New Alberta Climate Change Policies

Alberta’s government released the new environmental policy on Monday. A levy will be introduced to all greenhouse gas emissions starting in 2017. This is the first announcement that Alberta Environment has made about the policy change before the ‪#‎COP21‬...

Halfway There

The steps we are taking towards a more sustainable future are comparable to a walking pace. We will get to the end goal eventually, which is the use of clean energy on a mass scale, but it will take a long time. It is imperative to have an end goal in mind, but we...

Near Future Smoke Tax?

The Alberta Government is creating new climate change policy which will be released before the UN Climate Change Conference in December. Presently there is a carbon levy on industrial carbon emitters which is sitting at a $15/tonne fee companies must pay. By 2017 this...

The Life of Your Device

Take a look at the device you are reading this post on, whether it is a phone or a tablet, a laptop or even from a projector. You can ask yourself how that device was designed, built, and ended up in your possession. Each item in your room has certain environmental...