Toronto Real Estate Agents | Julie Kinnear

Photo by William Murphy

After months of delays (the first launch was scheduled in Spring 2010) the bike sharing program BIXI proved to be on its best way to reach the new target – launch in May 2011. The number of subscribers climbed over the 1,000 line (ironically also thanks to the 100 subscriptions bought at AutoShare party on this Monday) and the main condition set by the City was met.

(BIXI Bike Sharing in Toronto Ready To Roll continued...)

Photo by Olof S

As a part of our Green Lifestyle initiative, we decided to bring you every month five instant tips, how to make your life more environmentally friendly. Most of the actions can be done virtually instantly and with minimal cost – all you need is to decide right now!

You can contribute too – we welcome your own idea in the comments and will include them in the next month’s list.

(5 Instant Green Changes: September continued...)

Photo by Juan Vidal Daz

One of the latest innovations on the field of green technologies is slowly spreading in Toronto. The Toronto Zoo installed first three units if Ice Bear power demand management units, and nine more will be deployed in Ontario in following months. If it is proven working well in southern Ontario’s climate, we can expect it meets growing demand from commercial and residential sector.

(Ice Energy For Greener Buildings continued...)

Toronto Humane Society’s River St. shelter was finally reopened this Monday, thanks to the new board of directors.

The shelter was closed on April 12 this year after shocking accusation of animal cruelty from Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Former president Mr. Trow and five senior managers were previously arrested on animal cruelty charges.

(Pet Shelter Reopened continued...)

Recycling is green is love by Jon Wilson

Check out the locations for July to drop off unwanted household items!

(Community Environmental Days continued...)

Photo by Christopher Woo

For the first time, Mercer consulting published its annual Quality if Living city ranking with a new brand new chart included called Eco-City Ranking. While Toronto placed on solid 16th place in the world and on the third place in North America in terms of general quality of living, our position in the Eco-City chart is not so optimistic.

(Eco-City Ranking: Toronto Needs More Effort continued...)

Oil Slick in the Gulf of Mexico May 17th
by NASA Goddard Photo and Video

One of the greatest environmental disasters of the last years keeps killing thousands of animals and endangers beaches of the Mexican Gulf. BP has been trying number of methods how to tackle the oil spill, including burning the oil and application of highly poisonous dispersant.

(Will Kevin Costner Save The Gulf? continued...)

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Reuse, Recycle and Safely Dispose!

Take used and unwanted household items to any Community Environment Day events. For a full list of event dates and what you can bring, visit the website:

toronto.ca/environment_days or call 311.

Earth Hour is happening again on March 27! Starting at 8:30pm hundreds of millions of people around the world will turn off their lights for an hour to demand action on climate change. Check out the Earth Hour Website to find out more about it, how you can participate and other ways to make a difference.
http://wwf.ca/earthhour/