PlantDrive @ The Green Living Show
PlantDrive @ The Green Living Show Originally uploaded by thegreenpages “Convert your diesel engine to run on vegetable oil.” PlantDrive™ … Continue reading PlantDrive @ The Green Living Show
Month: March 2008
Proposed cormorant cull may increase problems: group says
A proposed mass killing of double-crested cormorants on Point Pelee National Park’s Middle Island may force a significant number of … Continue reading Proposed cormorant cull may increase problems: group says
From the CBC Digital Archives: Turning Up the Heat: Four Decades of Climate Change
From the CBC Digital Archives: Turning Up the Heat: Four Decades of Climate Change (1961 – 1997) Hollywood stars speak … Continue reading From the CBC Digital Archives: Turning Up the Heat: Four Decades of Climate Change
New scrutiny for green claims
The Competition Bureau is preparing to launch a crackdown on companies that make false or misleading environmental claims about their … Continue reading New scrutiny for green claims
[Green Communities News] GCNews #573
CHIP TELLS THE TRUTH. Chip Olver, a GCC Board member and
Banff municipal councillor, is one of 200 Canadians chosen to
train with Al Gore to present
An Inconvenient Truth.
Chip trains in Montreal in April, then commits as a volunteer to
deliver eight presentations over the next year. Three presentations
are already lined up, she reports.
CONSERVATION FAIRS. Several Green
Communities received small (up to $5K) grants to help hold Community
Conservation Fairs before 31 March. Participants, funded by the
Ontario government’s Community
Conservation Initiative, include Durham SustainAbility, Greening Nipissing, and
St. Catharines
Climate Action Now. Peterborough Green-Up organizes
an Energy Conservation Fair for Business, on 20 March.
EARTH WALK. Green Communities are
promoting neighbourhood walkabouts as a great way to celebrate Earth Hour, 29 March. In a
recent Toronto
Star article, Jacky
Kennedy and Mandy Johnson
of GCC’s Canada Walks
program said Earth Hour is the perfect time to rediscover our
neighbourhoods and what is within walking distance. We need to leave
home, they said, to get a “sense of being part of something big …
something that our city is involved in, our country is involved in,
the world is involved in.”
Roof top food gardens in Saskatoon
I recently became involved in a group called ROOTED: An Organization towards Sustainability (Facebook Group) at the University of Saskatchewan. Continue reading Roof top food gardens in Saskatoon
The Enviro Church Conservation Project
Congregations in PEI are making themselves parables of success in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Churches are notoriously drafty buildings. But Prince Edward Island parishioners have seen the light when it comes to warmer pews on Sundays. Continue reading The Enviro Church Conservation Project
Climate change report details dramatic impacts in Canada
(Ottawa) The first comprehensive national study in a decade on where and how climate change will impact Canada provides dramatic … Continue reading Climate change report details dramatic impacts in Canada
Pesticides in our produce
Fugi apples?
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While washing and rinsing fresh produce may reduce levels of some pesticides, it does not eliminate them. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) published a list based on a 5 year analysis (completed in 2005), that shows which food consistently scored the highest in pesticide levels and toxicity and which scored the lowest.
Even though it is based on U.S. information, it is still relevant to Canadians as 80 percent of our produce is imported – where the majority of it comes from south of the border.
Fairmont Green Partnership
Fairmont is committed to protecting the environment because it isn’t just something that’s “out there” – it’s the place where … Continue reading Fairmont Green Partnership
Green Living @ CanadianLiving.com
Canadian Living magazine now has a Green Living section of useful tips and informative articles. Here are some of the articles as of today’s date.
Healthy home: How to improve indoor air quality
Indoor air quality can suffer when homes are shut up tight and built with the wrong materials. We can make it better…
Green gardening: eco-friendly lawn and garden ideas
Want to make your lawn and garden more eco-friendly? Read on for tips on greener gardening.
6 green celebs and their eco causes
Want to know the top issues of the day according to Leonardo, Brad and their red-carpet pals? Here are 6 green celebs..
Natural stain removers
Natural, homemade stain removers can be extremely effective. Here are tips on how to remove stains from clothing,…
UBC Vancouver Dollar Project
Vancouver, B.C. (March 10, 2008):
The UBC Dollar Project will be holding its biggest event of the year,
the first annual “Dollar Day” on Wednesday March 19, 2008.
Dollar
Day will be a day of charity, fun, and free stuff! A booth will be set
up on campus where everyone can donate $1 for a good cause. In return,
each donor will receive a sticker, which is redeemable for free
popcorn, one entry to our raffle draw, and other goodies. Additional
raffle tickets sell at $1 each. Prizes for the raffle draw include DVD
rental certificates, T-shirts, movie tickets, and more.
The purpose of Dollar Day is to raise awareness and donations for the charities supported by the UBC Dollar Project. We
hope the Dollar Day will be both a day of fun and community building
for UBC and a day of charitable fundraising. We aim to establish Dollar
Day as our annual event to increase the visibility of our club on
campus and thus the important message of global awareness and
responsibility that we are promoting.
Visit their web site: http://www.ubcdollarproject.blogspot.com/
(awesome job Tiffany!)