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follow up x2

July 22nd, 2008 No Comments

A little follow up on two previous posts.
The first being our visit to Windmill Point Farm last Saturday with a few close friends.  Getting to know your farmer made easy.  Stop by any Saturday and chat with the owners of a gorgeous, all natural, massive piece of land on Ile Perot.  Ask Ken about his […]

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DIY compost

June 23rd, 2008 5 Comments

I think anyone that takes matters into their own hands and specifically out of the useless hands of Alan DeSousa and City Hall is to be commended.
Stephen McLeod is one such person.  With 60 clients spread around StHenri, NDG and the Plateau, who are willing to pay 5$ per week for Stephen to pick up […]

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urban test lab

May 18th, 2008 3 Comments

We took part in Montreal’s Urban Ecology Centre sponsored event a few weeks ago and attended a few great workshops like:

Heat island effect and how to cool the city
Cote-St-Luc’s pilot (now going full steam ahead) compost program
Green roof design
Eco Habitation presentation on building greener

Part of the Heat island effect workshop involved a little tour of […]

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change something

April 15th, 2008 No Comments

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what goes in

March 25th, 2008 No Comments

…to my dog is, well anything he can find on the ground including cardboard, random crumbs and if he has room, dog food.
This, as you may want to visualize results in waste. Specifically, dog shit.
We’ve been using PoopEase baggies for the last few months as I negligently fell into the greenwash of the packaging […]

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