human beings."
Annemarie Petrov has a vision of a sustainable community of musicians performing in a sustainably powered home. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about Annemarie’s vision, please check our blog post: Sustainable Sounds.
“It’s about taking what might be a big, daunting conversation, and boiling it down to mini donuts.”
Antoine Palmer has a vision of how to get kids thinking and talking about sustainability. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about Antoine’s vision, please check our blog post: Biofuel-powered Mini-donuts at Sustainival.
"You can always make a better choice. Either for the environment, for society, for your health, your ethics — we just need that shift to happen."
Michael Kalmanovich has a vision of a sustainable future with less plastic and packaging in our food purchasing. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about Michael’s vision, please check our blog post: Single-use Plastics.
“I never looked at the socket on the wall and thought ‘that could be my gas tank.’ Now that it is, it’s pretty fantastic.”
The Electric Vehicle Association of Alberta (EVAA) has a vision of a future where every car on the road is powered sustainably. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about their vision, please check our blog post: Early Adoption, Numbers, and Electric Vehicles.
“It’s going to bring another renaissance.”
Reza Nasseri has a vision of a future in which our most sustainable housing is also our most affordable. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about Reza’s vision, please check our blog post: Affordable Net-zero and the Order of Canada.
“Get some free energy from the sun and let it pay itself off over time.”
Rocky Feroe has a vision of a future in which people embrace sustainability at a community level and use available resources to fund this. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about Rocky’s vision, please check our blog post: EcoCity Edmonton Community Grants.
“It’s not a science fair project where only certain people can do it as it’s so complex. It has to be simple. It has to be beautiful.”
Stephani Carter has a vision in which buildings are designed like energy-efficient and sustainable ecosystems with the help of technology and collaboration. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about Stephani’s vision, please check our blog post: Benchmarking and the Foundation of a Greener Building.
“This is the direction we’re all gonna go if we’re not going to say, ‘Sorry kids, maybe Elon Musk can find you another planet’.”
Peter Amerongen has a vision for a new kind of multi-family housing for a sustainable community in Edmonton. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about Peter’s vision, please check our blog post: Sustainable Community.
“Solar energy isn’t snake oil and it’s not a panacea. It’s just a technology that generates clean electricity.”
Gordon Howell has a vision of a solar future for our city. Find out what that future looks like on this episode of Renewable.
To read more about Gordon’s vision, please check our blog post: Household Solar.
The Renewable series has been recognized by both regional and international awards, including:
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