SUMMER 2013
THE BULLFROG IN THIS ISSUE Bullfrog customers are advancing solar energy | p.6 A conversation with TD’s Karen Clarke-Whistler | p.5 Buzz Green recipes: Delicious Maritime Blueberry Grunt | p.15
Bullfrog sits down with BRUCE CROXON Entrepreneur, digital investor, Dragon and Bullfrog Founders Club member >P3 A Spotlight On: PROVIDENCE BAY WIND FARM
The Providence Bay Wind Farm is one of several renewable energy projects helping meet the demands of Bullfrog customers. Located on Manitoulin Island in Ontario, the farm consists of two Enercon E48 800 kW turbines. The project was commissioned in 2007 by Schneider Power, in partnership with Bullfrog Power.
Did you know? Wind power generated by the farm reduces greenhouse gas emissions by more than 2,100 tonnes per year Through a 20-year power purchase agreement between Schneider Power and Bullfrog, all the power produced by the new turbines will be supplied to the Ontario grid on behalf of Bullfrog’s customers
2 | THE BULLFROG BUZZ celebrity profile
Bullfrog sits down with BRUCE CROXON Entrepreneur, digital investor, Dragon and Bullfrog Founders Club member
ou know him for his investment Your support for green energy and Why did you create the technology acumen and the warmhearted work on the Trans Canada Trail investment firm, Round13 Capital, presence he brings to one of demonstrate a deep commitment to and what do you hope to achieve Y protecting the environment. Where through the organization? Canada’s favourite shows, CBC’s Dragons’ does this passion come from? Den. But did you know he’s also one of I created Round13 to address the dearth of early-stage financing for Canadian the original founders of Lavalife? I’ve always loved the outdoors. Some of my most fulfilling experiences have technology companies. Without capital In addition to attending to the duties of involved me being deeply embedded in for good ideas, we will not be able to a Dragon, Bruce Croxon currently runs nature. The thought of our space being innovate. I am a big believer in what “net Round13 Capital, a capital venture firm eroded troubles me and inspires me to new” can do for our country’s economy and well being. dedicated to incubating digital start-up take action. companies. What is your most memorable Why did you decide to support moment from Dragons’ Den? Rooted deeply in Croxon is a sense of green energy? caring and responsibility toward society We have had some amazing kids’ I don’t mind paying a bit more to and the environment. To this end, he sits presentations and I have been blown help seed alternative forms of cleaner on the Board of the Trans Canada Trail, away by how sophisticated our young power. By helping to develop green volunteers with Anaphylaxis Canada and is people are with respect to business and energy sources, I believe we can make a a proud bullfrogpowered homeowner. entrepreneurship. Some of these kids significant impact on our future. are as young as 9 and 10—and they Bullfrog recently sat down with Croxon know so much more than I did at that to discuss his environmentalism, Dragons’ Can you tell me about other causes age. The show has given me tremendous you believe in and are helping to Den, his venture firm and his thoughts on confidence in the future of our country. advance? the future. I volunteer with Anaphylaxis Canada, If you could give one message to all helping to advance food allergy education Canadians about the environment, what would it be? in Canada. This organization advocates for Canadians who experience severe types of Please help take care of it. I believe in the allergic reactions. power of science and technology as much as anyone, but why test its limits? There is I’m also a board member on the Trans too much damage being done and it’s up Canada Trail, a Canadian network of to everyone to help fix it. trails that will eventually stretch to the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans and link > brucecroxon.com thousands of Canadian communities. > round13capital.com
THE BULLFROG BUZZ | 3 “Our focus on reducing the emissions footprint of our branches eventually changed the way we design, build and operate our facilities.” Karen Clarke-Whistler, Chief Environment Officer, TD Bank Group
TD Green Energy Park London, Ontario frogs out front
A conversation with TD’s Karen Clarke-Whistler Chief Environment Officer at TD Bank Group
TD Bank Group is among the longest-standing members of the bullfrogpowered community. From ATMs and in-branch digital displays bullfrogpowered, to introducing net-zero energy branches to the annual TD Tree Days, supported by TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, TD, with its customers and employees, has been making a difference for the environment.
As TD’s Chief Environment Officer, Karen lending operations that green energy is not Clarke-Whistler helps mold and develop the something to be afraid of. We’ve been able organization’s environmental strategy and to enhance green energy financing and direct its initiatives. In a recent interview development of new green products.” at the TD Centre in Toronto, Bullfrog Offering green product options: spoke with Clarke-Whistler about TD’s “Once we understood the dynamics of environmental efforts and how supporting green energy, we could assess its risks and TD Friends of the Environment clean, renewable energy fits into TD’s opportunities, and export that knowledge Foundation wants your grant environmental strategy. to our product and financing side. Doing so applications for energy projects allowed us to greatly increase our financing Clarke-Whistler described how this strategy Did you know that TD Friends is based on four pillars of action: reducing of renewables and create some innovative of the Environment Foundation the organization’s operational footprint; products.” (TD FEF) provides funding grants responsible financing; offering green Engaging employees and communities: to environmental projects? Since 1990, TD FEF has provided over product options; and engaging employees Staff members have been an invaluable $60 million in support to more and communities on environmental action. resource to TD’s sustainable operations, says than 21,000 environmental According to Clarke-Whistler, green energy Clarke-Whistler. “Our employees come up projects and programs across plays a vital role in each: with great ideas every day on how they can Canada. reduce our energy use. Both customers and Reducing TD’s operational footprint: TD FEF wants to offer more grants Energy consumption—where it comes employees have been very supportive of our for energy-related projects and leadership position on the environment and from and how much is used—was a that’s where you come in! very supportive of renewable energy.” significant consideration in TD’s goal to Any charitable organization, be carbon neutral. “Our focus on reducing To businesses looking to implement school, municipality or Aboriginal the emissions footprint of our branches sustainability in their own operations, group can apply for a TD FEF eventually changed the way we design, Clarke-Whistler suggests focusing on actions grant. TD FEF grants can be build and operate our facilities,” Clarke- that have meaning and relevance in your used for projects that educate people about energy-related Whistler says. In addition to reducing its business. “If you pick issues that are clearly environmental issues, such as the relevant to your business, it’s not difficult to operational impact by choosing Bullfrog importance of renewable energy, Power for 29 branches, TD has demonstrated explain the business case and value. or for projects that help conserve its commitment to reducing its energy “People will see how it will add value to energy. Both types of projects consumption through its first net-zero the business. Pick something that your play an important part in moving energy branches, which aim to generate as employees can deliver and is consistent with Canada closer to a clean energy future. much energy as they use. your culture. Listen to and engage with your The next deadline for applications Responsible financing: “By understanding employees.” is November 15, 2013. To learn how green energy works, we were also more about what groups qualify able to de-risk green energy financing by and to fill out a grant application knowing its risks and opportunities,” Clarke- To watch the full video interview with online, please visit tdfef.com/ Whistler continues. “We can explain to our Karen Clarke-Whistler, visit bullfrogpower.com/td funding.
