The Future Is Electric! by Andrew Bell We can’t be certain of all things in life but one thing I am fairly certain on is that the cost of driving our cars on our roads will not be going down. The need and cost for driving a truck was becoming harder to justify, so two years ago I sold it and purchased a Hybrid vehicle. Between the two vehicles I went from 16 MPG to 47 MPG. Not only did I notice the fuel savings, but also in the auto insurance savings too. It was a good but knew it could be better. In April 2011 it was converted into 'Plug-In Hybrid'. The system installed adds energy...


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Hi! We are very proud of all we've accomplished this year! We took great consciounsness of our consommation habits and lower it by only buying the strict necessary and previously own as much as possible. We started to make our own soap from basic ingredients like baking soda and vinegar , we make all our meals from scratch with basics ingredients (bread, yogourt etc), we buy bulk and have found a store where we can refill our containers, we stopped using disposable item like kleenex and paper towel (we use fabrics instead), We tried to grow our food last summer but we need some improvements...


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An environmentally focused organization gave Spruce Grove residents a few lessons in living green this past weekend. The Green Shopper Expo brought both information and products designed to create a better understanding of green initiatives to Westland Market Mall this past Saturday. Put on by Green Crusader, the Green Shopper Expo has visited various malls in Edmonton, but this is the first time they have ventured outside of the capital city, and for event organizer Frankline Agbor, spreading the message is the most important step in creating a greener world. "There is a real need for green...


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While some Edmontonians may be feeling blue from all the recent rain, some spent Saturday celebrating living green. The Green Shopping Expo kicked off Saturday at the Bonnie Doon Shopping Centre where the best of Edmonton’s eco-friendly companies came together to promote a greener city. “It’s a great day, filled with green products, and eco-friendly visionaries from around the city,” said founder, and event organizer, Frankline Agbor, of the first annual exhibition. “It’s organized to promote sustainability and created to help Edmontonians to go green.” Agbor says...


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Welcome to sustainability - a "greener" future for Edmonton. This is the message sent out as city council adopts a "green action plan” for Edmonton. The City of Vancouver took sustainability to the next level by presenting a green action plan that will crown Vancouver the world's "greenest" city by 2020. However, green transformations do not end with municipalities. Eighty-seven percent of consumers will buy from green companies and ninety percent of the global top companies see a business opportunity in going green. What is your organization doing to become "green?" What is a green...


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In a world of growing environmental awareness, you will have noticed that businesses use the green angle to market their product and service in an effort to demonstrate their commitment to protecting the environment. Consumption of eco-friendly products will drive the eco-race for suppliers to get their eco-comparable products to the market first. Statistically, 90 percent of consumers will buy green products when offered green choices of equal quality and price while 87 percent of consumers will buy from companies committed to environmentally friendly practices. This makes the ‘eco-angle’...


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