I just read a blog written by real estate professional Carole Cohen about a lobbying effort to bring high speed rail to her state. I mention her profession because often some of the best cheerleaders for strong and sustainable community life are real estate agents. Financial incentives aside, sometimes real estate agents are the most
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I’d like you to meet Carrie Lauth (pictured here). Carrie is a natural living specialist and host of the popular internet radio program, Natural Moms Talk Radio. I posted about Carrie today because she’s written an exceptional business guide that I think many new urban moms will appreciate, especially if you’re thinking about becoming an
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I’m not one to blog about movie celebrities (especially when unrelated to the topic of this blog), but there are a few actors who stand out for me because of their work and their public stance on issues of real importance, like our communities. George Clooney is one of those individuals. He has spoken out on the
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The Bioneers Conference was an exceptional experience and coming together of some of our country’s most innovative leaders, thinkers and advocates for green, sustainable living. I took my teenaged son out of school for a couple of days to feed his interest around environmental activism and to widen my horizons around the important communitiy issues
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On our Green Living page and in a previous post I discussed the positive impact on our environment of buying locally grown food. A recent feature by environment reporter Catherine Porter with the Toronto Star newspaper stated that 91 percent of people in that paper’s province (Ontario) would buy locally grown food if they could
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I just read an article in the Toronto Star that shared an interesting fact about our trees. “…two 32 foot trees will produce enough oxygen to supply a person’s needs for a year” (Shelly Sanders Greer, Toronto Star, September 22). The article goes on to note that trees and shrubs, if they are planted in
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I’ve posted before about the joy and benefit of buying local (see more under the “Green Living” tab). This Saturday morning my husband and I took a short trip to our local farmers’ market. Our suburb is surrounded by farms to the north of us (those that haven’t been gobbled up by developers). It is
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As promised many moons ago, I have finally compiled the “Top Ten List of New Urban Communities” and it is ready and waiting for your review – complete with colour pictures and commentary! For those of you who are interested in what some of the developers are offering in new home/condo construction take a look
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(Picture to the left is conference speaker, Judy Wick) I just came across information about a conference that I’m now making plans to attend. It’s called the Bioneers Conference and it is an event featuring “biological pioneers who focus on innovative biological and social strategies at the crossroads of ecology and social justice.” Translation…a gathering
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