THE BULLFROG BUZZ | 5 Bullfrog customers are advancing solar energy
we reported that Bullfrog is partnering with SolarShare, a Last year, not-for-profit renewable energy co-operative, to bring more solar energy to the Ontario electricity system. Our support provides financing to get the co-op through the construction and development phases of new projects, which are the phases that present the most risk. Once a project is up and running, SolarShare enables community members to invest in the projects, offering the public a low risk way to become investors in renewable energy. SolarShare is making great progress, with several innovative solar projects underway. Over the long winter of scarce sunshine, its Ontario Street Project in St. Catharines, which was just launched in December when we announced our partnership, produced more than 17,000 kWh of clean electricity for the grid. The 572-panel solar array, a 140 kW system, sits on a previously unused commercial rooftop. SolarShare’s new development, the Goodmark Project, is currently under construction and will be the first community-based solar project in Toronto. Sitting atop an 18,000-square-foot rooftop in Etobicoke, the project will have a total system capacity of 134 kW—enough energy to power about 150 homes a year. Thanks to your support, our SolarShare partnership is helping increase the amount of solar power in our country and promoting a robust, community-based investment model. Bullfrog Power gives Canadians a green energy choice: a powerful way to reduce your home’s emissions footprint and support green energy projects in Canada. Once projects are up and running, SolarShare offers a complementary way to support renewable energy in your community: not as a purchase but as an investment in renewables. Several new SolarShare projects are lined up for this year; stay tuned for updates through the Bullfrog eBuzz, Facebook (facebook.com/bullfrogpower) and Twitter (@bullfrogpower).
> solarbonds.ca
6 | THE BULLFROG BUZZ Picton Castle photo courtesy Tall Ships America In your own WORDS
Pam Taylor
My husband and I first read about Bullfrog Power in a magazine in 2005. We were interested in learning more, so we decided U OF T TEAM TOPS WALMART to research Bullfrog’s green energy sources. In the end, we signed on and are proud to GREEN STUDENT CHALLENGE be part of the original Bullfrog 100! We felt it was important to give something back to Months of selecting, voting and judging culminated in the 2013 Walmart Green Student Challenge final event, held on February 26 at the Design Exchange our planet by showing our commitment to in Toronto. In the annual Challenge, Walmart Canada asks all Canadian post- the environment. secondary students to develop green business ideas. This year, more than 150 There are a number of things we do at teams registered and the final five teams presented to a panel that included Shelley Broader, CEO of Walmart Canada; Dianne Craig, CEO of Ford Canada; home to live greener. For example, we Chris O’Neill, Managing Director of Google Canada; Claude Mongeau, CEO of CN; manage our thermostat according to the Ana Dominguez, President and General Manager of SC Johnson Canada; and Tom seasons: During the winter, we keep the Heintzman, Co-founder and Director of Bullfrog Power. temperature at 18°C during the day and The University of Toronto’s Adam Wang, in the summer, we maintain an indoor Andrew Girgis and Michael Zhang earned temperature of 25°C. the top prize: $25,000 for the team and $25,000 for their school. The team’s We run our dishwasher and our laundry winning idea? EcoSense, a smartphone during off peak hours, and when running app that provides shoppers with product errands, make as many stops as possible information based on criteria they can in one trip instead of making many little configure themselves, such as a product’s trips. We keep our cars tuned to cut down health benefits and green certifications. From left to right, the winning team: Michael, Adam Conceived as a replacement for paper- and Andrew from University of Toronto. Right: Shelley on emissions, and we eat locally and based flyers, EcoSense will tailor offers to Broader, President and CEO, Walmart Canada. organically as much as possible. We try customers’ needs and locations while providing retailers a new way to promote to teach our two boys about the impact products. we are having on our planet and how we “The winning team’s idea for a revolutionary sustainable app was truly innovative,” can reduce our footprint by reusing items, says Walmart Canada’s Broader, “and we are proud to have played a role in growing vegetables in our own backyard, facilitating the development of their idea.” and donating to charities when we can.
> greenstudentchallenge.ca
THE BULLFROG BUZZ | 7 BULLFROG ASKS What one company or organization do you wish was bullfrogpowered, and why?
I would like to see all EV charging stations become bullfrogpowered. I believe EVs are the market of the future! Anne Thompson Bullfrog Founders Club member, British Columbia
I’d like to see The Corporation of The Town of Ajax and the Durham District School Board become bullfrogpowered. The more people and organizations support green power, the more environmental change we’ll see in our communities and around the world. Laura McBride Bullfrog Founders Club member, Ontario I wish Tesla Canada’s offices were bullfrogpowered. As a progressive electric car company, becoming bullfrogpowered would be a great way for Tesla Canada to further reduce its impact. Capri Rasmussen Bullfrog Founders Club member, Alberta
A Canada-wide initiative by McDonald’s could see individual restaurants becoming bullfrogpowered alongside efforts to reduce litter and raise health awareness. John Ford Bullfrog Founders Club member, Ontario
8 | THE BULLFROG BUZZ CrossIron Mills joins with Bullfrog to STAPLES CANADA celebrate Earth Hour MAKES COAST-TO- ou may not think you’re familiar with Ivanhoé Cambridge, COAST COMMITMENT but there’s a good chance you have shopped in one of their Y shopping centres, such as Vaughan Mills in Ontario and Mic TO RENEWABLE Mac Mall in Nova Scotia. Since 2007, Ivanhoé Cambridge has been among the largest supporters of renewable energy with Bullfrog ELECTRICITY Power, choosing renewable energy for several of its Canadian malls. In March 2013, CrossIron Mills, an Ivanhoé Cambridge shopping This spring, your office supply company of choice became even centre located just outside Calgary, Alberta, partnered with Bullfrog greener! Staples Canada, Canada’s largest office products to help the community celebrate WWF’s Earth Hour. As part of its company committed to providing Canadians with a wide choice campaign to encourage people to turn off their lights for Earth of office services and products, announced its decision to Hour, CrossIron Mills bullfrogpowered the equivalent of 206,548 bullfrogpower two office locations and 11 stores nationwide households—or every household in the City of Airdrie as well as with clean, renewable electricity. Northern Calgary!* “We’re proud to be a partner to Canadians on the environment, And on March 23, public education activities were held at CrossIron and are excited to offer them more sustainable products and Mills to promote energy conservation and waste reduction. Signs services,” says Steve Matyas, the President of Staples Canada. were on display encouraging shoppers to “turn off the lights” for Staples Canada’s environmental actions are driven by Staples Earth Hour, and the first 1,000 shoppers were able to exchange their Soul, the company’s strategy to positively impact its customers, plastic bags for reusable ones. Bullfrog Power was on hand as well to associates and the planet. Within its stores and online, Staples provide information about our partnership with CrossIron Mills and offers over 3,400 products with an environmental attribute and to educate the public about renewable energy. ® has eliminated PVC in its Staples brand products packaging. After the event, public utilities stated that Airdrie residents reduced The office supplier also strives to educate the community about their electricity usage by almost 10% during Earth Hour. the environment through a number of programs. The Staples *Northern Calgary comprises 41 per cent of households in the City of Calgary. Estimates are based Lights Out program, in which more than 200 store locations on the City of Airdrie’s 2012 Census Report and the City of Calgary’s 2012 Civic Census Results. reduce their lighting during June and July and will help reduce energy consumption by 2.4 million KW this year, enough to power over 170 Canadian homes for 2013. > crossironmills.com
And to help educate students about energy conservation, Staples Canada runs the annual Recycle for Education Computer Lab Contest, which challenges Canadian public school students to submit essays that demonstrate how their school has become environmentally responsible, for a chance to win one of 10 computer labs for their schools, valued at $25,000 each.
