I thought about creating "the" green website for Edmonton for years before I actually did it. When I first started moving towards environmental activism, I felt quite isolated. It was difficult to meet like-minded people, and while there were a few websites here and there for local green groups, they generally weren't relevant or recently-updated.

When my employer gave me a year off to take a Master's in Information Systems,  I thought that I would have even less time to work on a green website for Edmonton. When it came time to choose whether to take a project-based or an essay-based route, though, the idea dawned on me that I could kill two birds with one stone.  read more... »