Where is The End of The Line?

About a month ago, I talked about the serious issue relating to our oceans, over fishing, and what the dire consequences could be. The fact is we are eating too much seafood and if nothing is done, none will remain by the year 2048. I know, great news!

Today I come bearing the Inconvenient Truth of the sea world. The film is called “The End of Line”. Reviews, press, and previews all point to a moving and informative movie that will hopefully change the way you think about consuming seafood. So before I say too much here is the trailer, learn as much as you can about this issue from the film’s website. Refer back to my previous post, and down load the widget I have provided via the film’s website, to learn what fish are suitable to eat.

Keep it Green,

Paul

A 52 House Solar Community

There is no doubt that this news may seem a little strange to be coming out of Alberta, ya know with the whole oil sands/companies invading the province, but a solar powered community has been built in Okotoks, Alberta, Canada.

Titled the Drake Landing Community, there are 800 solar panels located throughout the community on garage roofs, and they produce 1.5 mega-watts of thermal power during a summer day and supply heat to the district heating system.

Heres how it works:

• its a 52-house subdivision to have space and water heating supplied by solar energy
• Solar energy is captured year round by the 800-panel garage mounted arrays
• There is a combination of seasonal and short-term thermal storage (STTS) facilitate collection and storage of solar energy in the summer for use in space heating in winter
• Borehole thermal energy storage (BTES) is an in-ground heat sink for seasonal energy storage
• Short-term thermal storage (STTS) tanks are the central hub for heat movement between collectors, district loop (DL)/houses, and (BTES)
• DL moves heat from the STTS to the house

Okay so not the simplest explanation but heres the bottom line, a full on 52 house subdivision that runs on solar power! Come on’ right? It’s great to see Alberta making some positive moves to help fight against the impact the oil sands are having on that amazing province. Click here and here to learn more about this amazing community and company.

Keep it Green,

Paul