Living Lightly

Originally published in the Ottawa Citizen, Thursday July 24, 2008 
  
 
Real Energy Security for the G8 
 
Lessons about power from a small town in Germany 
 
By David Chernushenko 
 
The recent G8 Summit achieved one important result. It showed that too many of our 
leaders still think energy “security” can be achieved by calling for an increase in the rate 
of oil [...]

The Living Lightly film is now in the hands of professionals – professional editors that is. By early December we had filmed more than 25 hours of interviews and background footage. I had a list of more than a dozen other subjects ready and willing to be interviewed and filmed. As great as every one [...]

Urban gardens are back in vogue. Randi Cherry delights the neighbours
with her green thumb.

David Chernushenko

When the wall cavities of your house are filled with blown-in insulation, the benefits are multiple. Comfort, lower heating bills, and a big reduction on my family’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Photo by David Chernushenko