We All Play a Part
From the category archives:
As if the age-old adage “one person’s ‘junk’ is another person’s treasure” wasn’t enough, current environmental concerns require that we all show greater awareness about how we consume and then ‘un-consume’, or discard of our possessions. A great way to demonstrate personal responsibility is to reduce, reuse and recycle. That’s where SwapSity comes in.
It looks like an eco-friendly future can include culinary delights like artisan cheeses. Introducing the first Platinum LEED-certified dairy: Fifth Town Artisan Cheese Co., from Prince Edward County, Ontario.
The green credentials of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics are being questioned, in a rather ironic situation in which we see organizers desperately trying to create enough snow for the events, due to an unseasonably warm winter. A report by the David Suzuki Foundation has critiqued efforts being made to offset emissions.
When 75 year old grandfather Bob Platts realized that the city green bins his neighborhood had been using as part of a pilot project would be switched for smaller ones, he saw a great opportunity.
Toronto has but a few hours remaining before it officially announces its first snow-free November in recorded history, that is, since 1937, when the weather office started keeping track.
In the context of today’s world, ‘consuming’ and ‘balance’ in the same sentence seems to be an oxymoron.Wordpress theme provided by diythemes.
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