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Cleanline Automotive finds green alternatives
Stephanie and Aaron Van de Kemp presented their first “baby,” Cleanline Automotive, to the public on April 11, 2012—and they have an actual baby due in June.
Solar-powered coffee?
Solar systems can save your business money and satisfy your environmental conscience. Greenman Sustainable Solutions facilitated the installation of a system at Kicking Horse Café in Invermere in 2010.
Recipe for success
Innovation Building Group is an award-winning construction company based out of Whistler and now Golden, British Columbia. The company's commitment is to sustainability, community and the environment.
Mandala Homes builds B.C.’s first Energy Star qualified home
Mandala Homes is making great strides by building British Columbia’s first Energy Star qualified home in Nelson.
Learning the way of the future
Robert Macrae, instructor at Selkirk College, believes that sustainable technologies are the way of the future. He has been a proponent of the advanced certificate in renewable energy technology that the Castlegar campus will be offering in May of 2013.
Fernie students to paint the town for fish
Know Your Watershed student action project raises awareness of fish habitats.
Eat, learn, garden
If you’re looking for advice on organic gardening, you won’t find a better source than the folks at Tesla Springs Farm. Bent Haagerup runs this farming operation with his wife, Gunilla, and son Jens.
Rick Hansen is happy to attend Castlegar’s annual sturgeon release
Canadian icon Rick Hansen is scheduled to arrive in Castlegar on April 23, 2012, for the annual sturgeon release festival.
Green by design
Libertas Custom Homes, based in Golden, B.C., received a CHBA Keystone Award and achieved LEED gold certification for a home at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. HübertHaus Timber Frames was one of the main partners in the project.
A Jumbo approval
Development of a ski resort on Jumbo Glacier, an issue that has divided the East Kootenay community for decades, must include consideration of 195 environmental conditions.