THE GREEN MOVEMENT IS SHAKING! The event attracted great green minds for a packed house and the buzz after the presentations was all about making new things happen in the neighbourhoods around the city. JACKPOT!
If you would like to offer your hall or meeting location to host one of these information evenings at your league contact communications@efcl.org
below left - Networks grow below right - Parkallen Local Motion
above- Enviro Perfect Solutions creates a maintenance free lawn with an amazing root system suitable for our climate
PAST EVENTS:
EFCL GREEN CHALLENGE COMMITTEE extends an invitation!
Exciting Evening in Edmonton: Edmonton’s Amazing Green Projects to Empower your Community
On March 19, at Montrose Hall, this action packed information evening packed the house.
6 presenters gave 20 slides each in 10 minutes for a full hour (and 15 minutes) of the highlights of their projects.
- Transition Towns – Live local with simple sound sustainability that is already in practice around the world. Excite, Engage, and Involve all the assets in your neighbourhood, including everyone from businesses to gardeners to artists. Gain new members, and grow a resilient community with a program that is worked in hundreds of neighbourhoods around the world. Presented by Marlon Davis www.transitionnetwork.org
- Eco Equity – finance your hall / home / business retrofit with a loan and pay for it with your energy savings – programs and grant information for everyone Presented by Myles Kitigawa www.ecoequity.ca
- Light Pollution – health & wellness and energy reduction programs to improve quality of life in your neighbourhood Presented by Donald Darnell, Light Efficiency Coalition Link to light article
- Local Motion – C02RE program in Parkallen produces a reduction rate in car trips beyond expectations! Presented by Ian Hosler, City of Edmonton, and Robert Kirchner, Parkallen CL
- Enviro perfect Solutions - Environmentally sound maintenace free, green green lawns –Make the right choices for your garden, park, and ground maintenance. Presented by Tim Penstone
- Little Green Thumbs, Community Gardens & City Farm – Greening programs to start in your neighbourhood Presented by Susan Penstone, http://www.edmcommunitygardens.org/
more pictures of the Montrose Event compliments of Mike Thomas
Gordon Howell, Solar Energy Expert
- NET ZERO ENERGY PROFILE FOR RIVERDALE HALL
On November 21, we invited our league members and the general public to join us in an informative and entertaining evening at Riverdale Hall which has already undergone retrofits and continues its commitment to lower its carbon footprint.
- CO2RE tantalizes leagues with the $5000 prize to be awarded in April
- Edmonton Solar Energy Society presents
- Gordon Howell presents on the Green Movement, Solar Energy, and the Energy Grid
The Green Challenge hosted an information evening on November 21 at Riverdale Hall. The conversation and idea sharing flowed along with the wine among the 62 attendees, and two more leagues signed up for the challenge now bringing the total of Leagues that have made a commitment to lowering their carbon footprint to 42!
There are some basic changes required to become “solar ready” that can be done at a much lower cost than the solar panel purchase. However, it is Gordon Howell’s prediction that by 2013 the switch to green renewable power will be the unavoidable economical choice; it already is the ethical one.
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Brenda Osborne & Colin Beddoes
from CO2RE
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Gordon Howell says “My best move was to replace my fridge, but if I told you I was going to talk about replacing my fridge tonight, you wouldn’t have come."
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Rob Harlan of the Edmonton Solar Society indicates that Alberta has a Great Solar Resource
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Bullfrog power illuminates the crowd on wind energy.
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Bull Frog Power, CO2RE, and the Edmonton Solar Society were available for one on one questions at booths and our presenters all brought some fresh information and interesting figures that really helped to make sense of rising energy costs and carbon. Please visit the links below. Thanks to our sponsors.
¨ See the CO2RE website for the tips that Brenda Osborne, Director of the CO2RE elucidated.
¨ Robert Harlan of the Edmonton Solar Society Solaralberta.ca had his facts straight about the coal energy we use to power our city. View videos, about existing projects and find your providers for solar heaters and panels.
The interest in this subject area and follow up emails we received indicated that we are primed for a repeat performance in mid - winter. Stay tuned to the EFCL ENews and efcl.org Green Challenge Page for event information. If you would like to participate in the promotion of the Green Movement or if you have a seminar you would like to present at one of the information evenings or sponsor an evening please contact us at communications@efcl.org We will host an organizational meeting in early to mid December so register at the above email with your area of interest.