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A GREEN JOBS BOOM IS ABOUT TO HIT CANADA
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Do you have any green mechatronics people on your payroll? Not yet? How about an environmental accountant? Or an agroecology technician? A sustainable materials advisor? You may be searching for these skills sooner than you might imagine. They are...
The CEO Playbook for Winning in Turbulent Times
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Business is experiencing turbulent times. Nearly every system – health, finance, supply chains, energy – all are being disrupted. So much so, that turbulence could be our “new normal”.
I firmly believe that businesses can thrive in this new reality....
Canada’s National Inventory Report Shows a Worrying Trend
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source: https://climatenarratives.co/
According to the National Inventory Report, Canada’s carbon emissions are heading in the wrong direction. For four straight years, they have gone up, not down.
The report, released in April, contains carbon emissions data for 2019. That year, Canada’s...
How Canada’s Budget Gambles on Technology to Solve its...
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A Government reveals its priorities by how it builds a budget. With the 2021 budget, what priority did the Trudeau government give to its energy and climate promises?
The Federal budget presents 5 major themes. One of those themes was...
TAKING FIRST STEPS
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There’s a saying, “the journey of a thousand miles always starts with the first step”.
But even before taking the first step, the thousand-mile journey has to be an important one, or why would you even begin?
For every company, for...
Understand This Utility Cost Before Turning on the Light
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It’s spring. The days are getting longer. Some greenhouse growers turn off their supplemental lighting at this time of year. When does it make sense to keep the lights on?
The answer is a bit complicated. Even if the lights...
BRIGHT GREEN TRUTHS – RENEWABLE ENERGY GROWS FROM STRENGTH...
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In April 2019, renewable energy reached a major milestone. For the first time, renewables generated more electricity in the United States than did coal-fired plants. Coal generation supplied 20%. Together, hydropower, solar, wind, biomass, and geothermal supplied 23%.1
Renewable energy is here to stay. In fact, its growth is set to continue:
The U.S....
A holistic Growing Approach
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I’ve learned from successful greenhouse growers that they always have an organized system for producing crops. That is, each successful grower uses a holistic approach: the humidity remains “just right”; temperatures stay within a narrow range; lights have specific...
