If the rain holds up it could be a great weekend to build a green deck. Sustainable decking, with eco-wood, staining, and sealants, are now available at prices that won’t dent your pocket! Choose wood that isn’t harvested and look for the FSC Canada seal. Plus use low VOC emitting finishes and sealants, that will [...]

It’s Energy Conservation Week and you can do you part in helping to reach the province’s energy conservation goals by making small changes in your home. *Replace your standard light bulbs with ENERGY STAR qualified compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). They use up to 75 % less electricity and last up to 10 times longer. [...]

It’s Energy Conservation week and I’ve given you ways to reduce your energy consumption at home…so today let talk about simple changes you can make at your work place. *Talk to your company about raising the office temperature by two degrees. Most people won’t notice the temperature change, but you’ll significantly reduce your companys energy [...]

Energy Conservation Week is about the power of collective action. By working together, we can create the culture of conservation Ontario needs to reach its short- and long-term energy conservation goals To keep our power grid healthy, Ontarians will need to reduce their energy consumption by 6,300 Megawatts (MW) by 2025, that is equivalent to [...]

Are you going to do some gardening this weekend? Make sure you use the new organic fertilizers and potting soils. They are better for the earth as well as your plants because they get your plants growing without synthetic chemicals, that can runoff and contaminate the groundwater. You can even make your own fertilizer by [...]

Now that summer’s almost here time to get the pool ready! This year switch to non-chlorine pool cleaners. Chlorine is damaging to your body as well as the environment. When mixed with organic matter, chlorine can form cancer-causing byproducts. Chlorine levels in pools are 200-400 times higher than what’s deemed safe for the environment, plus [...]

It’s BBQ season, time for you to fire up the GREEN grill! This year avoid using lighter fluids made from not-so-eco, nonrenewable petroleum distillates that let off volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and contribute to unhealthy, ground-level ozone pollution. Now that’s a mouthful! VOCs can cause everything from headaches to cancer. Look for more eco friendly [...]

Thinking about cleaning out the garage or basement this weekend? Make sure you take any potentially dangerous chemicals, like antifreeze and pesticides – to a nearby drop-spot, and let the pros dispose of them. Just 1 gallon of improperly disposed-of oil can contaminate a million gallons of H2O. Plus each year, 90,000 pets and 4,000 [...]

Not only are we going to be enjoying the long holiday weekend… but so are the bugs!! Yes they are back to celebrate the Victoria Day weekend, and if you want to get rid of the pests try using a natural bait trap or natural sprays. Nowadays there are better options with some of the [...]

Junk mail!!!! It drives us nuts!! We each receive over 500 pieces of junk mail per year, and waste about 8 hours just dealing with it! Junk mail and flyers use valuable natural resources like trees and water. Every year 100 million trees are used to make junk mail. Listen up if you own you [...]