> staples.ca
THE BULLFROG BUZZ | 9 DELOITTE: GREENING BUSINESSES BY EXAMPLE
When it comes to helping businesses become more sustainable, one name that stands out is Deloitte. Deloitte is the largest professional services firm in the world and one that believes in being green. To date, Deloitte bullfrogpowers its Vancouver, Calgary and Edmonton offices. “When we implement sustainability practices at Deloitte, we do so with a passion for making a difference in the communities where we live and work,” says Nikie Lloyd, who works with Client Engagement and Operational Sustainability at Deloitte. We asked Lloyd for some tips on how companies can begin Stonemill Bakehouse takes implementing sustainability in their operations. Tackle the quick wins first: “There are many areas where local into its own hands businesses can easily improve their sustainability,” explains Lloyd. “Many initiatives are free to employ and actually save money in On a recent visit to Prince Edward County, Ontario, Stonemill the long run.” In Deloitte’s case, the firm set up “green teams” in Bakehouse President Gottfried Boehringer was astounded by a field each of its 58 offices to implement initiatives such as setting up of sunflowers that was being grown for birdseed and decoration. recycling stations and sourcing eco-friendly office and cleaning Until that point, the bullfrogpowered, Toronto-based bakery needed supplies. to source much of its sunflower seeds—which it uses for its artisan Improve emissions tracking and reporting: “At Deloitte, bread—from abroad. Finding local grains to source had proven we believe ‘what gets measured gets done,’” says Lloyd. “Set difficult. “I thought, ‘This is crazy,’” Boehringer recalls. “Here were emissions reduction targets, ensure your goals and vision are locally-grown sunflowers that we can’t buy for our bread, because communicated to your stakeholders, and engage with your staff the infrastructure isn’t there.” at every step.” So, in the fall of 2011, Stonemill purchased a farm in Prince Edward Deloitte also recognizes outstanding green companies in the County to grow its own grain. Growing local grain allows Stonemill technology sector through the Canadian Technology Green 15, to reduce its transport-related emissions and enables the bakery to a list of Canadian companies chosen by Deloitte for their ability grow high quality grain free of herbicides and chemical fertilizers. to develop technology solutions that promote more efficient use The move also benefits the community. Previously, Boehringer and re-use of the planet’s resources. explains, “We didn’t really know where our grain came from or who was growing it. Local sourcing connects us to the farmers.” > deloitte.ca Stonemill’s method of growing its own grain is uncommon among North American bakeries, but resembles the European model in which farmers grow grain under contract with local bakeries. “Ultimately, our goal is to source most—if not all—our ingredients locally over the next five years,” Boehringer says. The expansive initiative is among many Stonemill has undertaken to demonstrate the viability of a truly low-impact bakery.
> stonemillbakehouse.com
10 | THE BULLFROG BUZZ bullfrogpowered
GREEN SOUNDS A GOOD NOTE AT THE 2013 JUNO AWARDS Billy Talent onstage at the 2013 JUNO Awards
The 42nd annual JUNO Awards Broadcast was held at the Across the country, notable Canadian artists including Measha Brandt Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan on April 21—and was Brueggergosman, Dave Carroll, Gord Downie, Dave Gunning, bullfrogpowered with 100 per cent clean, renewable electricity! Chris McKhool of the Sultans of String and Anne Murray, among
Photo: CARAS/iPhoto Inc. many others, are supporters of clean, green energy with Bullfrog The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) Power for their homes. Many leading Canadian musicians partnered with Bullfrog to choose renewable electricity for have also bullfrogpowered their tours, concerts or companies, all administrative and event spaces used for JUNO Week. 2013 including Blue Rodeo, K-os, Tara MacLean, Sarah Slean, Billy marks the first year that more than 550 hotel rooms required for Talent and The Tragically Hip. JUNO Week events were bullfrogpowered. In addition, CARAS bullfrogpowers its office in Toronto throughout the year. > junoawards.ca
THE TRAGICALLY HIP ROCK WITH BULLFROG POWER
They know how to put on a powerful rock show and they also know how to protect and perform for the environment. It’s no surprise, then, that The Tragically Hip is bullfrogpowering their 2013 Canadian tour. By choosing green energy, The Hip is reducing the footprint of their concerts and raising awareness about the importance of renewable energy in Canada. The partnership is an extension of The Hip’s long-standing commitment to green energy. During their 2011 tour, The Hip bullfrogpowered 20 shows. Did you also know that The Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie has been choosing clean power for his home since Bullfrog launched in 2005? Downie also works extensively with Lake Ontario Waterkeeper to raise public awareness about preserving Canada’s lakes and rivers—he has successfully campaigned against Lafarge Canada’s proposal to burn tires, plastics and other waste in Bath, Ontario.
> thehip.com Photo: David Bastedo
THE BULLFROG BUZZ | 11 BULLETINSBULLFROGPOWERED Here are just a few of the many organizations that have signed on—or extended their support—for Bullfrog Power since our last newsletter. Bullfrog Power thanks all of its customers for choosing green energy!
