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blog, environment, Recycling, sustainability Posted onOctober 25, 2015July 15, 2020

Too Tart

I bought myself a yummy pumpkin tart from Terra Breads over Thanksgiving. But the liner left a bad taste in my mouth. They used to […] Read More

blog, environment, sustainability Posted onOctober 21, 2015July 15, 2020

Viaduct Vote

This week City Council will be making a crucial decision on the future of the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts. After five years of study, consultation, […] Read More

blog, environment, sustainability Posted onOctober 2, 2015September 30, 2015

Mystery Box

I was finally able to solve the mystery of this giant wooden box on the UBC Campus. It’s the Temporary Energy Centre, part of UBC’s […] Read More

blog, compost, environment, sustainability Posted onSeptember 25, 2015September 23, 2015

Circular Economy

Saw this blurb on waste reduction in the Greenest City newsletter. Metro’s Zero Waste conference will focus on the circular economy – sometimes called cradle […] Read More

blog, environment, sustainability Posted onSeptember 13, 2015September 8, 2015

Pier to Peace

Get away from it all. Island House Living, Finland. Thanks to Green Renaissance.

blog, environment, sustainability Posted onSeptember 8, 2015

Floating Cabin

Saw this on Green Renaissance’s Facebook page. It’s on Kinbasket Lake in the Kootenays, British Columbia. Wonder if they have a compost toilet on board.

blog, environment, sustainability Posted onAugust 28, 2015August 28, 2015

NEU Energy

The city is expanding the neighbourhood energy utility (NEU) beyond Olympic Village to the Great Northern Way Campus. The NEU provides heat and hot water […] Read More

blog, environment, sustainability Posted onAugust 7, 2015August 4, 2015

Summer Heat

A reminder about the current water restrictions in Vancouver. This is from the Greenest City newsletter. The record low snowpack on the mountains this spring […] Read More

blog, community, environment, sustainability Posted onJuly 29, 2015July 26, 2015

Chilling Premise

Derrick Jensen, an author, teacher activist and small farmer wrote a book called Endgame, The problem of civilization, Volume 1. It is 451 pages long […] Read More

blog, community, environment, sustainability Posted onJuly 26, 2015July 26, 2015

Grey Water Time

In the early 1990s, I read a little booklet on grey water systems by Robert Kourik. Kourik has gone on to become a widely published […] Read More

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