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Many of us are looking for ways to save money and the environment by incorporating "green" initiatives into our everyday lives.
Category Archives: Green Houses
How Housing Conditions Influence Your Health
Health professionals widely recognize how housing can affect our health. Poor housing conditions lead to a variety of health problems.
Off The Grid Homes [INFOGRAPHIC]
Living off the grid is becoming more and more popular, especially here in Ontario. We’ve become an unofficial Mecca of off-the-grid living. More and more people come here to purchase a piece of land and start a new life.
Shrink your next hydro bill!
Turning off your lights is the number one thing you can do to conserve electricity
Earthship Green Homes: Life Without Bills?
No electrical bills, no food bills, no water bills. What’s even better, they’re easy to build, so you can construct them yourself or have someone build them for you. Sounds like a utopia?
Eco Friendly Drive Ways
Eco friendly drive ways allow for absorption of runoff, recharging aquifers, and naturally filter the water.
Interview: City Seed Farms
City Seed Farms is a pedal-powered urban farming business in The Junction, Toronto, currently selling at two farmers markets in the west end.
Green Roof Initiative in Toronto
While the Toronto's green roof bylaw can be circumvented, it is still the first such piece of legislation to be passed by a North American city.
DIY Vertical Garden
Vertical gardens can improve air quality, purify polluted water, and reduce temperatures of a building during the day by absorbing sunlight.
Living with Allergies: Allergy-free Home
Decreasing the exposure to environmental allergens at your place can lead to the significant improvement of your health.
Guide to Sustainable Flooring
One of the most effective ways to make your home more environmentally friendly is to use sustainable flooring
Organic Waste Management in Toronto
City of Toronto follows the national trend and offers its residents considerable aid with the processing of their bio waste.
Weirdest Houseplants
Bored of ordinary petunias around your apartment? Why not try houseplants of a more peculiar nature that will astonish your guests?
Riverdale Hub Grows with the Neighbourhood
Gerrard Street is one of the most diverse streets in Toronto, spanning several neighbourhoods and countless cultures.
Brighten Up
Whatever your motivation, there are several things that you can do to improve your home and lessen your ecological footprint at the same time.
Generating Solar Energy on Your Rooftop!
The Our Power Project is one of the great projects of the Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative
Cleaning Without Chemicals I.
Fourth part of the Toronto Homeowner Tips serie will help you to clean your Kitchen Stove, Fridge or Microwave without toxic weapons.
Leave the Lawnmower in the Garage!
Imagine spending a whole summer with a perfectly manicured lawn that you never have to cut. No its not astroturf, Its No-Mow Grass!
Do ‘Green’ Appliances live up to their billing?
Environmentally Friendly Appliances - Are they worth the money? Which save the most energy? How can you get the most out of them?
Use less electricity & get a 10% credit from Toronto Hydro!
Toronto Hydro is offering a financial incentive to homeowners to save electricity! Here are some ways to achieve the 10% usage reduction.
Julie loves her Toto toilet
When needing to replace her old toilet at home in Roncesvalles Village, Julie approached her local hardward store Pollock's for a recommendation.