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	<title>Alberta Venture &#187; Environment</title>
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		<title>Digging In &#124; Opportunities abound in Alberta&#8217;s reclamation and remediation industry</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/digging-in/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/digging-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales & Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reclamation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remediation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spill cleanup]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cleaning up our most contaminated environments, Alberta’s reclamation and remediation industry is a home-grown success. Now outsiders want a chunk of that business
by Anthony A. Davis
Illustration by Pierre Javelle
8 Clean-up Tips:
What to do when your business is faced with a spill or contaminated site

We have all heard plenty of ecological disaster stories and the global [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funding Energy Efficiency &#124; CCEMC announces renewable energy project funding</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/funding-energy-efficiency/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/funding-energy-efficiency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CCEMC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funding]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CCEMC announces funding for renewable energy projects 
by Paul Marck


Renewable energy projects announced by the CCEMC
$10 million to Plasco Alberta Inc. for the Plasco Alberta Energy and Waste Conversion Project. This will see up to 100,000 tonnes of municipal waste per year converted into electrical generation through a plasma arc technology, a non-combustion process [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Alberta Emerald Foundation celebrates those walking a greener path</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/the-alberta-emerald-foundation-celebrates-those-walking-a-greener-path/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/the-alberta-emerald-foundation-celebrates-those-walking-a-greener-path/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 08:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alberta Emerald Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerald awards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Emerald Awards 2010
Profiles by Geoff Morgan &#38; Stephanie Sparks
As a society, we run roughshod over the Earth: emitting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, constructing factories in place of forests and encroaching on wildlife habitats. We become so preoccupied with the march of progress that we forget the world is a delicately balanced ecosystem. Fortunately, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An assignment to treat manure in Alberta is the turning point for Livestock Water Recycling</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/an-assignment-to-treat-manure-in-alberta-is-the-turning-point-for-livestock-water-recycling/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/an-assignment-to-treat-manure-in-alberta-is-the-turning-point-for-livestock-water-recycling/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerald awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gareth Jenkins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Livestock Water Recycling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From waste to water
by Stephanie Sparks &#124; Photography by Bryce Meyer
Recipient: Business, Livestock Water Recycling Inc.
Before a shift in its business focus in 2009, Livestock Water Recycling Inc. (LWR) built process skids for water treatment. On the side though, it performed investigative work with manure, seeking an effective method for treating it. The Calgary-based company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enmax helped the Calgary Zoo solve a major heat leak with multiple alternative energy sources</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/enmax-helped-the-calgary-zoo-solve-a-major-heat-leak-with-multiple-alternative-energy-sources/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/enmax-helped-the-calgary-zoo-solve-a-major-heat-leak-with-multiple-alternative-energy-sources/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calgary Zoo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doug Sullivan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerald awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enmax]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Natural energy comes alive at the zoo
by Geoff Morgan &#124; Photography by David Dean
Recipient: Business, Enmax Corporation

WHAT A ZOO: Enmax vice-president of distributed generation Doug Sullivan coordinated the implementation of five alternative energy sources at the Calgary Zoo
A faint breeze rustles through a wind turbine flanking the newly refurbished Enmax Conservatory, a two-storey glass structure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paint it Green</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/paint-it-green/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/paint-it-green/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green spending]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Countries going green to get back in the black
by Max Fawcett and Geoff Morgan
Governments around the world poured trillions of dollars into stimulus programs in 2009 in a concerted effort to jumpstart the moribund global economy. But when it comes to how and where those dollars were spent, not all stimulus programs are created equal. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editor&#8217;s Note &#124; We’ve Come a Long Way, Baby</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/we%e2%80%99ve-come-a-long-way-baby/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/we%e2%80%99ve-come-a-long-way-baby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paul Marck]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Why has it taken so long to realize that there are greenbacks in going green?”
by Paul Marck
The green movement’s shift from marginal to mainstream has transformed it from a novel curiosity to a major business opportunity.
Green issues used to be the exclusive domain of latter-day hippies, embraced by the unbathed back-to-the-land cartel, abetted by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kinder Morgan preserves nature’s bounty with a minimalist approach to a major build project</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/kinder-morgan-preserves-nature%e2%80%99s-bounty-with-a-minimalist-approach-to-a-major-build-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anchor Loop Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerald awards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Toth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kinder Morgan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trans Mountain Pump Station Expansion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Parks and pipelines
by Stephanie Sparks

Kinder Morgan embarks on its ambitious plan
There are some projects you wouldn’t consider pursuing as an energy storage and pipeline transportation company, like constructing a major pipeline loop through national and provincial parks. Negative publicity, stakeholder disapproval and the almost inevitable damage inflicted upon the wilderness are enough to shrivel a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flexahopper’s operations go green ahead  of the environmental revolution</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/flexahopper%e2%80%99s-operations-go-green-ahead-of-the-environmental-revolution/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/flexahopper%e2%80%99s-operations-go-green-ahead-of-the-environmental-revolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales & Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Spenceley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flexahopper Plastics Ltd.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Out Front Profile]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Breaking the Mould
by Jane Harris Zsovan &#124; Photography by Bookstrucker

