Spring is here! Time to get the patio furniture out and get those decks ready! Make sure you GREEN your deck before the next rain and finish it with a low-emitting, low-VOC, finish or sealant. They offer the same durability and aesthetic appeal without polluting the air. Eventually the finish on your deck will wash [...]

Well we did it! Thousand of Torontonians joined in on Earth Hour and we almost doubled our drop in electricity. The weekends’ Earth Hour resulted in a 15% drop in electricity usage when we turned off our light for one hour on Saturday night. Canada was one of the 90 countries that took part this [...]

Earth hour is tomorrow at 8:30pm. With the flip of a switch, we’ll send a powerful message of concern beyond our city that demonstrates a readiness to address the harmful effects of climate change. Last year Toronto had the biggest drop in electricity in out of all the Canadian cities that participated. This year WWF [...]

Earth hour is tomorrow at 8:30pm. With the flip of a switch, we’ll send a powerful message of concern beyond our city that demonstrates a readiness to address the harmful effects of climate change. Last year Toronto had the biggest drop in electricity in out of all the Canadian cities that participated. This year WWF [...]

Earth Hour is almost here. Millions of people in hundreds of cities around the world will all turn off their lights Saturday for one hour, to show there concern and bring about awareness of climate change. Homes, businesses and famous landmarks, from Toronto’s CN Tower to the Golden Gate Bridge and the Eiffel Tower, will [...]

Earth Hour is almost here. Saturday March 28th at 8:30pm, the city of Toronto will join hundreds of cities around the world in an effort to bring about awareness about climate change, and demonstrate that people from all over the world care about the issue. Last year, 50 million people in 35 countries turned off [...]

Ok…go ahead and POP YA COLLA! The green tips are finally paying off! A recent report published in the journal of Environment and Urbanization shows that Torontonians are responsible for 8.2 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions each year, while the average Canadian produces 24 tonnes. This makes us the greenest residents in Canada when it [...]

It’s time to GREEN your home room to room. Start with the kitchen it’s the easiest way to get in to the GREEN spirit. Make sure that your fridge is in good operating condition and well sealed. If you can close the door on a piece of paper and then pull it out, your fridge [...]

Use digital desktop notes that act as reminders on your laptop or your phone instead of Post-its. They’re cost-free, and tree-free. Sticky notes don’t use that much paper, but the average person uses the equivalent of a tree 100 feet high and 18 inches in diameter each year in paper. If 10,000 people used digital [...]

GREEN clean power with stuff you already have around the house. Toothpaste, not the gel kind, but the paste is a great mild abrasive that polishes chrome, silver, enamel and it even gets food stains out of clothes. To find out to clean with toothpaste http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/how-to/cleaning-with-toothpaste-015118 Lemon Juice is a natural acidic cleaner. It’s best [...]