Made-in-Alberta – Environomics – Greening the Patch

Length: (4 min)

MIA (Ch. 17) Environomics (Ep. 1) Greening the Patch
Former Red Deer MP Mr. Bob Mills believes that Alberta’s economy can thrive in a carbon-constrained future. He discusses how putting a price on carbon can help our number one industry to plan and adapt for the long term. On “In the Green” we meet a renewable energy company from Didsbury who are off-grid experts.

About Chapter 17 “Environomics”
Practical technologies, personal motivation and competent know-how are readily available, but something is missing. What new economic models will provide the financial fuel to commercialize new energy innovation and propel our world into a sustainable future?

About “In the Green”
“In the Green” is a sponsored information segment about Albertans who are marrying their environmental and social aspirations with a successful business model. These one-minute profiles showcase the people and the operations, jobs, products and innovation that are helping consumers reduce their ecological footprint.

About Made-in-Alberta (MIA) Series

 Energy, water and climate, these are hot topics for the 21st Century. With conventional fuel reserves running out, water tables running low, and global temperatures running high, 96 percent of Albertans now want new energy solutions. Since 2004, Barb Allard and her Made-in-Alberta team have been finding these solutions and bringing them to community television and the world-wide-web.

For more information about Made-in-Alberta, visit http://madeinalberta.ca

Locations: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Links:
http://boydsolar.com
http://en.cop15.dk
http://shaw.ca
http://rbcc.ca

Date Produced: February 2010

Production Company: RBCC

Broadcaster: Shaw TV, Capital Region

Aired/Screened/Webcast:
Broadcast Shaw TV, Capital Region, February 2010
Uploaded to YouTube, February 2010
Uploaded to RBCC Web TV, February 2010
Uploaded to Boyd Solar web site, February 2010

Available on DVD? - pending

Credits:
Executive Producer for RBCC: Barb Allard
Host & Narration: Barb Allard
Written & Directed: Barb Allard
Cinematography & DOP: Jeremy Rittwage
Photography:
Erhard Hermann, Boyd Solar
Wing Chi Poon, Courtesy Wikimedia
Editor: Jeremy Rittwage
Intro Sequences: Kyle Schneider, Derek Sharplin
Motion Graphics: Kyle Schneider
Original Music: Garage Band licensed music library

Interviewees & Experts (in order of appearance):
Mr. Bob Mills, Former Red Deer Member of Parliament, environmental diplomat
Erhard Hermann, Master electrician and designer, renewable energy systems
Sean Lougheed, Business manager, hydronic and renewable energy heating systems

Additional Thanks to:
Wikimedia Foundation

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