The International Centre cooks with green Something green is cooking: The International Centre is choosing Bullfrog Power’s green electricity and green natural gas for its kitchen facilities! Located by Toronto’s Pearson International Airport in the Greater Toronto Area, The International Centre is a conference and trade show facility with a history that reaches back more than 40 years. The International Centre also hosts more than 450 events
Left to right: Bullfrog Power’s Josephine Coombe with a year—and through Bullfrog Power, can now offer event The International Centre’s Michael Prescott, Trevor Lui planners the option to green their events. “We are very and Executive Chef, Tawfik Shehata. excited to be partnering with Bullfrog Power on this new sustainability initiative,” says the CEO of The International Centre, Michael Prescott. “Being able to offer a green energy option to the hundreds of events we host annually is another way we can help reduce the environmental footprint of events held at the Centre.” RE-PLANTING ONTARIO, Through the efforts of its Executive Chef, Tawfik Shehata, The International Centre kitchen TREE BY TREE plans to source as many local in-season ingredients as possible. In addition, the Centre uses china dinnerware in the Craft Eatery to reduce waste, procures 100 per cent compostable In the 1980s, the rate of tree planting on supplies, and recycles cooking oil to heat barns. private rural properties in southern Ontario “Choosing green energy with Bullfrog Power for our kitchen facilities is a significant next reached as high as 20 to 30 million trees per step in our evolving sustainability strategy,” says Trevor Lui, who is The International Centre’s year. A decade later, that rate declined to as Director of Operations and Sustainability. “From sourcing local food to finding innovative low as two million trees per year. Currently, solutions for dealing with waste, we believe every improvement adds up to a big difference.” forest cover (the surface area occupied The International Centre is an Ambassador member of Partners in Project Green, a growing by forest) across southern Ontario ranges community of businesses working together to create an internationally-recognized Eco- from five to 28 per cent—and is decreasing Business Zone around Pearson International Airport. each year. Environmental experts have determined that an additional 30 per cent forest cover is needed to achieve a healthy > internationalcentre.com ecosystem in southern Ontario. For southern Ontario, this means an additional one billion trees need to be planted. Restaurants turn over a new LEAF Trees Ontario, a bullfrogpowered not-for- profit, is committed to re-greening Ontario LEAF (Leaders in Environmentally Accountable through forest restoration. “There is an Foodservice) helps restaurants and businesses in the urgent need to expand and intensify tree foodservice industry reduce their environmental impact planting and forest restoration initiatives,” through initiatives such as energy reduction and waste says Rob Keen, Trees Ontario’s CEO. diversion. By undertaking these initiatives, businesses can become LEAF-certified and save money at the same time. Trees Ontario works with more than 65 planting partner agencies to enhance “When the public hears that a restaurant has taken steps the health of our ecosystems through to become environmentally responsible, the response is scientifically-based forest restoration and always encouraging,” says Janine Windsor, the President forest management practices. In fact, Trees of LEAF. “Surveys have shown that people are more likely to choose a restaurant that makes Ontario is the only not-for-profit charity that an effort to become more sustainable.” is engaged in a series of initiatives that help How does a restaurant become LEAF-certified? LEAF consultants provide direction based on to support successful tree planting. the establishment’s current state of operations and its sustainability goals, and will suggest Since 2004, Trees Ontario has supported the tools and measures businesses can use to achieve those goals. planting of more than 16 million trees. The A number of bullfrogpowered restaurants are LEAF-certified, including Calgary restaurants, organization’s goal is to support the annual River Café, Boxwood, Caffe Beano, and Cassis Bistro. planting of 10 million trees.
> leafme.ca > treesontario.ca
12 | THE BULLFROG BUZZ Celebrating local through LOCO This Belgian brewery is bullfrogpowered Choosing locally produced Bridge Brewing Company, a goods can reduce the new craft brewery in Halifax, is environmental impact of currently struggling to keep up purchases, bolster the with demand. Its surging community and support the business can be attributed to its local economy. unique Belgian-style beers— Bullfrogpowered LOCO BC is a and perhaps its focus on growing alliance of B.C. sustainability? businesses working toward “I was a home brewer for these ends, and toward a more several years and always dreamed of opening a brewery,” says sustainable model of business. owner Peter Burbridge. “During my MBA, I came across the idea LOCO supports local businesses of a zero-emissions brewery in a sustainable business class. This in a variety of ways: one idea stuck with me.” To achieve zero-emissions status for Bridge example is its Zero Hero pilot Brewing Company, Burbridge plans to reinvest company profits project, which helps six cafes and seek funding to implement additional sustainability projects. and restaurants achieve zero waste in their business operations. “Choosing green electricity from Bullfrog is one way that we can A new LOCO-run procurement program connects corporations, begin the journey toward our goal,” Burbridge explains. “Many governments and institutions to local business suppliers. LOCO of the projects required for a zero-emissions brewery will be also regularly holds lunch talks and business mixers for Vancouver expensive, and as a small start-up we are taking those steps one at businesses, which serve as valuable networking opportunities for a time.” organizations interested in working together—to buy from each other, partner or share resources. In addition to choosing Bullfrog Power, Bridge Brewing sends its spent grain to TapRoot Farms to feed the local livestock, and sells LOCO joined the bullfrogpowered community in 2011. its beer in refillable ceramic “growler” bottles.
> locobc.com > bridgebeer.ca
PRESERVING ALBERTA’S LAND, ONE ACRE AT A TIME Did you know that the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC)’s NCC Alberta also partners with longtime Bullfrog customer first project in Alberta took place more than 40 years ago? In Good Earth Coffeehouse and Bakery every April and May 1970, the organization acquired Wagner Bog, an ecologically to raise funds for nature conservation in the province. All significant, 320-acre wetland habitat. Since then, NCC Alberta, proceeds from select Good Earth roasts are donated to the which bullfrogpowers its regional office, has completed NCC. more than 200 projects that protect over 185,000 acres of the Since 1962, the Nature Conservancy has helped to protect more province’s natural landscape. than 2.6 million acres across the country. NCC’s Alberta office Other prominent conservation projects in the province include joins its Ontario office in becoming bullfrogpowered. the Coyote Lake Conservation Area—a piece of land untouched by industrial or agricultural pollutants—and the Waterton > natureconservancy.ca Park Front Project, which preserves a prime habitat for bears, cougars, wolves and other wildlife species.
