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Are You GREEN ENOUGH?

Posted May 16th, 2012 by Sonya

Ok, I couldn’t help but ride on that bandwagon…(a la Time Magazine Cover) I know, don’t go there. But let’s switch the topic NOW. So, are you GREEN ENOUGH? I’ve admitted in my previous post that I am most certainly GREEN…

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The TOXIC Spring Breakup

Posted April 18th, 2012 by Sonya

You’ve been in my life ever since I was little. I never really thought that you could hurt me the way you do. You’re toxic and now that I know what you’ve been doing. I’m vowing to get you out of my life. You…

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Environment

Hill Dispatches: Elizabeth May wields green scissors

Posted March 26th, 2012 by karl nerenberg

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May chose the first day back to unveil her “Green Scissors” approach to trimming the federal budget.
She told reporters that her party had submitted fiscal proposals to Finance Minister Flaherty that they believed fit in wi…

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Energy

Things Are Good: Denmark Increases Green Energy Transition

Posted March 26th, 2012 by Adam

Denmark is getting looking to have 50% of it’s energy come from wind power and are looking to further their need to import any energy at all. Not only is Denmark looking to lower the need for foreign energy they are trying to decrease the amount …

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Instead of recycling, unprint your documents

Posted March 21st, 2012 by Jeremy Phan

Researchers use green lasers to vaporize printed toner allowing paper to be reused.

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Things Are Good: The Growing Industry of Green Cement

Posted March 21st, 2012 by Adam

Cement is a very popular building material for a lot of good reasons, the problem though is that the process of making it requires a ton of energy. This problem has led to a growing number of people looking into ways to make cement less damaging to the…

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Family

Hey baby, eat your (baby) greens

Posted March 16th, 2012 by andrea

This week’s craft over at Canadian Family isn’t really a craft, it’s a fun activity… and one that happens to result in your kids eating broccoli. I kid ye not.

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Fashion

Green With Envy: St. Paddy’s Day Picks

Posted March 16th, 2012 by Lena!


Feeling lucky? You must have a bit of ol’ Irish in you. And since tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day, I’ve decided to celebrate early with my best picks for cheap chic – influenced by one of my all time favourite hues: bright, bold and boisterous GREEN. The following items can all be found in Canada [...]

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Fashion

Mrs. GreenJeans

Posted March 8th, 2012 by Christine

Green is my favourite colour. You wouldn’t know it unless I told you. There isn’t a whole lot of green in my house. I don’t have any green rooms, or linens or walls. I just love the colour. So much so that…

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Valentine’s Day – out with the old, in with the new

Posted February 17th, 2012 by Jenn Jilks

She guards my flowers!Why is it we remember the Valentine’s Days gone wrong, rather than the good ones???!!! Rhetorical question, I suppose.I blame the negative media – they’d sooner bemoan, and enjoy other’s grief, rather than celebrate the joy of r…

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Things Are Good: Life After Death for American Shopping Malls

Posted February 14th, 2012 by Adam

Malls have lost a lot of their popularity in consumer culture which has caused many malls to close down. This leaves huge swathes of land unoccupied in towns and cities that can be repurposed from something destructive to the environment to something t…

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Vandalist: Hanging Garden

Posted February 10th, 2012 by Stephanie Avery

Who says gardens need to go in the ground?

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BY: Unknown LOCATION: Kensington Market PHOTO BY: Martin Reis FIELD NOTES: As we shift toward a greener future, people are coming up with increasingly resourceful ideas for creatively placed gardens. In Toronto alone, we’ve had some fantastic attempts to plant guerrilla gardens in otherwise unused spaces (here, here, and here, for example). It’s always nice [...]

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Activism

Every Canadian needs to see this!

Posted January 21st, 2012 by Allan W Janssen

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 [...]

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Energy

How to control your thermostat from anywhere without breaking the bank

Posted January 20th, 2012 by Phil Tucker

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

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Family

Welcome to our newest patron: Swiss Natural

Posted January 10th, 2012 by andrea

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

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Things Are Good: Austin, Texas: A Green Capital

Posted January 9th, 2012 by Adam

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. …

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Sony creates electricity from cardboard

Posted December 19th, 2011 by Jeremy Phan

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

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China

This treated cotton fabric could mean the end of washing clothes

Posted December 16th, 2011 by Lee Mathews

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.

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Gadgets

Plants vs Gadgets: Cold and calculating tech goes green and leafy

Posted December 16th, 2011 by Phil Tucker

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.

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Christmas

And Sew It Is

Posted December 11th, 2011 by Lyn

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…

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