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SouthPointe Common Wal-Mart
cheryl hansen
daughn@telus.net
www.walmart.ca
Goals
Wal-Mart as a company wide goal stives to improve our sustainabilty practices in all ways possible. This is driven at both the coorporate & store level.
Projects
See Event Calendar for Nov 25 event on reusable shopping bags.
Red Deer Fish and Game Association
Kevin Wingert, President
kpwingert@shaw.ca
www.rdfga.ca
Goals
Our organization reduces waste and recycles big game animal hides with an annual fall drop-off depot to divert these from the City landfill. .
Projects
RDFGA sponsors the Green Deer spring cleanup with our partners, the Junior Forest Wardens youth groups. Our members volunteer for the Red Deer River Cleanup each year. Call Kevin W. at 403-346-4641 to help out.
Red Deer Food Bank
Fred Scaife
rdfoodbank@telusplanet.net
Goals
To help feed those in need of food.
Projects
Waste managment thru composting
Red Deer Public Library
Glynis Wilson Boultbee
boultbee@telusplanet.net
www.rediscovergreen.ca
Goals
Through its own green actions and the provision of useful resources, Red Deer Public Library supports and encourages Red Deer citizens in the quest to be an environmentally friendly and sustainable community
Projects
1. Our web site (www.rediscovergreen.ca) provides a list of local, practical, credible, and current resources on a wide variety of green topics.
2. The Library’s Green Team is working to make our work place and work practices more green.
3. We partner with other organizations in offering information sessions in a central location on green topics of interest to the community.
Waskasoo Environmental Education Society
Todd Nivens, Programs Coordinator
general@waskasoopark.ca
www.waskasoopark.ca
Goals
WEES Vision:
A community that values and cares for the natural and cultural heritage.
WEES Mission:
To Enhance the quality of life in our community by fostering awareness, concern and involvement in our natural and cultural heritage through interpretation and environmental education.
Projects
WEES is housed in the Kerry Wood Nature Centre. In addition to numerous ongoing and one time sustainability programs offered, we are committed to leading by example. So what is it that we are doing in house to reduce our carbon footprint?
- Solar collectors on the roof provide sunlight to fixtures in the hall.
- Tankless Hot Water Syster: No pilot + no stored water = 50% less gas than a conventional water tank.
- Our waterfree urinals save 30,000 litres of water per year
- Solar panels on the roof generate DC electricity. Inverters in the building change DC into AC power. The "box" sends our power generation data to a website as part of an international solar project.
- Four brand new high efficiency furnaces coupled with a heat ventilator keep the building warm. 96% of the natural gas burned is being converted to heat.
- All the sloped surfaces on the roof at the nature centre are clad in tiles made from reprocessed old tires.
Stay tuned for more!
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