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Green Steps

Green Steps. environmental stewardship at Providence University College & Theological Seminary. Bruce Duggan Director BullerCentre.com. Where? 40 min south. Winnipeg. hwy 59. Providence. Steinbach. St-Pierre- Jolys. Saint Malo. What? Christian small rural. green to date.

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Green Steps

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  1. Green Steps environmental stewardship at Providence University College & Theological Seminary Bruce Duggan Director BullerCentre.com

  2. Where? • 40 min south Winnipeg hwy 59 Providence Steinbach St-Pierre-Jolys Saint Malo

  3. What? • Christian • small • rural

  4. green to date • we’ve started to walk the walk • carpools • recycle • retrofit windows & insulation • community garden • replace boilers • geothermal • wind research

  5. green to date • replace boilers • natural gas • low-efficiency  high-efficiency • $130k spent to date

  6. green to date • geothermal • Reimer SLC • opened in 2009 • $5 million • $500,000 for geothermal • fundraised from non-government sources • ~25,000 sq ft • 10% of total campus building footprint

  7. green to date • wind research • met tower • need min. 1 year data • begun Oct 2010 • environmental study • finished Dec 2011 • north edge of campus

  8. carpools recycle retrofit community garden replace boilers geothermal wind research green to date

  9. carpools recycle retrofit community garden replace boilers geothermal wind research biomass heating green now GOAL: replace ~2/3s of our natural gas use

  10. biomass • residues • forestry • agriculture • industry • sewage • “organic” “garbage”

  11. “densification” • biomass • residues • forestry • agriculture

  12. “heats more than 1 building” biomass • distributed biomass heating natural gas natural gas

  13. green now • Providence’s renewable energy formula: • electricity + geothermal + biomass • = #2 campus in Canada • #1: University of Northern British Columbia

  14. green now future • carpools • recycle • retrofit • community garden • replace boilers • geothermal • wind • biomass • rural transit • composting • research • power

  15. green future • carpools • recycle • retrofit • community garden • replace boilers • geothermal • wind power • biomass • rural transit • composting Winnipeg hwy 59 Providence Steinbach St-Pierre-Jolys Saint Malo

  16. green future St Boniface Hospital St Boniface College St Vital Centre Deacon’s Corner UofM Grande Pointe St Germain Lorette Ille des Chenes Saint Adolphe Landmark Ste Anne Glenlea Niverville Tourond SteAgathe Steinbach New Bothwell Providence Providence/ Otterburne • rural transit St-Pierre-Jolys Saint Malo

  17. green future • carpools • recycle • retrofit • community garden • replace boilers • geothermal • wind power • biomass • rural transit • composting

  18. green future • carpools • recycle • retrofit • community garden • replace boilers • geothermal • wind power • biomass • rural transit • composting •  replication in other institutions •  industry infrastructure •  cattails

  19. greenPROVIDENCE • on our horizon • curriculum development • policy advocacy • solar power • local food • orchard revival • roof-top garden • campus design • communal bikes • e-waste recycling • zero-fossil dorms • carpools • recycle • retrofit • community garden • replace boilers • geothermal • wind power • biomass • rural transit • composting Warren Wilson College Eco-Dorm Swannanoa, North Carolina

  20. Why? • Everyone will have their own reasons for sustainability. • individuals • institutions • societies • differing motivations are good • can still join in shared actions 50by30.org

  21. Why? • for Providence • “The earth is the Lord’s” • Psalm 24 • we’re accountable • and so we’re making a start

  22. Green Steps Discussion

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