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Earth hour montreal style will entail people doing what they will in their homes with little guidance or fanfare from city hall.  As per the norm, Montreal jumps on a bandwagon but brings nothing but horse shit to the party.
The press release reads like a last ditch effort to let people know how eco friendly […]

Quick read on a new ‘heat map’ that UQAM’s department of geography has produced showing localized hot spots around the city. (I need to find the actual map, sorry  - update below)
Take one large highway (HWY13) add two adjacent massive shopping mall parking lots and you get a micro climate of 42C in the […]

Speaking of green reno, here’s a great little post with some pertinent comments comparing the carbon foot print of renovating an existing home versus building a completely new one.

Obviously there are numerous variables they didn’t take into account, like the quality and commitment of the renovator, the choice of materials and technology as well as […]

So, loyal and might I add beautiful readers, you may recall the last segment of trying to find the ideal ‘new’ vehicle left us with a few options namely the Mazda5, Jetta wagon TDI, Saturn VUE Hybrid or the Ford Escape Hybrid.
May I present the next item up for your perusal. The Ford Transit […]

China unravels. This is the beginning of the year of protest. Welcome to the Olympics, please don’t take notice of the death row inmates, tortured souls and random human rights atrocities as you try and enjoy the games.
Tibet kicks it off:

And what the hell is up with India? Cracking down on a […]

I’ve used that term in some carpentry work in the past, but hadn’t thought about it’s relation to dam reservoir levels. It seems Pakistan’s Tarbela dam is running at dead level, which means that the turbines are running off only the natural flow of the river and not on any added kinetic energy provided […]

Made my daily trek to the local HD yesterday and looky looky. Quebec’s home renovation warehouse was shut down due to snow loading on the roof. Ha. I was surprised that Réno’s marketing crew weren’t in the lot shooting snaps and sending the dozens of customers down the road for their supply […]

Since I’m going to be rebuilding my mom’s cabano/shed this summer (shhh I haven’t told her yet) I’ve been searching for inspiration on green roofs, water catchment etc.  Here is a little inspirational couple in Chicago demonstrating that it’s not always about the payback period, sometimes you just make choices because that’s the way you […]

- cobalt copper on left, cobalt filter cake on the right…mmm cake.
Tesla Motors hits the streets in the near future with it’s primo wondercar.  And here is a little blog post from their development team on what should happen to it’s battery (aka Energy Storage System) at end of life.
As I make presentations at various […]

Here are some ‘local’ bright spots in the green flooring ring.
Logs End recovers lost timbers from rivers, lakes and streams that were roadways during the logging era. Not only have we adopted a “zero waste” policy for the lumber we harvest, but we are truly committed to the “environmentally sound” retrieval of submerged logs […]

We, the undersigned, demand that the City of Montreal

stop this abbreviated and accelerated process of consultation

adopt a democratic consultation process that allows a real contribution by Montrealers

that these new public consultations be organized by the Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) at the agglomeration level of the City of Montreal, rather than merely […]

What exactly is their marketing strategy here?
Austin Healthmate HM400 - US $449.99 / CDN $579.99
I’d say it was, “Canadians think the internet is a series of tubes.” And that possibly their currency calculator is stuck in 1980?
So, I went to PurerAir.com instead and spoke with Debbie who was THE most helpful in taking my order […]