Photo: Karol Dabbs THE BULLFROG BUZZ | 13 BULLETINS
Preserving a natural B.C. getaway
Josephine Coombe, Vice President, Sales Bullfrog’s Holly Bond, National Sales Director “It’s hard not to think about the environment in such a and Marketing, Bullfrog Power, presented and Shannon MacDonald, Marketing pristine location,” says David MacKenzie, General Manager of an award to representatives of Malivoire Coordinator, accept the silver award for Pemberton Valley Lodge. The hotel, which hosts skiers in the Wine Company at the Ontario Wine Innovative Business of the Year on behalf of winter and golfers in the summer, is nestled between majestic Awards in May. Bullfrog at the 2013 Halifax Business Awards. coastal mountains in B.C.’s beautiful Pemberton Valley. Environmental preservation is a key reason why Pemberton Valley signed on for green electricity with Bullfrog. Pemberton Valley Lodge holds a Five Green Key rating through the Green Key Eco-Rating Program, and donates older linens to shelters in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. But perhaps the most distinctive of Pemberton Valley’s green initiatives is the installation of an EV charging station for guests. “Sustainability makes sense, for the planet and our bottom line,” says MacKenzie. “We’re always looking at ways Bullfrog joined Calgary families for Down Looking sharp! Frogzooki dresses to to expand our sustainability plan, and adding the EV charging to Earth Day, an annual celebration of the the nines for the bullfrogpowered 2013 station is another step in the right direction.” environment. The event, held in April, is Staples Conference, held in April at the organized every year by REAP (Respect for Toronto Congress Centre. > pembertonvalleylodge.com the Earth and All People).
Tour in tandem on the streets of Halifax Looking for a fun, green and unique way to tour Halifax this summer? At I Heart Bikes, a bullfrogpowered bike rental service (that also operates as a touring and dating service!), customers can rent individual or tandem bikes for organized tours, or to simply head out Bullfrog’s Alison Clubb, Sales Support Panellists Pete Gibel, Staples Canada, on their own. One of its most popular Coordinator (centre), made a couple Melanie Agopian, Loblaw Companies tour options is the bike date package with a locally sourced of furry friends at Symcor’s employee Ltd. and Emily Scarlett, H&M, speak picnic included. To date, I Heart Bikes has hosted several environmental fair: striped skunks from the about sustainability at Bullfrog’s Greener anniversaries and even a successful wedding proposal! Toronto Zoo! The fair was bullfrogpowered. Horizons seminar in Toronto. “Halifax is the perfect city to experience by bike, especially if you only have a short time available,” says Sarah Craig, owner of I Heart Bikes. “Watching people head out on the tandem bicycle for the first time is one of the most enjoyable aspects of my job. First they wobble, then they laugh, and a few moments later they’re off on a trail with big smiles on their faces.” Choosing Bullfrog Power continues to be part of I Heart Bikes’ mission to reduce its environmental impact. “With Bullfrog Power, we can choose green electricity in a cost- effective manner and better communicate our values to our With a wide array of capes and costumes, Bullfrog booth visitors at this year’s Green customers,” says Craig. Living Show, including Josh Cobden, Senior Vice President of Environics Communications (above right), transformed themselves into green superheroes! The Green Living Show, > iheartbikeshfx.com held annually in Toronto, was bullfrogpowered.
14 | THE BULLFROG BUZZ THE MAIN DISH’S SESAME APPLE PETE’S MARITIME CHICKEN PATTIES BLUEBERRY GRUNT
The Main Dish, a bullfrogpowered restaurant and caterer in In preparation for the summer, bullfrogpowered Pete’s Calgary, sent us a delicious recipe for Sesame Apple Chicken in Halifax sent in a recipe for their take on Blueberry Patties—a great burger choice for the summer grill. Grunt, a traditional East Coast dessert, consisting of sweet dumplings in delicious blueberry sauce. Blueberry Grunt Sesame Apple Chicken Patties makes great use of in-season blueberries.
INGREDIENTS: INGREDIENTS: Sauce ingredients: 1 cup water 1¼ cups sliced apples ½ cup Grace brown sugar, demerara style 1 tablespoon sesame oil 1 organic lemon (juice and grated zest) 3 tablespoons brown sugar ¼ teaspoon cinnamon 2 cups Knol Farms Fresh Frozen Nova Scotia Wild Patty ingredients: Blueberries (or depending on seasonal availability, Luckett 2¾ pounds ground chicken Farms Blueberries)
3 tablespoons sliced shallots Dumplings: 2 tablespoons minced ginger 1 cup Speerville Flourmill Organic Unbleached White Flour ½ cup cilantro 3 tablespoons Just Us! Organic Refined White Sugar
Salt and pepper to taste 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt DIRECTIONS: ½ cup cream In a large pan, combine and sauté the sauce ingredients until the apples are caramelized. Pull the pan off the heat (If you don’t have the specific products above available to and let it cool. Mix the patty ingredients together and add you, feel free to substitute them with ingredients you have the mixture to the apples. Stir together. When the contents on hand—choose local and organic if possible!) are combined, portion patties to about half a pound each and then bake them in the oven at 350°F for 20 to 25 DIRECTIONS: minutes. First, prepare the dumplings. In a mixing bowl, sift together The Main Dish suggests Curry Apple Quinoa and Honey the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Stir in the cream Balsamic Beets to accompany your burgers. Enjoy! quickly to form a soft dough. Set aside. Combine the water, brown sugar, lemon juice and zest, > tmdish.com and cinnamon in a medium-sized saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil, and stir in the blueberries. Cook for two to three minutes, until the berries begin to split. Remove the mixture from the heat, and drop the dumpling dough by the spoonful onto the berries. Cover the pan, and let it return to a low heat. Leave the saucepan to simmer for 10 to 15 minutes, until the dumplings have risen and are firm and dry to the touch. Serve at once, and enjoy!
> petes.ca
THE BULLFROG BUZZ | 15 BULLFROG ASKS What song best embodies your relationship to the environment, and why?
