Entries from August 2008
guelph goes green
August 26th, 2008 No Comments
Tags: Green Party of Canada · Guelph · Mike Nagy
coop market day
August 25th, 2008 No Comments
Every Thursday the coop hosts farmer’s from Ferme du Zéphyr based in Senneville. Go read more on Spacing Montreal.
Tags: Coop Verte · Montreal · Organic Farm
dear tim
August 21st, 2008 No Comments
Can I call you Tim? Click and read an absolutely brilliant open letter to Tim Hortons.
Tags: Canada · Corporate Leadership · Tim Horton's · Unsustainable
scented
August 21st, 2008 No Comments
Scented products contain undisclosed compounds that are defined as hazardous chemicals under U.S. law, an environmental researcher says.
Steinemann’s analysis of six best-selling items (three air fresheners and three laundry products) found they contained nearly 100 volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, “but none of the VOCs were listed on any product label.”
Ten of the VOCs are […]
Tags: Air Freshener · Fragrance · Laundry · VOC
park green
August 5th, 2008 No Comments
More fun spaces to explore this summer. Michelle Lalonde lists 17 possible excursions for you and the family.
Paradise, just around the corner
Explore 17 parks on Montreal Island, where you’ll find just what you need for a day’s getaway, from rides on an electric trolley to a stroll through the wild habitat of fox and white-tailed […]
cough cough…
August 4th, 2008 No Comments
– Richard Crowson / Wichita Eagle (August 3, 2008)
Also along these hazy lines, have a look past the propaganda and dig into the data points that prove that the pollution will continue unabated. More drastic measures will certainly go into effect. How about surrounding the city with Made in China vacuum cleaners with HEPA […]
Tags: Air Quality · Beijing · Cough · Olympics · polution · Smog