The Local Good

The Local Good is a not-for-profit organization that encourages Edmontonians to become greener, to think local first, and to make informed socially-responsible choices.

Recent Blog Posts

People of Green Drinks: Tracy Bear and Creating Opportunities for Allyship
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“Of our experience, we already know everything we know. It’s listening to what someone else knows that’s important.” –Overheard in Edmonton It was a phrase that caught me off guard, hanging in the air long after I’d mentally said goodbye to my fellow LRT-goer, who I would never meet. Simple...
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Tap into Edmonton’s storytelling community
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Edmonton’s writing and storytelling community is a hub of community, knowledge and resources that all established and aspiring storytellers should tap into. We’re hosting our first-in-a-long-time, story-themed Green Drinks event on October 3, 2018, but the featured guests at this event just scrat...
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Tap into Edmonton’s storytelling community
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Edmonton’s writing and storytelling community is a hub of community, knowledge and resources that all established and aspiring storytellers should tap into. We’re hosting our first-in-a-long-time, story-themed Green Drinks event on October 3, 2018, but the featured guests at this event just scrat...
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Green Drinks goes outside for our first summer garden party
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We at The Local Good have been talking about having a Green Drinks on the patio for years. This year, we finally took the plunge and had our first-ever musical garden party at Little Brick Cafe & General Store in Riverdale. Turns out our team weren’t the only people craving an outdoor Green D...
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Green Drinks goes outside for our first summer garden party
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We at The Local Good have been talking about having a Green Drinks on the patio for years. This year, we finally took the plunge and had our first-ever musical garden party at Little Brick Cafe & General Store in Riverdale. Turns out our team weren’t the only people craving an outdoor Green D...
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KITCHEN by Brad cooks up a love for Edmonton and local food
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KITCHEN by Brad, which opened April 2012, is a culinary studio in the heart of downtown Edmonton which serves up a variety of kitchen parties, winemakers dinners and cooking classes. I interviewed its owner and founder, Chef Brad Smoliak, a longtime leader in the Edmonton food scene, to find out ...
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KITCHEN by Brad cooks up a love for Edmonton and local food
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KITCHEN by Brad, which opened April 2012, is a culinary studio in the heart of downtown Edmonton which serves up a variety of kitchen parties, winemakers dinners and cooking classes. I interviewed its owner and founder, Chef Brad Smoliak, a longtime leader in the Edmonton food scene, to find out ...
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Restaurants of YEG: Gettin’ roasty with ACE Coffee
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Editor’s note: The Restaurants of YEG blog series reaches out to local restaurants we love to share their story by having them answer a short interview by email. Responses are shown as submitted. Get in touch with us if you know of a restaurant we should feature! I first heard of ACE Coffee...
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Restaurants of YEG: Gettin’ roasty with ACE Coffee
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Editor’s note: The Restaurants of YEG blog series reaches out to local restaurants we love to share their story by having them answer a short interview by email. Responses are shown as submitted. Get in touch with us if you know of a restaurant we should feature! I first heard of ACE Coffee...
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The renaissance of the YEG Drinks industry
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Our final Green Drinks event of the Winter 2018 season tackles a theme we haven’t attempted before, and perhaps the most self-referential of all—YEG drinks. We’ve explored local food and local businesses, but never drinks—and now may be the most on-point time to do so. Edmonton is experiencing a ...
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