Living Lightly

Made-in-Ottawa film offers ideas to reduce your eco footprint

Charles Enman
The Ottawa Citizen
Thursday, June 19, 2008
A lot of people want to live their lives in a way that’s kind to the Earth and to the people on it, but they have no clue how.
Enter Ottawa environmentalist David Chernushenko, armed with his first environmental documentary, Be [...]

David visits with Mike McGahern at Ottawa Solar Power for a lesson in how solar energy technology works, and the past present and future of the business side of solar. 

The Living Lightly project is producing a Be the Change DVD that includes the film, a resource kit for people to host screenings and discussions, and a series of short videos featuring the film’s subjects in more detail.
The DVD is expected to be ready in July.
If you are interested in purchasing a copy, please email [...]

By LAURA CZEKAJ, SUN MEDIA
June 10, 2008
After years of being considered the proverbial Chicken Little, David Chernushenko has to bite his tongue to avoid saying “I told you so.”
The sustainable living advocate and former Green Party candidate for Ottawa-Centre has been witnessing the public outcry as gas and food prices rise with the wisdom of [...]

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David Chernushenko lives lightly — with his bike, solar panels and composter[high-res]

Urban farmer Fran Doy[high-res]

Fran Doy in her Alta Vista neighbourhood garden[high-res]

The Otesha Project’s Genevieve LeGal-Leblanc, Katie Allan, Jennifer Valberg, Mike Kozlowski[high-res]

The Otesha Project’s Genevieve LeGal-Leblanc, Katie Allan, Jennifer Valberg, Mike Kozlowski[high-res]

The Otesha Project’s Genevieve LeGal-Leblanc, [...]

Be the Change
An inspiring documentary about people living lightly — and loving it
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INTRODUCTION
Be the Change is an upbeat documentary that makes stars out of ordinary people who are trying to live more sustainably. In the first film from the Living Lightly Project, David Chernushenko looks at what motivates these local heroes and [...]

Hello, I love your website! I have been thinking for a while that a view of the positive aspects of sustainability would do more than all of the doom and gloom that is usually spoken about when eco-conscious living comes up. I was thinking of what it would be called, and Googled “living [...]

By David Chernushenko
Sometimes you arrive in a new place and instantly get a positive feeling, a sense that there is something “right” there. Occasionally you know exactly what or why; other times it’s just a feeling and it takes a while to put a finger on the cause.
In the course of a week in Denmark, [...]

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Arriving on Samso, and already wishing we were staying longer.

The off-shore Samso wind farm.

David at work interviewing Jesper Krems at the Samso Energy Institute.

Solar water heating panels combine with a biomass plant to provide district heating.

The all-natural lawnmower at work.

A number of wind turbines are owned by farmer’s and citizen cooperatives.

Wind energy [...]

Photos © David Chernushenko

The “parking lot” at the Christiania’s general store.

A growing number of Christiania homes and buildings are heated or powered by the sun.

Homes in Christiana us pharmacy with no prescription come in all sorts of whimsical shapes.

A green daycare in the heart of Copenhagen.