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Mayor Naheed Nenshi – Vote!
Excited about voting? Naheed Nenshi and his advisor Daorcey Le Bray discuss the city hall balcony, Friendster and the vital importance of voting in this election. Nenshi recently wrote an op-ed in the Calgary Herald, noting that: Each of the major party platforms only superficially addresses the issues that cities face. The one exception is [...]
April 27, 2011
Tags: Calgary Herald, GOTV, Naheed Nenshi, superfunds, vote Posted in: News 
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Elizabeth May – Executing
Murray Dobbin of Rabble.ca spoke with Elizabeth May regarding the evolving political landscape in Canada. The full interview can be found at Rabble.ca, but here is a sample of the exchange… Do you think Harper has deliberately set out to discourage people from voting? Absolutely. People thought that Harper had become more popular between the [...]
January 9, 2010
Tags: Elizabeth May, Green Party Calgary, rabble.ca Posted in: News Comments Closed
Elizabeth May at Calgary Petroleum Club
Calgary Enterprise Forum organized a debate at The Calgary Petroleum Club, asking the question “Is Oil Sands Development Ultimately Irreconcilable with the Environmental Agenda?” Elizabeth May, Deborah Yedlin (Calgary Herald columnist) and Murray Smith (Energy Minister 2001-2005) found some common ground lamenting Alberta’s dependence on coal fired plants and the lack of any clearly stated [...]
November 20, 2009
Tags: CO2, Deborah Yedlin, development, Elizabeth May, environment, GHG, Green Party Calgary, Murray D. Smith, oil sands, tar sands Posted in: News Comments Closed
Green up Your Garden
Now is the best time to plant a tree in your yard. All around the city of Calgary, garden centres are selling off their inventory at discounts of anywhere from 20-50% off. Get some friends, a barbeque, and beverages and spend an afternoon planting a tree. Trisha from Greengate Garden Centres priced out the cost [...]
August 18, 2009
Tags: garden, Green, Green Party Calgary, yard Posted in: News Comments Closed
Natalie Odd on “A-List 2009″
Natalie has been placed on Avenue Magazine’s 2009 A-List, in the company of 11 other Calgarians celebrated for making a difference in our community. “There are the diehard, environmentally conscious folks who do whatever they can, but most people are really busy with their daily lives and they have enough things to worry about, so [...]
June 20, 2009
Tags: 2009, A-List, Avenue Magazine, Green Party Calgary, Natalie Odd Posted in: News Comments Closed
United States takes Action
With GM closing hundreds of dealerships across Canada this week, the Green Party hopes that Canada will fall in line with the recently announced US auto emission standards requiring 40 percent more fuel efficient vehicles by 2016. This is a long overdue step in the right direction, and with another 12,000 jobs expected to be [...]
May 21, 2009
Tags: Elizabeth May, Green Party Calgary, Michael Bernard, United States, USA Posted in: News Comments Closed
Finally! Blue Cart Recycling!
It’s been long awaited and for most of us living in Calgary, it couldn’t have come soon enough. In Canada most major cities and small rural towns have some sort of door to door recycling program in place, and now Calgary is included among them. The city has finally introduced their “Blue Cart Recycling” program. [...]
May 15, 2009
Tags: blue cart, Green Party Calgary, recycling Posted in: News One Comment
