Green Energy Futures

The CKUA Radio podcast of the GreenEnergyFutures.ca series. The multi-media series is hosted by Davi

Episodes

Total: 487

227. Life with an EV: Kevin Ma enviro reporter and the long road to EV ownership
2019/7/31

Kevin Ma knew he wanted an electric vehicle soon after a series on watersheds led him to the issue o

226. Life with an EV: Carol Bishop – Fill it up for 3 bucks!
2019/7/22

Life with an EV Part 2 – Carol Bishop bought her Nissan Leaf "mostly for environmental reasons" but

225. LIfe with an EV: Ed Ma and Electrifying performance
2019/7/15

Life with an EV Part 1 – Ed Ma was bitten by the EV bug in 2009 when "I made the mistake of taking a

224b. Burning Souls – A climate breakdown thriller by David Chernushenko
2019/7/4

"Burning Souls" is a new book by David Chernushenko, activist, former Ottawa City Councillor and tir

224a. Burning Soul – David Chernushenko's journey to sustainability
2019/6/28

David Chernushenko is the author of the new climate breakdown thriller entitled "Burning Souls." In

223. Solar thermal home still cool after all these years
2019/6/13

Twelve years ago Ed Ma and Rhonda Blair of Calgary, Alberta built the greenest home they could long

222B. Geothermal Revival Part II - This could be the only way to make big buildings net-zero
2019/5/23

In Part II of Geothermal Revival Jacob Komar says super-efficient geothermal heat pumps make bigger

222A. Geothermal Revival - Getting to net-zero the easy way
2019/5/23

This week on CKUA's Green Energy Futures Jacob Komar tells us why Geothermal Energy is about to expe

221. Tesla Model 3 Best Selling EV in Canada
2019/5/8

The Tesla Model 3 is the best selling electric vehicle (EV) in Canada and electric vehicles have ecl

220. Rural Routes to Climate Solutions finds fertile land on Alberta farms
2019/5/1

Derek Leahy is a farmhand, podcaster and the guy behind Rural Routes to Climate Solutions, an innova

219. Osnabrück county produces 80% renewable energy
2019/5/1

The county of Osnabrück in northern Germany produces 80% of its electricity from renewable sources,

218. Effect Homes has off-electricity grid office in the big city
2019/5/1

Mike Holmes was on had when Effect Homes has cut the cord to the electricity grid in their new off-g

217. Geothermal promise of endless heat in agriculture
2019/3/27

Geothermal energy could be harvested from tens of thousands of spent oil wells in Alberta––enough to

216. German waffle cone factory heats the homes of the village
2019/3/22

A German waffle cone factory has sparked an ingenious small-scale green energy initiative. Waffel Me

215. Energy Efficiency essential for the planet, great for the economy
2019/3/12

Doubling down on energy efficiency in Canada could create 118,000 new jobs, save 40% on home energy

214. Saerbeck, Germany – a model Climate Community of the Future
2019/3/5

The small community of Saerbeck in northwestern Germany refers to itself as "The Climate Community o

213. First Passive House Car Dealership in Canada
2019/1/16

Scott Subaru in Red Deer, Alberta has built the first passive house car dealership in North America.

212B. Solar on the Rise - Year End Review with Dr. Tim Weis
2019/1/7

This week in Part II of our Year End Review with Dr. Tim Weis we hear about the rise of solar in Alb

212A. The Year of Cheap Windpower - Year End Review Part I
2019/1/4

To talk about some of the big Alberta green energy stories of 2018 we lined up Dr. Tim Weis from the

210. Risky business: Insurance and climate change
2018/12/26

Insurance payouts from severe weather events connected to climate change have soared 250% in one dec