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Something just dropped into my inbox and well I can’t let it just languish there unseen.
Walking westward down Notre-Dame from Atwater just gets cooler and cooler.  A new store front, a new neighbour, a new destination for all of you in the Sud-Ouest.  Tucked between a landmark (Dilallo burgers) and much sought after first coffee […]

If ManBearPig is on your shopping list this season.  Head over to the BioSphere this weekend for the Recycling Artists Eco Fair.
Presented from December 4 to 6, the fourth annual Recycling Artists Eco Fair will bring together 52 exhibitors from Quebec who share the same artistic and environmental vision: to create objects, accessories, jewellery and […]

I just received a note regarding a course being offered at the end of September in Montreal.  Hosted by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities it will involve the following topics:

Identifying the costs and benefits of green roofs to reach your green roof performance goals;
Identifying a variety of green roof products and understanding the performance criteria […]

Tasty lobster rolls in a shiny cool box!  Anyone try this shop out yet?  You have to watch the neat vid on their site.

There is always room for improvement. Case in point; the original curbside recycling bins used across the island (save for the monsters used in the burbs…more on this later). A trial of 5000 newly designed laundry baskets recycling bins will be tested/abused over the next little while in an effort to hopefully improve […]

It’s obvious that Alan’s raison d’etre is simply to pass all responsibility onto the province.  So here you go…

Alan DeSousa = Mayor of Ville St-Laurent (Check)
City of Montréal Executive Responsible for “sustainable development”
City of Montreal Executive Responsible for “Blaming Quebec for all that ails the City”
City of Montreal Executive Committee responsible for economic development
City […]

Anyone else notice that about 30%+ of the cars on the streets of Montreal are still wearing their winter tires?  Lovely.

Dear Lazy people,
While you were forced into shodding your car with winter tires last fall, please take heed that while no one is forcing the reverse on you, it would seriously be in your best […]

—Thought I’d pass this email along to anyone interested.  A truly noble cause with only a toehold in Quebec due to our many layers of corrupt construction unions.—
Nouveau projet à St-Henri !
Chers bénévoles,
Habitat pour l’humanité Montréal lance une nouvelle saison de construction et cherche des bénévoles pour travailler au chantier et sur les divers comités […]

Have youngins, will travel…for free.  Free is good.  Although someone will have to pay for the program and it’ll most likely be you the pass holder, but hey, it’s free.
In an effort to promote the use of public transportation, the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) is today launching […]

Check out the leader’s response to various environmental questions.    This is the result of the debate they were going to have with ALL the leaders, but of course Steve decided against attending for obvious reasons.

The sustainable harvest
Why garlic from China? We’re browsing over the bounteous produce in a local supermarket: carrots, broccoli, tomatoes, five kinds of squash, russet potatoes and pale-skinned ones, cauliflowers in purple, orange and green as well as white. 
 
Éric Darier, a sustainable agriculture campaigner with Greenpeace, has joined a Gazette reporter and photographer to shop […]

– Guest post by Véronik Sansoucy - Green Party of Canada Candidate for the Jeanne-Le Ber riding in Montreal.
Many are living under the assumption of helplessness in the face of government and corporate action and inaction. But this isn’t the reality. You are not helpless. Everyone needs to find a way, personally and politically, to […]