he word “green” is tossed around a lot as a catchall term to describe sustainable or environmentally friendly projects, businesses, energy, and more. Green construction and architecture, for one, are proliferating across the world, but when it comes to gauging how “green” a building is, for example, one finds that there are more than a […]
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How Hydrostor Aims To Change The Power Game By Storing Energy Under Water
This post was originally posted on Tech Crunch here There has been a fair bit of concern in recent years about the ability of our power plants to supply adequate electricity during periods of peak demand. Hydrostor, a Toronto-based company, is taking a different approach in offering a solution that allows plants to store their power […]
8 Reasons that I Love to Escape to Muskoka and the Cottage
For the last 20 years, I have been coming to Muskoka (more specifically, Huntsville) for long weekends and vacations. My family has owned a cottage up here for most of this time. Laura and I hope to build our own retreat up here someday soon. Here are some of the things that keep me coming […]
Kicking the Crap out of Landfills: The Truth About Cloth Diapers
When we began planning for the child who was soon to enter our lives, Joseph and I realized that we had a lot of things to research – nursery furniture, strollers, carseats, etc. In the process of doing this research, we learned more than we had expected about a topic that we had not previously […]
Moving Toronto Forward, Not Backward – Save TransitCity
It’s 5:45 am on a winter morning, and I’m standing at a TTC bus stop, anxiously awaiting the bus. It arrives, full of other commuters making their way downtown to begin their work days. Like many Torontonians, Joseph and I live outside the downtown core. We love our home and our neighbourhood (Don Mills), but […]
Why I Always get a Real Tree
Christmas soon approaches and we are all getting our holiday decorations ready. I truly know Christmas is right around the corner when it is time for us to get our tree. My wife and I moved out of our parents’ homes over 7 years ago, and going out to find a tree each year is […]
Supporting local farmers at Brickworks and Fresh from the Farm
In a time where people are constantly rushing due to busy schedules and busy lives, many of us (including myself) don’t take pause to wonder where our food comes from. Rushing in and out of a traditional supermarket, we rush to get things to make meals for the week and many times we don’t consider […]