“overcoming our carbon dependence should be seen as an opportunity to rethink for the better an institution largely shaped by and for fossil fuel: our cities” Here are a few of the initiatives undertaken by Saskatoon residents and organizations in 2015 to help make Saskatoon a more sustainable city.

1. Reimagining Saskatoon
Towards Sustainability 2015

2. “overcoming our carbon dependence should be
seen as an opportunity to rethink for the better
an institution largely shaped by and for fossil
fuel: our cities”
http://thrivingcities.com/blog/confronting-climate-change-rethinking-city

3. Here are a few of the initiatives undertaken by
Saskatoon residents and organizations in 2015 to
help make Saskatoon a more sustainable city.

4. Energy

5. Saskatchewan Environmental Society Solar Power
Cooperative is launched
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2015/04/ses-solar-co-operative.html

6. First Nations Power Authority of Saskatchewan (FNPA)
established to assist First Nations communities to
identify and address their energy needs and help
validate projects before they are sent to SaskPower
for consideration
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2015/10/first-nations-power-authority-of.html

7. With 71 buildings. Saskatoon Health Region is always
on the lookout for ways to reduce utility costs and
save energy.
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2015/12/energy-savings-in-saskatoon-health.html
An energy performance
contract installed electronic
occupancy controls, energy-
efficient lighting, insulation,
and replacement steam traps.

8. Construction

9. Saskatoon’s First Passive House
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2015/12/temperance-street-passive-house.html

10. More builders, such as Vereco Homes, are designing
energy-efficient houses.
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2015/10/vereco-homes-affordable-and-energy.html

11. Green Roofs
The Garden Patch
Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning
Centre
Julie & Josh
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2015/06
/saskatoons-first-residential-green-
roof.html

12. Transportation

13. http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2015/03/saskatoon-carshare-co-operative.html
Saskatoon CareShare Co-operative launches a
crowdfunding campaign to expand their fleet and
become Canada’s first solar-powered carshare

14. Encouraging alternate forms of
transportation:
100 free bus passes for teachers
attending the Saskatoon Teachers’
Association Convention

15. Using real-time data collected over the past few months, the
City of Saskatoon is launching new garbage and recycling
collection routes that have been optimized to make trips as
short and direct as possible, reducing fuel consumption and
reducing the City’s carbon footprint.
https://www.saskatoon.ca/news-releases/new-2016-collection-days-garbage-and-recycling-carts

16. Food

17. The Saskatoon Seed Lending Library provides free
and easy access to viable, native, open-pollinated
seeds.

18. Two Green Wheels, a bicycle-operated compost pick
up service based out of Saskatoon.

19. 27 University of Saskatchewan food vendors receive
Green Spaces certification (e.g. sending kitchen scraps
to the organics bin, eliminating polystyrene takeout
containers, providing discounts to customers who
bring reusable containers or mugs).
The University’s goal is to divert 1,500 tonnes of
organics annually.

20. Nature

21. The Northeast Swale: Wild, Wonderful, One of a Kind
“Sit down at the keyboard,
pick up a pen or a phone,
and let your City Councillor
and your MLA know that the
protection of the Northeast
Swale is a priority for you!”
http://www.ecofriendlysask.ca/2015/11/the-northeast-swale-saskatoons.html

22. SOS Elms Coalition

23. “The slow and necessary steps of eliminating
our dependence on fossil fuels will certainly be
difficult, yet we should see it as an occasion to
remake our places that are humane,
convivial, and sustainable.”
http://thrivingcities.com/blog/confronting-climate-change-rethinking-city

24. EcoFriendly Sask informs, encourages, and
supports Saskatchewan environmental
initiatives:
 Online publication
 Small grants to support local
environmental initiatives

25. http://www.facebook.com/ecofriendlysk
http://twitter.com/EcoFriendlySask
http://www.pinterest.com/ecofriendlysask/