I chose “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell, The song that most embodies my because I hope that we don’t have to wait relationship to the environment is “‘til it’s gone” to understand the value of “Darling I Do” by Landon Pigg and Lucy our planet. Schwartz. To me, the “darling” is the John Ford Earth. Bullfrog Founders Club member, Laura McBride Ontario Bullfrog Founders Club member, Ontario
The song that best embodies my relationship to the environment is “Spring Wind” by Jack Johnson, from the movie 180° South. The movie chronicles the 1968 trip of environmentalists Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia, and paints a vivid picture of time, our connection to others, and our interdependence with the natural world. Every time I hear the song, I’m reminded of the themes and messages in the movie. Capri Rasmussen Bullfrog Founders Club member, Alberta
I like Raffi’s “Big Big Sale,” a contemporary The song that resonates with me the song for adult listeners. I think the song’s most when it comes to the environment lyrics serve as a stark reminder to us of is “Land of the Silver Birch,” which was what will happen to our planet and its originally written by First Nations poet natural treasures if we don’t take care of Pauline Johnson. them now. Debby Beatty Anne Thompson Bullfrog Founders Club member, Bullfrog Founders Club member, Ontario British Columbia
Michael Franti’s “Hey World (Don’t Give Up)” resonates with me because I struggle with the same questions Franti brings up in his song: “Tell me why the grass was greener / Years ago I swear it used to grow here, but no more here.” By raising green energy awareness, I want to show others that it can be easy to make small changes in the right direction. Dennis Scanland Bullfrog Founders Club member, Alberta
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THE BULLFROG BUZZ | 17 GREEN ENERGY NEWS
Alberta to follow Ontario’s footsteps? Positively, baby boomers’ concern for the environment is growing. One in three are much more concerned than they were 12 months Earlier this year, Canadian health and ago. For more information on the Bullfrog Barometer, visit environmental groups released a report bullfrogpower.com/barometer. indicating that the health impact costs associated with burning coal for electricity in Alberta are close to $300 million annually. Each year this pollution contributes to World’s largest solar power station begins more than 4,000 asthma episodes, over operations in Abu Dhabi 700 emergency visits for respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses, and approximately 80 Abu Dhabi has become home to the world’s hospital admissions, with chronic exposures largest solar power station. Using parabolic resulting in nearly 100 premature deaths. trough solar thermal collectors, the facility heats oil which is then used to power According to the report, the health and social costs of coal turbines. According to treehugger.com, the pollution add at least 3.6 to 5 cents per kilowatt-hour, nearly company implementing the project, Shams 1, doubling the cost of electricity production. Current federal employs “258,048 parabolic mirrors to collect greenhouse gas regulations will eventually phase out coal plants, sunlight and concentrate it onto oil that but not until they have been allowed to operate unmitigated for flows through…tubing at the center of the up to 50 years, say the groups. curved mirrors. This heated oil makes its way The Lung Association, Asthma Society of Canada, Canadian into a heat exchanger and is then used to create steam that powers Association of Physicians for the Environment and the Pembina turbines…making electricity.” Institute (all bullfrogpowered organizations) are urging Alberta With a capacity of 100 MW, the plant is expected to displace to adopt a provincial renewable energy policy and to phase out 175,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions every year. The project existing coal plants faster than federal regulations require. may have to hand in its “world largest” title later this year, however, when a similar project goes into operation in the Mojave Desert. Consisting of mirrors that heat water into steam, the Canada remains the world’s ninth largest wind Ivanpah project will have a capacity of 377 MW, or about enough energy market energy to power 140,000 homes. According to the Global Wind Energy Council, global installed wind energy capacity increased by 19 per cent in 2012 to 282,000 Wind surpasses nuclear in China MW. Canada experienced the ninth largest Wind has overtaken nuclear as an electricity source in China, increase in installed capacity last year, adding according to the Earth Policy Institute (EPI). In 2012, wind farms 936 MW of new capacity, while both China generated two per cent more electricity than nuclear power plants and the United States installed more than did. According to EPI, “Since 2007, nuclear power generation has 13,000 MW. risen by 10 per cent annually, compared with wind’s explosive The Canadian Wind Energy Association growth of 80 per cent per year.” indicates Canada ranks ninth globally in total installed capacity Following the Fukushima disaster, the Chinese government with more than 6,500 MW of wind energy in operation—enough suspended new reactor approvals and instigated a safety review of power to meet the annual needs of almost two million Canadian plants in operation and under construction. When authorities lifted homes. Of the provinces, Ontario is the Canadian wind leader with the hold on approvals in October 2012, it was with the condition more than 2,000 MW of installed capacity. that going forward only “Generation-III” models that meet stricter safety standards would be approved. This development presents challenges for the country: China has no experience in operating Three-quarters of Canadians admit they could do these more advanced models; and several of the Generation-III more for the environment reactors currently under construction are already facing delays due to post-Fukushima design changes or supply chain issues, says EPI. A recent poll commissioned by Bullfrog and conducted by According to EPI, the outlook for wind in China is very promising. Environics Research Group found three-quarters of Canadians Infrastructure challenges are being addressed and it is expected admit that they could do more to increase their environmental China should meet its official target of 100,000 MW of grid- action; only one-quarter of Canadians say they do almost connected wind capacity by 2015. Looking further ahead, the everything they can. Results were released in the inaugural Bullfrog Chinese Renewable Energy Industry Association sees wind Barometer, a quarterly poll that measures Canadians’ attitudes and installations increasing to at least 200,000 MW by 2020. behaviours toward the environment.
18 | THE BULLFROG BUZZ RENEWABLE ENERGY STORAGE: LIGHTNING in a bottle
“But the sun doesn’t shine all the time!” planned projects, a 400 MW-capacity facility in Marmora, “But what about when the wind isn’t blowing?” Ontario, would repurpose a closed mining pit over 200 metres in depth by transforming it into a reservoir. If you’re interested in renewable energy, then you have likely heard these questions before. The reality is that renewable Compressed air energy storage energy sources such as wind and solar are intermittent, and currently must be complemented by the existing energy mix As with pumped-storage hydroelectricity, compressed air or through emergent smart grid systems. energy storage involves using excess electricity to pump air into storage. Potential technologies have proposed pumping But as we look toward a 100 per cent renewable energy air into underground caverns and even large, underwater future, we are seeing the rise of energy storage methods balloons. When power is needed back on the grid, the air is that can accommodate increasingly greater amounts of released, spinning turbines to generate electricity. intermittent power generation. Here are a few examples of emerging renewable energy storage technologies: In Canada, Toronto-based Hydrostor is looking to store compressed air in “flexible accumulators” that would be Grid energy storage located between 50 and 500 metres beneath the water’s surface and connected to an offshore generator. The pressure Grid energy storage refers to the methods used to store very from the water keeps the air down. When power is needed, large amounts of energy. One form of grid energy storage, the air can be released through the generator, rising to the pumped-storage hydroelectricity, functions under a simple surface and powering the generator to produce electricity premise. that can be placed back on the grid via a transmission line.
Vehicle-to-grid technology Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) is a concept in which electric vehicles (EVs) can communicate with a smart grid to serve as an additional form of energy storage. EVs can help balance peak and off-demand hours by “valley filling” (charging at night when demand is low) and “peak shaving” (sending power Think of a large reservoir at the top of a hill, connected to a back to the grid when demand is high). Under a V2G system, lower body of water and a renewable generation source such EVs can also serve as energy buffers, using their batteries to as a solar array or a wind farm. When the sun is shining and the provide electricity to homes during power outages. wind is blowing, excess energy produced by the generation source powers an underground turbine connecting the two Since most vehicles are parked an average of 95 per cent bodies of water. The turbine pumps water up the hill to of the time, EV batteries can be used to let electricity flow the higher reservoir. When energy is needed by the grid, from the car to the power lines and back. And the capacity the water stored in the reservoir is released downhill, of electric vehicle batteries is significant: Grid-integrated powering a generator housed within the same chamber vehicles being produced in Delaware will have the as the turbine. The generator then produces electricity to ability to charge or discharge electricity at 19 kW, which transfer back onto the grid. is the average power consumption of 12 US homes. Northland Power is one Canadian company working to By charging EVs with renewable energy, such as with bolster renewable energy development by introducing the Chevrolet Volt Bullfrog Power Edition, V2G systems pumped-storage hydroelectricity. One of its largest can improve the overall energy efficiency of the grid while inputting more green electricity onto it.