Bill Spenceley
When Flexahopper Plastics Ltd. expanded its new home in the Sherring Industrial Park five years ago, president and owner Bill Spenceley wanted energy conservation built into the renovation. The first shop, a cramped, wooden building beside the Lethbridge Airport, bears little resemblance to the current [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Clean-up Tips: What to do when your business is faced with a spill or contaminated site</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/8-clean-up-tips-what-to-do-when-your-business-is-faced-with-a-spill-or-contaminated-site/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/8-clean-up-tips-what-to-do-when-your-business-is-faced-with-a-spill-or-contaminated-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil & Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reclamation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[remediation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tips]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No Messing Around
by Anthony A. Davis
As if we really needed it, the BP oil spill is a vivid reminder that pollutants – whether hydrocarbons, pesticides, mine wastes or other toxic compounds – take a significant toll on humans and nature. And, at least in countries such as Canada that properly regulate such things, they can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The BP Oil Spill</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/the-bp-oil-spill/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/the-bp-oil-spill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil & Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BP oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deepwater Horizon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Out Front]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The oil spill damage totals resulting from the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion on April 20 are still coming in and the world is scrutinizing every move made by officials of the international energy company BP.  While the public’s attention has more or less shifted away from Alberta’s oil sands, the oil spill in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LEED buildings in Alberta &#124; How Edmonton and Calgary stack up</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/leed-buildings-in-alberta/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2010/08/leed-buildings-in-alberta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sales & Marketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charticle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEED buildings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Out Front]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Charticle
by Stephanie Sparks
Photo by Busby Perkins+Will
Earning Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification is one of the surest ways to show commitment to sustainability. Hundreds of companies are awaiting notice from the Canada Green Building Council that their buildings are officially certified, and only 37 have been approved in Alberta as of June 2010. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>26 Ways to Cut Emissions</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2010/06/26-ways-to-cut-emissions/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2010/06/26-ways-to-cut-emissions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Newell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Alberta Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“There are a lot of ideas out there and people are taking the issue seriously.”
by Paul Marck
This month marks a milestone in Alberta’s climate change strategy. The Alberta Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund releases details of its first 26 projects that will see measures developed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by the province’s top [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Emerald Awards 2009</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/the-emerald-awards-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/the-emerald-awards-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerald awards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Protecting Alberta’s ecological integrity isn’t all about placards and protests. Most efforts aim at quietly improving communities in which we live and do business – stuff too subtle for the six o’clock news. That’s where the Alberta Emerald Foundation comes in, spotlighting overlooked contributions to a happier coexistence of environment and economy. In recognition of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Doers</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/green-doers/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/green-doers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Almost everybody talks about making the switch to an environmentally sustainable economy. These Albertans are actually doing it
by Michael McCullough &#38; Stephanie Sparks
Erhard Hermann
Co-Owner, Boyd Solar Corp.
Didsbury
For a province known for its snow and chilly winters, Alberta sure gets its fair share of sun. That’s why renewable energy company Boyd Solar Corp. in Didsbury is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Ain’t Easy Going Green. Or is it?</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/it-ain%e2%80%99t-easy-going-green-or-is-it/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/it-ain%e2%80%99t-easy-going-green-or-is-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rsingh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Exclusive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon neutral]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate citizenship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Credit Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental filter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green initiative]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Marzena Czarnecka
Outside the energy and power industries, applying an environmental filter to corporate decision-making – and getting the associated marketing bang for your green buck – can be relatively easy. When First Calgary Savings &#38; Credit Union formed an internal environmental advocacy team, for example, the financial institution wasn’t responding to any onerous regulatory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Mighty  Wind</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/a-mighty-wind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While other energy sectors fall prey to recession, wind power continues to attract billions of investment dollars and transform the landscape of southwestern Alberta. Just how big can the industry get?
by Benjamin Freeland
Anyone who has spent any time in Alberta’s southwestern corner can attest to the truly awesome power and persistence of the region’s wind. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bright Spots</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/bright-spots/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/bright-spots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[map]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For a growing number of Alberta municipalities, development is just another act of green
by Scott Messenger
Roll over the leaves for more information about each community.
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		<title>The Recession-proof Colour</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/the-recession-proof-colour/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/the-recession-proof-colour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Editor's Note]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“Alberta is unusual in that it has been spared economic damage as a result of environmental degradation.”
by Michael McCullough
There remains a large constituency in Alberta, especially in the business community, that regards concern for the environment as antithetical to economic growth and development. Or at best it is secondary, something we have to decide whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Inside Job</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/an-inside-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EcoAmmo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Its own inroads into the business community could make EcoAmmo obsolete, and that’s OK 
by Mike Sadava
The three young women behind EcoAmmo have literally built their business with their own skill and sweat. In fact, they’re using every spare minute to put both to work on overhauling their basement offices in an inconspicuous two-storey building [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Gas Will Come Back</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/why-gas-will-come-back/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil & Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prairie Trader]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green investment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few good stock bets for a carbon-constrained world
by Fabrice Taylor
Here’s the thing you need to know about “greening” the planet if you’re an investor: there’s money to be made investing in technologies and alternative forms of energy, to be sure. But the real money is in gas. No, not gasoline. Natural gas. We simply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Green Reaper</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/the-green-reaper/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/the-green-reaper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One of a Kind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[REAP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stephanie Jackman: founder and president, REAP
by Lindsey Norris
It’s funny the things we take for granted. Some people won’t walk an extra few feet to put a water bottle in the recycling instead of the trash. Others will quit promising careers for a middling paycheque, all for the privilege of salvaging the planet. In 2004, Stephanie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pump Dreams</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/pump-dreams/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/pump-dreams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Curb Appeal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They may not look out of the ordinary, but the new petrol pumps in downtown Turner Valley are a glimpse of a greener future. 

