By Granville Online
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Published: May 27, 2009
"In the beginning did you encounter any push back from the community about this concept of greening the ghetto?"
Green vs. Reality blogger Emily Jubenvill asks Majora Carter about her struggle to implement green initiatives in the South Bronx, where she created Sustainable South Bronx, an organization dedicated to making the connections between the environment, the economy and social justice in order to improve job security and standards of living for area residents.
By Glenn Gaetz
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Published: March 31, 2009
Humane. Organic. Cage-free. Free-range. Free-run. Cruelty-free. Natural. With so many different designations, it's hard to know which egg is the best egg
So, I decided to take a little journey down the path towards “cruelty-free” eggs and see what I could find out.
By Michael Robertson
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Published: September 02, 2010
Eating locally can save the world but can kill your international cuisine
One of the things I like about receiving my weekly grocery delivery from
Spud! is that I don’t have to lug heavy milk bottles up from the supermarket. The other thing I like is the section on my invoice that tells me how far, on average, my items have travelled, and how much less that is than the average for a supermarket. (What it doesn’t say, but is implied, is how wonderful I am and that I am single-handedly saving the world.)
By
Desiree Daniel
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Refuel |
Published: September 01, 2010
Taking a page out of Elizabeth Gilbert’s book, one Vancouver mom takes a day off (the mom equivalent to a year) to seek her own Eat Pray Love experience in the city of glass
By Michael Robertson
| Image: Michael Robertson |
Published: September 01, 2010
It arrived on the street as inconspicuously as its name
In July, Cafeteria very quietly opened its door to Main Street. The restaurant, the latest venture for Chef Andre Durbach (
La Buca,
Pied-a-terre,
L’altra Buca) didn’t want any fanfare; didn’t want to be the slick big brother muscling in on the
community friendly restaurants of Mount Pleasant.
By
Victoria Revay
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Flickr / Sandra Garcia |
Published: August 31, 2010
Sabai Thai Spa’s Coal Harbour location stuns the senses
My parents think that people who are deserving of massages on a regular basis are those who either work on a farm daily or operate heavy machinery at bizarre hours in the morning.
I’d like to disagree. I carry a heavy laptop (circa 2008) to work every day, go for long runs regularly (finished my first marathon in May) and sit at my desk in a lame posture, sometimes for what seems like days. Doesn’t this qualify me as an appropriate candidate for getting a good rubdown?
By
Diane Selkirk
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kidskonserve.com |
Published: August 31, 2010
Before you shell out for disposable pens, toxic art supplies, or non-recycled paper, be on the lookout for greener options
By
Victoria Revay
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Flickr / lori |
Published: August 30, 2010
There are plenty of healthy, local options when it comes to choosing an effective deodorant
By now, you might have guessed that I’m a fan of using natural beauty products. I’ve told you about my trials with
organic skincare lines, but I haven’t talked about natural deodorants.
By Serena Calder
| Image: Hilary Henegar, Serena Calder |
Published: August 30, 2010
Boosting public drinking fountains is one way Vancouver is helping to say “good-bye” to the plastic bottle
It’s a sunny afternoon and you’re walking along the Seawall when you realize you forgot your reusable water bottle. You’re thirsty, and faced with a choice: either stop at the concession stand up ahead to buy bottled water, or wander around nearby parks in search of a public drinking fountain that may or may not work.
By
Jenn Laidlaw
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Flickr / Luis Markovic |
Published: August 30, 2010
No Fun City launches cross-country film tour at the Rickshaw on September 4, 2010
No Fun City is becoming the talk of the town. The Vancouver-made documentary, which takes a look at the city’s struggling underground punk music scene, will embark on a cross-Canada and overseas tour this fall due to growing demand from the film festival circuit. A launch event on Saturday, September 4 at the Rickshaw Theatre will kick off the tour and help raise some needed coin to keep the film’s momentum up as it hits festivals in Vancouver, Montreal and London, England.
