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This seasonal podcast, produced by the Alberta Emerald Foundation, shines a light on the people and organizations driving environmental change in Alberta. Each season focuses on a different topic, from food waste to low-carbon solutions, exploring the challenge, solutions, and inspiring stories behind them. Through conversational interviews and real-world examples, we share how Albertans are creating a brighter, more sustainable future for our province and beyond!
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Composting: Where Food Waste Goes When It Can’t Go Anywhere Else
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Nov 20, 2025·22m·1 clip - 2
How One Alberta Community Rescued Nearly a Million Pounds of Food
Hidden gemEcho Food Rescue takes in about 30,000 pounds of food a month in Lacombe, Alberta.
Nov 13, 2025·18m·1 clip - 3
Feeding Families, Not Landfills
Hidden gemFlash Food's Esther Cohn says the company has diverted over 150 million pounds of food from landfill while saving shoppers about $330 million.
Nov 6, 2025·19m·1 clip - 4
Meet the Albertans Turning Food Waste into Fuel
Hidden gemA Calgary care home cut its food-waste pickups from 14 bins a week to 4 bins a month.
Oct 30, 2025·21m·1 clip - 5
Can Small Businesses Help Solve Alberta’s Food Waste Problem?
Hidden gemAbout 15 businesses diverted 80,000 to 90,000 kilograms of organic waste, equal to 3,000 tons of CO2e.
Oct 23, 2025·19m·1 clip - 6
Why Solving Food Waste Matters
Oct 16, 2025·19m - 7
The Truth About Food Waste
Oct 9, 2025·18m - 8
Alberta's Recycling Legacy
Nov 21, 2024·29m - 9
Listening to the Land: Indigenous Wisdom in Environmental Stewardship
Nov 14, 2024·27m - 10
Transforming Alberta’s Orphan Wells
Nov 7, 2024·24m - 11
Power from the People
Oct 24, 2024·18m - 12
Coexisting with Coyotes
Oct 17, 2024·34m - 13
Preserving the Past to Build a Greener Future
Oct 10, 2024·19m - 14
Building Alberta's Low-Carbon Future
Oct 3, 2024·21m - 15
Cultivating Change with Calgary's Biosolids
Nov 30, 2023·24m - 16
Building Houses with Recycled Plastic Bottles
Nov 23, 2023·21m - 17
Guardians of the Caribou
Nov 16, 2023·22m - 18
Plastic waste or valuable resource?
Nov 9, 2023·21m - 19
Crafting Change: Blindman Brewing's Carbon Capture Story
Nov 2, 2023·20m - 20
Beneath the Surface: The Hidden Efforts Protecting Alberta's Lakes
Oct 26, 2023·23m - 21
How tire recycling is paving the road to a sustainable future
Oct 19, 2023·20m - 22
From fields to forests: The journey toward rewilding Canada
Oct 12, 2023·23m - 23
Gardening 101: The benefits and how to get started
Host Bree interviews Patti Milligan from Edmonton Urban Farm about starting a backyard garden and the farm's work in environmental education.
Feb 2, 2023·36m - 24
How your recycled bottles can help build a circular economy
Jan 19, 2023·21m - 25
A Century of Change: How land use has altered Alberta’s natural areas
Jan 5, 2023·27m - 26
Textile Waste: The Global Problem and Solutions for a More Sustainable Future
Dec 20, 2022·22m - 27
Getting started with solar: Residential Edition
Host Brie Hewitt interviews the co-CEOs of Zeno Renewables about the growth of solar energy in Canada and their goal to install solar on 1 million homes by 2040.
Dec 7, 2022·37m - 28
How conservation is shaping our future
Nov 22, 2022·32m - 29
A beginners guide to winter cycling
Host Bree Hewitt interviews winter cycling advocates Jen and Jeremy Tweddle about the benefits and how to start biking in winter.
Nov 8, 2022·36m - 30
Coping with eco-anxiety
This episode explores eco-anxiety, its impact on youth, and coping strategies with environmental leaders.
Oct 27, 2022·32m - 31
Learning from the pros
Jan 21, 2022·56m - 32
Using our voices to make a change
Dec 16, 2021·33m - 33
Reducing our emissions, one step at a time!
Dec 3, 2021·33m - 34
Where there is water, there is life
Nov 18, 2021·23m - 35
Growing a connection to the land - literally!
Nov 4, 2021·38m - 36
Plastic pollution: what can we do about it?
Oct 21, 2021·36m - 37
Creating Greener Homes & Buildings
Oct 7, 2021·1h 6m - 38
WOECWD LIVE! – Green Events
Dec 16, 2020·48m - 39
Sustainabi"city"
Dec 2, 2020·28m - 40
Youth (Part Two!)
Nov 18, 2020·29m - 41
Community & Collaboration
Nov 4, 2020·31m - 42
Trash to Cash
Oct 21, 2020·40m - 43
Tree Huggers
Oct 7, 2020·39m - 44
"What On Earth Did We Do?"
Feb 14, 2020·19m - 45
Bee-lieve in the Youth
Feb 7, 2020·27m - 46
Renewable Energy
Jan 31, 2020·33m - 47
The Realities of Recycling
Jan 24, 2020·34m - 48
Land Reclamation
Jan 17, 2020·29m - 49
Food Waste
Jan 10, 2020·28m





