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The Strathcona Circle is made up of six core values: More with less, Environmental Stewardship, Challenge by Choice, Living on the Edge, Generosity of Spirit and Happy Warrior. Today, we celebrate two Happy Warriors… Words by Lynsey Burke From then until now He is an architect. She’s a mountaineer. He’s an outdoorsman. She’s a homesteader. […]
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Four: Consumer onus in minimizing consumption Words by Lynsey Burke We are all consumers, and human beings are an especially ravenous species. We are consumptive by nature — while much of society’s consumption and waste habits are outside of our circle of control, we certainly can prioritize what we consume. Leave no trace Our […]
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Three: Sun, sun, powerful sun Words by Lynsey Burke In our ‘More with Less’ blog series so far we have celebrated the systems that SPL has in place that allow us to harness energy and heat on a net zero basis. We use the force of moving water to generate electricity and dead fall from […]
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Two: Heating things up, carbon neutral style Words by Lynsey Burke If a tree falls in the woods, does it make a sound? Or rather, does it have a biomass capture of C0² that makes it carbon neutral in comparison to the biomass capture of C0² through photosynthesis when it was standing tall? That is […]
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