The Village Green

With the introduction of the Green Energy Act in Ontario this past year, interest in all things solar is at an all time high.

"(energy) follows laws of its own – the laws of thermodynamics, notably – which are not the same as the laws of economics, and when the two sets of laws come into conflict, the laws of thermodynamics win every time".  - John Michael Greer

It's a couple of days before Christmas, i'm sitting here with a cheap bottle of Chilean red, there's about an hour of sunlight left in the day and CBC Radio says it's going down to minus 13 tonight

In a recent Greenlivingonline poll asking readers about the renewable energy system they most dream about having in their home one day, 42% of respondents said, “geothermal heating”.

As the world convened in Copenhagen for the COP15 (Meeting of the Parties) climate change talks, we sat down this morning with the management of the first non-profit housing complex in Can

I was on the phone this week with my friend Valerie who told me the water heater in her basement burst the other day.

30 tubes of caulking 

I had a meeting with an architect this morning, bless her.   Her client is about to pour the slab of his apartment building and wants to know how we can help him make it “green”.

One of the crowning achievements of the CBC are the Massey Lectures.

For some time now it has been evident that the relationship between environmental/planetary sustainability and economic “prosperity” has been presented as a Manichaean Bargain.