Archive for April, 2009
Biodegradable Take Out Containers
Last night I met up with some friends for dinner at a great little restaurant called The Queen Mother Cafe, famous for it’s pan-global cuisine. As I ordered my meal the waitress asked how hungry I was since I had ordered quite a bit of food. I said that in the event I didn’t finish [...]
Posted: April 10th, 2009 under environment, Green Living, sustainability, toronto.
Tags: biodegradable, composte, environment, healthy living, Recycle, restaurants, sustainable, toronto
Comments: 2
5 cents for plastic bags
Yesterday while shopping at Loblaws I noticed a sign above the cash register that said “plastic bags - 5 cents.” The goal is to divert 1 billion plastic bags for landfills by year end As of January 12th, 2009 Loblaws no longer offered complimentary plastic bags with a shoppers purchase. This pilot project launched in Toronto [...]
Posted: April 9th, 2009 under environment, Green Living, sustainability.
Tags: environment, landfill, plastic bags, shopping, sustainable
Comments: 2
GO Transit and Metrolinx to Merge
On March 30th the provincial government announced that GO Transit would merge with Metrolinx in an attempt to better manage the transit in the Toronto-Hamilton corridor. According to Metronauts the proposed bill was read in the House of Commons on Monday morning and passed it’s first reading. By Merging GO Transit and Metrolinx Ontario should [...]
Posted: April 5th, 2009 under environment, infrastructure, public transportation, Sustainable Infrastructure, toronto, Transportation.
Tags: construction, Economy, environment, GO Transit, infrastructure, Metrolinx, metronauts, Transit, Transortation
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A snapshot of my blog
Wordle.net what an awesome tool. Thanks to my bf for showing me this. It takes a group of words or a url and creates a canvas of words. It’s a great summary of my blog to date.
Posted: April 4th, 2009 under environment, sustainability, technology.
Tags: blog, environment, highway, infrastructure, sustainable, technology, traffic, wordle
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