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Henry D. Thoreau

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Tuesday
Jun072022

Eating Local on a Budget Part 3 –An excellent resource for gardeners

By Janet Kroeker

This column is all about local... and it doesn't get more local than eating many of your own home-grown garden vegetables and fruits.

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Tuesday
May312022

Eating Local on a Budget Part 2 – Foraging

by Laura Reeves

Step outside and look around you. Is there a corner of your yard that’s overgrown and unruly? Are you excited to get back in the garden, while at the same time dreading all the weeding you’ll need to do? Perhaps you’re looking at your neighbour’s lawn and wishing you had lush green grass like theirs, instead of the mess of clover, plantain and dandelions at your feet.

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Tuesday
May242022

Reducing Canada’s Emissions – Focus on 2030 Targets or 2050 Targets?

“Making reductions by 2030 the wrong way might actually prevent us from ever getting to zero.” It is possible that if we mainly focus on the 2030 target, we may achieve limited emissions reductions but in ways that do not contribute, and may even work against achieving the 2050 target. 

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Tuesday
May172022

Canada’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan  

by George Klassen

We are embarking on a wide-reaching transition. This transition is variously called the Green New Deal, Path to Resilience, a Good War, “addressing climate change”, a Just Transition, Saving Us, or “avoiding a climate disaster”.

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Tuesday
May102022

Recycling Plastic Bottles in Switzerland

Contributed by George Klassen

The message below is from my friend Alois Mueller in Switzerland:

“Coca Cola Switzerland has announced that they will completely move to recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles for all their Switzerland-bottled products and have already reached around 60%.

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