Dear Readers; With the rising cost of food over the past few years, every Canadian needs to watch and think about this video! It’s not only about rising costs, it’s about keeping our money in our farmers hands and not some multinational food processor like Archer, Daniels , Midland! The 100 mile rule is a [...]

Finally an affordable Wi-Fi enabled thermostat you can control over the net using any browser or smartphone.

Welcoming a new patron, and talking about picky eaters and their health and nutrition.

This may shock you as much as it did me: Austin, Texas may just be the best place in the USA for clean-tech companies. Time Magazine has a good article on how the socially regressive state is forward-looking in the corporate sustainable energy sector. …

Sony demonstrated a battery that extracts electricity from cellulose found in cardboard and paper.

That pile dirty laundry’s not going to clean itself…yet. But someday in the not-too-distant future you might just need to open the blinds to get the job done.

Amidst growing ecological concerns the technology industry is finding new ways to support and integrate plant life. Here are 10 examples of innovative green-thumbed gadgets.

I think my mall crawling days are almost over. ~silent scream of joy~  I am 98% bought and true to my to-do list, I dusted off the sewing machine and converted some colourful tea towels into a tidy pile of gift bags.Next on my list, I am turn…

Chandler's dog, Willy

We went to Ikea on the way home from Chandler Swain’s house, where I had just purchased two lovely hand-crafted pottery bowls. Chandler Swain is my favourite potter. She lives and works out of a charming little house near Almonte. It is my dream to go stay in Chandler’s B&B one summer [...]

Concerned citizens from around Africa and the globe have gathered in Durban South Africa to “Occupy Cop17″, as hopes for a global agreement to address the climate crisis fades.  As part of Occupy COP17, participants chanted “down wit…

Dear Readers; Left wing environmentalists……, the same one’s that hug trees, love animals, take a bike to work, are probably vegetarians, or worse yet, vegans, drink green tea and recycle everything including their non-green friends, have managed to put the Keystone pipeline on hold until after next years U.S. election. (The timing seems to be [...]

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At a time when corporations’ misdeeds are under a bright spotlight (and rightfully so,) we needn’t overlook the few companies that are working to bring innovation a…

This new bicycle sports a built in dynamo-powered USB port to charge your gadgets while you ride.

Finding The Planet Traveler Hostel is incredibly easy, even for a small town chump such as myself. It’s located between two awesome and eclecticToronto neighbourhoods, Little Italy & Kensington Market. Rising slightly higher than the nearby buildings, a grid of solar panels points toward the sky, gathering light to feed the bowels of this building. [...]

Get Eco-Friendly at The Planet Traveler – North America’s Greenest Hostel is a post from: I Backpack Canada

Canada has a storied maritime history, but our coastal waters will play an even more important role in the future, too, as tidal power starts going commercial around the globe.

Dear Readers: Due to suggested environmental damage to the Ontario landscape, the Perspective on Canada research department has done an extensive study of the pro’s and cons of wind power. Aside from the low frequency hum from the blades, another dangerous side effect has been exposed! Just another reason to “BAN WIND TURBINES!”

Dear Readers; Time to knock David Suzuki off his pedestal again. I wish we had a time machine so that we could shoot him back about 200 years just to see what living without oil and electricity would be like! Being ecologically conscious is one thing, but joining the Mennonites is a horse of a [...]

Dear Readers; Greenpeace and the tree huggers are out in force again and this time it’s about that pipeline they are building from the Oil Sands down to the U.S. Gulf Coast. Most of their beef is pure left wing bullshit, but there is one point where they make good sense. Where the pipeline runs. [...]

Hey people in Ontario, if you can vote you should vote! Things Are Good supports anybody you want to vote for except the Tea Conservative Party. Vote for the Ontario you want to see, vote with hope and optimism. Vote for a party that will actually make…

Keep your tablet safe and charged with Voltaic Systems’ stylish solar powered case.