A Beaverlodge party is where neighbours find the needs they share. Each one is planned to cut emissions, cut costs and bring people closer, and Beaverlodge does the accounting so every party counts for exactly what it is.
In an East Village building in Calgary, sponsored by Beaverlodge. We'll send the address when you RSVP.
The purpose: bring a treat, take a treat, and meet the people behind the doors you pass every day. Before you leave, name one need you think the building shares, because that list is where our first Quests will come from.
A party only earns the name if it does all three. Fun is what gets people in the door, and these are the results we count.
Shared deliveries, crews and rides mean fewer trips, which we count in kilograms of CO₂e saved each year.
When the block places one order with one delivery, everyone gets a better price, which we count in dollars saved per household.
Neighbours who know each other help each other, so we count the people met, needs found and Quests started.
Human thriving doesn't fit on most balance sheets, so Beaverlodge does the work of making each party count for exactly what it is, no more and no less.
We record how the block shops, travels and spends before the party, so there's something honest to measure against.
We match each Quest the party starts to recognized climate accounting methods and published emission factors.
We check which carbon programs, grants and investment credits the results could qualify for, and we say plainly when none do.
The neighbours get a one-page report on what their party saved and built, and the block owns those results.
Figures are estimates until they are verified. We publish the method and factors behind every number, and we never call a party's savings an offset unless they are certified.
A work trip to London, Malta, Paris and Switzerland burns about 2,230 kg of CO₂e, and this party starts the Quests that will pay it back over the year.
Taste food from local farms, then sign up for one weekly order delivered to one porch. It means fewer drives to the grocery store, farm-direct prices and a monthly supper together.
Gather old windows and build a shared greenhouse together. It keeps waste out of the landfill, grows food steps from home and gives everyone a project they own.
Sign the block up for one window cleaning crew on a single day, so one van makes the trip instead of a dozen and everyone gets the block price.
Tell us the need, and we'll help you plan the party, find the neighbours who share it and count what it achieves.
