Category: Community Stewardship & Living
Bells Corners Eco-Fair
Eco-Fair featuring exhibits, forums and discussion groups on current topics, 100 mile lunch for 100; keynote by Elizabeth May; 29 October 2011.
Ontario’s Sustainable City Innovation Network: Building Green Communities
Through support for Evergreen Brick Works, Ontario is helping to launch a new project that will advance new technologies in energy, transportation, green building design and water and waste management.
Our Greener Side Celebration
Discover practical tips from sustainability experts and enjoy green exhibits, guided tours, kids’ activities, live entertainment, tree planting and more!
Ottawa Eco Fair
The 8th annual Ottawa EcoFair takes place September 17, 2011, from 10am-5pm. It celebrates green-living ideas, products and services with Ottawa’s grassroots community on display.
Christmas Trees: Real versus Fake?
Toronto – Christmas is around the corner and many people are preparing to take part in the cherished family tradition of putting up a tree. As always, we have to ask, “Should we get a real tree this year?”
Disposable Society?
I can’t wrap my head around this idea. In a time where protecting the environment is everywhere you look, why are there more and more disposable items available? Have we become a disposable society that places more value on “convenience” and “saving time” then the environment? What is going to be the long-term impact of this shift? More waste, landfills filling up faster and more imported crap from other countries that no one really needs (I mean I love the Dollar Store and all but seriously do we need half the stuff in there?)
Watching: Guelph Rotary Forest
grandriverca — April 25, 2010 — Third year of the Guelph Rotary Forest tree planting project at Guelph Lake Conservation Area. Families, groups, clubs and individuals volunteer each year on Earth Day to create a 40-hectare forest over 12 years. People of all ages and backgrounds come out for this event. A very special thank [...]
Me? An Environmentalist?
Sometimes people ask me how I became the way that I did with regards to the environment. It is a good question because I have been this way for a very long time. I was “into” the environment long before it became the hip thing to do. Long before Al Gore documentaries, Earth Hour and [...]
It Ain't Easy Being Green
It takes a lot of time, money and research to be green. Waste – do you think it is fun to take the composting out in the middle of the winter? Heck no. In fact we both let it go as long as possible in hopes that the other person will finally give in and [...]
Sand, Salt or….Ecotraction??
Yep you read that right. Ecotraction. I first heard about this product from a colleague who saw it on CBC’s Dragon’s Den. What is it exactly? It is a green alternative to salt, sand and de-icers. That means you get to have all the benefits of a slip free walkway/driveway this winter and don’t have [...]
