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Crop Fertilizer from the Air 14 Aug 2013 | 04:59 am
This technology echoes with Aquaponics which also uses bacteria in symbiotic relationships to harvest nitrogen fertilizers to make super happy plants. Source: University of Nottingham A major new tech...
“Snake Oil” Book Exposes Fracking Myths 1 Aug 2013 | 07:50 pm
Disclosure: I was one of the hundreds of editors on the book. Hat tip: Maureen Lafreniere New book by Richard Heinberg: Big Energy lies exposed in SNAKE OIL: How Fracking’s False Promise of Plenty Imp...
Montreal’s Sustainable Restaurants 1 Aug 2013 | 06:11 am
The list of sustainable restaurants includes the following establishments: Beaver Club Brasserie T! Chez L’Épicier Chez Victoire ChuChai Graziella L’Ô, Restaurant et Lounge Laloux Laurie Raphaël Le Ca...
Quebec Aims for Food Sovereignty 6 Jun 2013 | 06:56 am
Score one for the good guys Source: Equiterre Quebec adopted a food sovereignty policy this May. This is good news for all Quebecers. Here are some of the highlights that got us really excited here at...
Indiginous Peoples Will Determine the Fate of the Planet 30 Apr 2013 | 07:12 pm
Pledge your support for the Earth and Indiginous peoples at the Skills for Solidarity web site. Source: The Guardian …contrary to the myth that Indigenous peoples leech off the state, resources taken ...
Arab Countries Accept and Embrace Peak Oil 22 Apr 2013 | 06:09 am
This is a major shift by the Arab countries – away from denial and towards acceptance of the Peak Oil (PO) narrative. When will other Oil producing countries like Mexico and Canada follow suit? When w...
CSA’s now taking orders for summer season 11 Apr 2013 | 12:56 am
Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA’s, are a great way to support local farmers, eat local and organic produce, and make our region more sustainable. Source: Equiterre The family farmers in our co...
Geodesic domes + Earthships = Valhalla 25 Mar 2013 | 03:27 am
This local inspiration combines some excellent ideas. Hopefully, there is synergy in the combination and their vision can be achieved. However, the Valhalla “movement” appears high on marketing, youth...
Urban Farm School 28 Feb 2013 | 09:52 pm
Montreal could use an urban farm school that combines all these skills like permaculture, beekeeping, Aquaponics, composting and seed saving all into one curriculum. Source: Occupy Monsanto Growing Ou...
Transition towards an ecological and social economy 27 Feb 2013 | 09:19 pm
This is late notice, but here it is anyway: Source: Equiterre A talk by Laure Waridel, cofounder of Equiterre, eco-sociologist and author Wednesday, February 27, 2013 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Concordia ...