THE BULLFROG BUZZ | 19 List current as of June 4, 2013
Bullfrog Power thanks all bullfrogpowered organizations for choosing clean, green energy. GREEN index New bullfrogpowered organizations and locations are indicated in bold.
VISIONARY >50,000 MWh or >350,000 GJ or equivalent combination*
Entire Canadian operations Gimli Distillery in MB
VANGUARD 20,000 - 49,999 MWh or 140,000 - 349,999 GJ or equivalent combination*
10 AB stores and 1 ON store Toronto regional office, 9 ON malls 96 branches in B.C., AB and ON and all (64% of common areas), 2 AB malls facilities in N.S., N.B. and P.E.I. (20%) and 1 N.S. mall (64%)
AMBASSADOR 10,000 - 19,999 MWh or 70,000 - 139,999 GJ or equivalent combination*
ATMs and in-branch Automated Bank Machines, Data Entire operations Casino Brantford and Slots at Staples Canada Head Office, Staples 6 Calgary locations digital displays Centre in ON, and 29 branches in Georgian Downs – LEED 60% Advantage Head Office and 11 B.C., AB, ON and N.S. stores in B.C., AB, ON, QC and N.S.
EMISSARY 5,000 - 9,999 MWh or 35,000 - 69,999 GJ or equivalent combination*
Ontario Ministry of the Environment - Civic Centre Dad’s Cookies baking Mississauga and Toronto offices Head office and main lab facility and packaging facilities and Calgary office Canadian Headquarters
STEWARD 1,000 - 4,999 MWh or 7,000 - 34,999 GJ or equivalent combination*
MOKSHA YOGA
Stores in North Vancouver, Public common areas of 18 ON locations, 5 AB locations, 5 B.C. Administrative centre, Mississauga printing facilities 22 AB branches and Calgary, Edmonton, Burlington, Kanata Research Park locations,1 SK location, 1 N.B. location, 1 P.E.I. Household Hazardous Waste and Toronto data centre 2 N.S. branches Barrie and Ottawa location, 1 N.S. location and 1 NL location Recycling Depot, Stouffville London, Toronto and 1 MB location Pumping Station and YRT/Viva Halifax stores 2 ON locations and 2 B.C. locations terminals and vivastations
Canadian Headquarters Canadian head office Vancouver, Calgary and Common areas (50%) Calgary, Toronto and Edmonton offices Ottawa offices
GTA and Ottawa real estate offices, Investigative and Support Kitchener, Montreal and Common areas, Services Building – LEED 50% Toronto offices Vancouver management office and global headquarters (common food court and offices employee amenities)
Kortright Centre for Conservation Toronto Street and Restoration Service Centre 3 ON locations and 5 B.C. locations, 5 ON locations Vancouver and Matheson Blvd. offices (LEED) and head office 1 AB location and 2 AB locations Burnaby offices
Canadian head office Pickering store - LEED 50% Offices in B.C., AB and ON 8 ON restaurants Bullfrogpower your home with green HERALD 500 - 999 MWh or 3,500 - 6,999 GJ or equivalent combination* natural gas! Halsall Hyatt Regency - Calgary - Meeting and function space, Stayfit gym, pool, Stillwater Spa Thank you for being a superhero for the and Catch Restaurant & Oyster Bar; environment by choosing Bullfrog’s green Vancouver - Meeting and function space electricity for your home! Like many Bullfrog Evergreen - Evergreen Brick Works in Toronto and the Vancouver office customers, you’re likely conserving where Wastech Services - Surrey transfer station you can, watching your emissions reductions FlyOver Canada on your Bullfrog bill—and looking for other PCL Construction Leaders - Centennial Learning Centre and Calgary District Office ways to green your home. Why not choose and Yard green natural gas too? LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics - Manufacturing and distribution facilities The Lowe-Martin Group - Toronto production facility Green natural gas enables you to heat your Urban Systems home and use gas-powered appliances Acklands-Grainger - 2 ON locations and 1 AB location without increasing the amount of carbon The Sisters of St. Joseph, London - Chapel and suites - LEED dioxide in the atmosphere. Flexahopper Plastics Ltd. Signing on is easy—there is no special College of Family Physicians of Canada equipment required. For the average Juniper Hotel & Bistro homeowner, it costs less than $2 a day to South-East Ottawa Community Health Centre green your whole home with both green Ricoh Canada - Distribution centre electricity and green natural gas. Westin Harbour Castle - Lobby and Chartroom Bar Receive $25 dollars off your first green Metro Toronto Convention Centre - Administrative offices and electronic signage natural gas bill when you use the promo TERA Environmental Consultants - Calgary office (two floors) and Medicine Hat office code: Buzz2013! For more information Environics on our green natural gas product, visit Ron Hodgson Pontiac Buick bullfrogpower.com MPH Group - The International Centre - Kitchen facilities Brookfield Johnson Controls Brookstreet Hotel - Meeting rooms and lobby Reunion Island Coffee Ltd. Tennis Canada - Toronto office
indicate locations that are bullfrogpowered with both green electricity and green natural gas. All listings are bullfrogpowered with green electricity only, unless otherwise indicated. *Green index tiers are based on annual financial commitment to green energy. Be To view a full list of bullfrogpowered organizations, Powerful. visit bullfrogpower.com/greenindex.
THE BULLFROG BUZZ | 21 The Bullfrog Founders Club is a list of the bullfrog residential customers who have pledged their public support for green energy. Listed here are new green energy customers. To view a full list of the Bullfrog Founders Club, please visit FOUNDERS bullfrogpower.com/founders Together, the Bullfrog Power community CLUB is making a difference!
