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The dreamer of the dream immigrated from Poland to USA 10 years ago. Monika Wiela soon realized this is indeed the land of possibilities when she sold the first pair of shoes on the internet. Shortly after, she started www.Cherrymad.com, a successful internet fashion businesses. In 2012, upon an accidental encounter with an homeless guy, […]

Jacob Petovar is President and co-founder of Reclaim Plastics and Canadian Bumper Recycling Ltd. Jacob has a background in recycling, education, and real estate. He works alongside his partners Alex Petovar and Andreas Kronen on innovative solutions on diverting ICI plastic waste from our landfills. Reclaim Plastics is an Edmonton based plastic recycling company with […]

Ozzy Lang is a professional hippy and outdoor enthusiast. As his love for climbing grew, so did his drive to protect the world around him. He started Green Cup with a mission to change the face of waste through coffee cup advertising, but it was not until he looked at the system underneath coffee cup […]

Sion Lanini is the Opportunities and Operations Alchemist for DreamRider Productions, a registered charity inspiring kids to become environmental superheroes and agents of change in their families. Sion works with municipal governments and corporate partners to engage communities in behaviour change on waste, climate change and water conservation through their digital-led program, the Planet Protector […]

Diana Grant-Richmond and Ashika Thaker are the co-founders of Unravelled, a zero-waste yarn company that transforms laundered corporate t-shirts into high quality, easy to use t-shirt yarn. With a passion for the fashion industry and sustainable living, Diana and Ashika have built a business that locally diverts corporate textile waste destined to be shipped overseas […]

Peter holds a Master Degree in Environmental Studies. His career has included ecological studies and environmental impact assessment along with many years as an interpretive naturalist in the mountain parks. He has been working on waste management projects in Alberta since the early 1990s and in 2006 he began working with the Bow Valley Waste […]

Mary is a retired oil patch Archaeologist and formerly Parks Canada Award Winning Interpreter in Lake Louise. Mary has brought her skills to her hometown of Williams Lake in fun, engaging Waste Wise Education Programs taught regionally over an area approximately three times the size of the Queen Charlotte Islands.

An innovator in collaborative process, Sudhir has investigated and designed architectural, landscape and living systems for over 20 years. Convinced that ‘sustainability’ sets the bar too low, his ‘resonant design’ work has been awarded multiple prizes, including the Green Energy Benny Farm project, judged the most sustainable project in North America and third in the […]

Alex Villeneuve is a third year apprentice chef, recent graduate of the brewmaster and brewery-operations-management program at Olds College and director of Ceres Solutions Ltd. Alex’s passion for local and sustainable food, waste up-cycling, permaculture, and of course craft beer all played a role in the creation of his company. Ceres takes an innovative and […]