Archive for July, 2009
How To Make a Small Difference in Our World
This blog is dedicated to my Aunt Lisa and her tireless efforts to make the world a better place for those whose future seems bleak. LisaSpeaksOut is a website dedicated to helping women world wide reach their potential. In an unbalanced and sometimes cruel world Lisa is taking the steps to change that. Lisa describes [...]
Posted: July 7th, 2009 under health, sustainability.
Tags: injustice, sustainable, triple bottom line, women, world
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The Busiest Highway in the World
Highway 401 – If it’s daylight it’s probably congested. The busiest section of the 401 runs east-west through Toronto and sees almost 500,000 cars on peak days (in comparison LA’s 405 sees about 380,000 cars per day), but the highway extends from the Detroit River in Windsor all the way through to the Ontario-Quebec border. [...]
Posted: July 6th, 2009 under cars, Congestion, infrastructure, Sustainable Infrastructure, toronto, Transportation.
Tags: 401, Congestion, highways, infrastructure, Sustainable Infrastructure, toronto, traffic, travel
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Seed Cards: Give the Gift that Keeps Giving
This week is a big holiday week in North America, yesterday was Canada’s birthday and Saturday is the US’s birthday. It is a time for bbqs, getting together with friends and relaxing. When you bring over your host/hostess gift why not bring them a card that gives back? This week I came across ‘seed cards,’ [...]
Posted: July 2nd, 2009 under environment, Green Living, sustainability.
Tags: carbon footprint, card, environment, flowers, garden, Green Living
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