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The Currie Family Barry Healey Jennifer & Jamie Mitchell Patrick Stark The Dacruz-Smith Family Gord & Linda Hicks Kate Montgomery Peter H. Stephenson Michael Adams The Davidson Kalmar Family Jason & Rhawnie Hilborn The Morris Family Kate Stevenson Daryl Aitken Rachelle De Guzman Chris & Sharon Hine The Moss-Cutlers Sean & Sabrina Sullivan Jacob Arscott & Melissa Denuzzo Daniel Hsu The Murray-Chabot Family Greg Szymocha Connor Gregory Michael & Honor De Pencier Adam Huygen The Neves Family Kim & Blaine Taylor Blair Arsenault Meaghan Derynck & The Iseke Family The Olthuis & Kunkel Family The Theodore-Bolzonello Myles A. Bancarz Robin Richter Lena Jagersten & P.J. & Emily Family Roland Barrett F. Dosani Bryan Pietersma Melanie J. Page Laurie Thomson Alkas Baybas & The Dyer Family Tanya Jemec & Oliver J. Pashby Dr. Sima Usvyatsov Anna Sorensen Browne Tyler Eddy Markus Pirker The Toronto van den Berg Patrick Bednarek & The Ehalt Family Greg Johansen Family Katie Harper Michelle Polak & Lyon Smith The Escobar Family The Johnson-Peterson- Peter & Elizabeth Watt The Binnington Koh Family Siemons Family Tasha Ptasinski The Evans Clan John Webb & Laura Evans Tony Biondi Susan Junas Marc Pumple The Everett Family Laurie Weidenhamer Josh Blake Kimberley & Philip Kris Purdy The Fannin Family Wendy & Peter Anthony Boland & The Kovacs Family Nancy Reddin Todd & Sarah Fisher The West Family Peter Bartz Linda & Bill Kuehnbaum Alison & Kevin Reinhardt Stu & Meg Fix P.A. White Eva Boon & Bree Kullman Nancy A. Rempel Antonin Serpereau Patrick Flynn Ken Whitford T.J. Lang David & Peggy Rhodes Gabriel Both Adam Francis Christopher Wilcott Benjamin Langer The Richardson-Purdon Brian Brinks Rod & Andrea Gietz Family Megan Williams Jeff Laramee & David Yazbeck & The Broza Family Simon Giles & Gabrielle Michaud The Roseland-Day Family Michelle Burca Louisa Fenner The Buehner Family Jeff Lawrence Marc and Anita Ross J.L. Gill Kyle Zeeuwen Alan Burns Royan Lee Denis S. Brian & Harriet Glasier Sebastien C. Timothy Lee The Salvia-Caravaggio The Goertzen Family Family Anatoli C. Jr. Trevor & Jennifer Levere The Goode Family Leigh Sandison & Miss Barta Annette & Rowan Cake Brent Loubert Kim Gould Neil McIntyre Greg, Mei & Ethan The Campbell-Roberts Madeleine Mackay & Family Reaume Family Nicholas Govias Richard Schertzer Yvonne Macor Chapman & Barnett Samantha Grabinsky Aram Schneider Chris Marks Jeff Chapman & Jen Fenton S. Grinwis Christine Schofield Martin & Holly Calum & Stacey Cillis Ravi Gupta The Sciarra-Auwaerter Geoff & Alicia Abma Lucie Maruejols & Family Caroline Clarke The Hagon Family Clare & James Adam Jitendra Bajpai The Serbinis Family Sean & Melissa Coleshill Zachary Halvorson Scott & Katharine Albrecht George Matheson Carolyn Singer Tom & Deborah Colson Guy Hanchet Victoria Alleyne Chris Matthieu Lauder Smith & The Allodi-Ross Family La famille Cousineau- David Hara Kevin & Kathleen McConnell Patricia Nobbs Michaud Andre Arseneault Ian Harvey & Omar McDadi Owen Russell Smith Alice Crook Shulamit Day Berlevtov Kate B. Peter Melanson The Speedie Family Sophie Hawkins
The symbols at the beginning of the lists are used to identify homes that are bullfrogpowered with green electricity only ( ), homes that are choosing green natural gas only ( ), and homes that are now bullfrogpowered with both green electricity and green natural gas ( ).
22 | THE BULLFROG BUZZ Gillian Barrett Mark Frey & Diana Ashley Jensen The Pierce-Scott Family Paul Everett Stratford & The Bay Family MacPherson Kevin, Nicole, Tom & Chuck Scott Pittman Kellie K.M. Burnett Carol & Chris Bell The Friddell Family Jim & Cecilia Kilgour Jeff & Nicole Pysh Tara & Phil Drs. Rena Bivens & Michael Furii The Koebel Family Kevin Raby & Vanessa Hanel Arik Theijsmeijer & Melanie Hunt Christian Holz Lynda Gagne Klaas & Mary Beth Kraay The Ram Family Erika Tibbe Simon Blake-Wilson The Garcia Picada Family The Lawrence-Roberts Family The Reimer Family Sara Booth The Gillanders-Moran Family Jeff, Gill and Renee Leduc Kirsten Robinson Benjamin Townsend L & J Borstad Peter & Anna Glaab Dari Lynn Maria & Kelly Romiti Danny & Miranda Angela Brayham & Mike & Kylie Glessing Sylvia, Samara & Saige Mack J. Ross Turner Phil Bigelow G. Goddard The Mahars Stephen Ruttan Joan & Bob Turner V & H Buckwalter The Graemily Household The Malcolm Family Terri Rutty Andrew Wade The Carroll Family The Green-Eickholt Family K.L. McAlpine Kristina S. Janine Wall The Chan Family Isabelle Groulx & Heather McClure Kai Sachse Evan & Betty Warden The Chapman Family Marc-André Montreuil Dougal McCreath & Ann Paula & José Salvador Hank A. Wesselius Shannon Chung Taras Gula & Gallie Irena Potoczny-Gula Gary Sarkissian Dawson Whitfield Lindsay Colley Rob McWhinney Sara Hales & Claire Cowan The Savoie Family Mike Wilmot & Emily & Emanuel Corthay Sonya Meier Rob Feeney The Hambridge Family Jennifer Schuppler Andrew D. Michelle Zelazny Chris Mulligan The Scott Family Dr. Bob D. Michelle Hanson & Chad Reiss Graham E. Murray Jacqueline Sharp & Malcolm D. & Julie L. Anne Harris Shannon Neufeldt & Leonard Chan J & J Dechaine Jay Thiessen Lisa Hart Sheena Sharp Candace & Steven de Taeye Dallas New C. Haselmayer & S. Dobronyi Peggy & Doug Shaw Frances Deverell & Jennifer Niece & The Shepherds Ron Wilson Jennifer Held Victor Gedris Shane Shrybman Clare Devlin Estelle Hjertaas The Normington Family The Smith Family Marco Durepos Norbert & April Hoeller Dr. Thomas O’Brien Natasha Snelgrove Peter Ewins, Dawn Bazely Meg Hoole Ryan O’Grady & Family Bill Hulet The Spaulding-Chouest Michael O’Neill Family Alex & Ewa Ferreira M. K. Ince Daniel Olsen & Luisa Celis Andrew Spence Bryan Fitzpatrick The Irvine Family The Orser Family Ms. Hilary Spriggs Andrew Fox Jackie & Dale Pawlicz Stanfield Vanessa Fraser The Janes Family Sara Perks & Family Lenore Stone
THE BULLFROG BUZZ | 23 BULLFROG SIGHTINGS
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