Green Way Fuels, the result of president and CEO Jaimey Midtdal’s recognition of a gap between refiners and consumers, is Alberta’s first fuelling station to bring biodiesel to the public. Combining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Green Scene</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/the-green-scene/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:34:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerald awards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Meet some of Alberta’s top environmental performers, the recipients of the 2009 Emerald Awards
by Scott Messenger
Government Institution
EcoTeam: Calgary Board of Education EcoStewardship Initiative
With nearly 11,000 employees serving more than 100,000 students, managing, let alone reducing, the ecological footprint of the Calgary Board of Education is no small undertaking. Nonetheless, in June 2006 the Board created [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wood Karma</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/wood-karma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emerald awards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Winner: Business, Logical Creations
By keeping to the credo of live and let live, Logical Creations is building some of Alberta’s most environmentally friendly furniture
by Scott Messenger 
Though he’s willing to see the art in his craft, there’s nothing high-minded about how Scott Pulvermacher, with partner and friend Barry Chisholm, approaches his Emerald Award-winning business. Like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Sandman</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/mr-sandman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emerald awards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Winner: Individual Commitment, David Manz
Enterprising humanitarian David Manz has turned an ancient, environmentally friendly technology into a modern life-saver in regions where clean water is scarce
by Anh Chu
&#8220;This is filter land,” says David Manz, gesturing around a tiny room in his inconspicuous lab near Calgary’s Stampede Grounds. About 100 square feet in total, the place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Meadows</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/urban-meadows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emerald awards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Winner: Business, Lafarge Canada, Inc
With excavation ended, Lafarge identified unexpected potential in a spent Calgary gravel pit, converting the area into wilderness within city limits
by Colleen Seto
Looking out at the lush wetland complete with glistening ponds, tall marshy grasses and birds fluttering about, it’s hard to imagine it as a busy sand and gravel extraction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In The Know</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/in-the-know-3/</link>
		<comments>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/in-the-know-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greener Corporate Travel
Whether a Lethbridge-based company is sending workers to Fort McMurray or the company president volleys between Edmonton and Calgary on a weekly basis, carbon-saving corporate travel solutions can work for any Alberta business. – Stephanie Sparks
Getting There
Greenhouse gas emissions from air travel leave a larger carbon footprint than many companies care to leave. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greener Grass</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/08/greener-grass/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gunnar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Calgary company brings urban irrigation into the information age
by Stephanie Sparks
You decide to fill up your vehicle’s gas tank, whether it needs it or not, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. You’re not concerned about the money lost or the fuel wasted – you just don’t want to neglect your vehicle should you give up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Emerald Awards 2009: Video Coverage</title>
		<link>http://albertaventure.com/2009/07/emerald-award-videos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rsingh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A selection of videos of this year&#8217;s Emerald Award winners.
WINNER: Lafarge&#8217;s Lafarge Meadows Enhanced Gravel Site Reclamation
CATEGORY: Business

WINNER: LOGical Creations Ltd&#8217;s TREECYCLE: Making Protecting Nature LOGical
CATEGORY: Business

WINNER: EcoTeam&#8217;s Calgary Board of Education EcoStewardship Initiative
CATEGORY: Government Institution

WINNER: David Manz, P.Eng, P.Ag&#8217;s Biosand Water Filter
CATEGORY: Individual Commitment

WINNER: Alberta Birds of Prey&#8217;s  Alberta Birds of Prey Centre
CATEGORY: [...]]]></description>
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