Tuesday, February 16, 2016 at 2:30PM It is exciting to follow developments with respect to the Landmark and Niverville lagoon reclamation projects. Both are using swamp vegetation to remove phosphorous from their lagoons. Equally exciting are trials at Providence University College to use dried cattails to heat the campus. All three projects have been reported by The Carillon and other local media.
Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 9:30AM This is a question that I have asked myself many times, as a parent, as a university student of international development studies and as a fellow human watching the world's climate change and feeling helpless to make an impact.
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at 7:03AM So the looney has dipped below seventy cents in relation to the American dollar. Of course that means that all the fruits and vegetables we buy in our grocery stores coming from the USA are becoming more expensive. What is a sensible response to this new reality?
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 4:09PM The term “Kitchen Party” refers to a style of gathering that has been around for hundreds of years. During a Kitchen Party, friends and family gather together eating, playing music, singing, and dancing. Anyone can join in, regardless of musical ability and everyone is welcome. Traditionally Kitchen Parties tended to feature folk music: reels and jigs with their origins in Scotland, Ireland, Cape Breton and from Metis culture, to name a few. The Kitchen party is, and was, a way to create entertainment on a cold winter night, even on tight a budget!
Monday, January 11, 2016 at 8:38AM Once in a while an interesting article pops up in my social media feeds, and this week it was an article on how to be a climate friendly eater by Lydia O’Connor in the Huffington Post.