Tag Archives: Community
Green Housing Help from Federal Government
In an announcement today, the Government of Canada provided funding for a green building project in Edmonton, Alberta. Station Pointe is one of six winning projects under the EQuilibrium™ Communities Initiative. The area, near Fort Road, is part of a larger redevelopment of an industrial zone into residential.… Continue reading
UNICEF – State of Your World
A quick post today. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICF) has a report that is published every year. The State of the World Children report has been going for thirty years, and the 2011 edition is coning out soon. Youth in your community can assist in providing quotes and essays for the report, and possible assisting in editing a youth edition of the report. By following this link, http://www.unicef.org/voy/takeaction/takeaction_4585.html
Earth Hour in the Community
This year I have been doing school programs relating to carbon footprints. At each session we work through one of the many calculators out there, and the discussion over the last month has always com to Earth Hour. Continue reading
Transforming Edmonton
I have stumbled onto a great new site, one that has me proud to be living in Edmonton.
Have you ever wanted to know what action you city was doing for the environment? Or what struggles face those who are trying to improve the city from within? Transforming Edmonton provides an insight into the goals and successes of change from within the City of Edmonton
