Ryan Mariotti describes how he and his family installed an air-to-air heat pump in their Sudbury home to lower their heating carbon footprint, and help keep cool in the heat of summer.

Dann Kingsley is a self-described car nut. When he bought an EV, his gearhead friends warned him he’d run out of charge, have a limited range, and be stuck in cold weather. None of that happened.

Sudbury artist and teacher Jennifer Holub gets around in a used plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. She shares her EV experience.

Olathe MacIntyre chose a family home within walking distance of work, school, downtown and greenspaces to make it easy to use sustainable transportation. 

Lynn Despatie didn’t think a bicycle could be a primary mode of transportation until she became a mother. She shares the story of how cycling became her main way of getting around.

James and Josee Morin raise their four children and make their livelihood on their family farm using Regenerative Agriculture.

Stuart loves farming, and ecological farming in particular.  Roof top solar panels are one of the things that allow him to sustain and grow his farm.

Bill Crumplin installed solar panels on the roof of his home near downtown Sudbury.  He has not paid for electricity from the grid since April, 2019.  Here is his “Solar Story.”

Daniel Proulx has lived in his home for 45 years, and has spent the past 30 doing retrofits.  His home now produces most of its own heat and electricity.

Bernard Proulx built this Passive House for his son in 2016.  Can you tell by looking at it that there is no furnace and it relies almost entirely on the sun for heating even on the coldest days?

Pierre Harrison and Susanne Leffler built their own passive design straw bale home near Wanup and have been living there for over 11 years.