When residents of Blatchford Carbon Neutral Community in Edmonton, Alberta, moved in, the community garden was already there!

Ever since the beginning, the raised beds and garden spaces were oversubscribed by residents looking to grow their own organic, local, sustainable food.

Interest in community gardening is surging with more than 80 community gardens in Edmonton, but as we learn in our story, funding for projects has been cut.

We talk to Kenzie Gordon, the Blatchford Community Garden Coordinator, Laura Cunningham-Shelpeley of the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues and Heather MacKenzie, a Blatchford Resident.

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Renewables were not to blame for a catastrophic blackout in Spain in April 2025. We explore challenges and solutions to the growing renewable energy grid with Michael Liebreich, energy expert and founder of Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

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Blatchford carbon-neutral community is pioneering a virtual power plant project to link 100 solar-powered homes in a virtual network in a game-changing project.

Each home has a 20-kilowatt battery, and the pilot project will export electricity to the market in periods of high demand, thus helping the grid and generating revenue for the homeowners.

We talk to Geoff Ferrell of sonnen, the battery supplier for the project and Reza Nasseri, the founder of Landmark Homes a builder of solar-powered net-zero homes in Blatchford that is installing 100 battery systems that will be part of the network.

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