Tag: Green



Adapting our homes and yards to climate change

353. Climate Ready Home 2 – Adapting our homes and yards to climate change

We enlisted Kenton Zerbin, a sustainability consultant to help us learn a few things we can do to make our homes climate resilient and better prepared for the droughts, fires and crazy storms that seem to be part of the new reality in our climate changing world.

Geoships

311. Can Geoships Help Us Solve the Climate and Affordable Housing Crises?

Geoships just might be a creative answer to the climate and housing crises. Made out of ceramic, infused with locally available materials (such as hemp) the affordable designs are modular, resilient to climate disasters, and affordable. We talk to Jean-Marc La Flamme from Geoship about this rethinking of the fabled geodesic dome.

Vivian Manasc green architect

241. Vivian Manasc – A lifetime of Building it Green

Vivian Manasc is an architect with a passion for building it green. Her company Manasc Isaac is well known for its pioneering work on many green buildings – they also built the first net-zero commercial building in Alberta. We talk to Vivian Manasc about her journey and her work.

Sustainival

172. Sustainival, the world’s first green carnival

Life is a carnival! Sustainival, the world’s first green carnival started in Edmonton, Alberta. It’s a biodiesel powered full scale carnival infused with a message of sustainability.