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January 2008

  • A Greener Way to Watch DVDs: Zip.ca
  • Tune in as GreenLivingOttawa goes out on the national airwaves…
  • I walked home from work today
  • New Year’s Resolution: Less Stuff


    • December 2007

  • Day 7: Library books, a gift of reading with no strings attached
  • Day Six: The Gift of Learning
  • Day Five: Giving the Gift of Not Having to Cook
  • On the Fourth Day of Christmas…Organic Cosmetics and Body-care Products
  • The third day: The Great Christmas Tree Debate
  • On The Second Day of Winter Holiday Season: Thingless Giving
  • Twelve Days to a Green (but I hope Snowy) Holiday


    • November 2007

  • Buy Nothing Day in Ottawa
  • Computer Recyclers Take Back e-Waste in the Nation’s Capital
  • Bullfrog Lowers the Price of 100% Green Electricity
  • Local Eco-Shopping: Soul Matters


    • October 2007

  • Buying Canadian-made Organic Baby-clothes in Ottawa
  • Last Week to Visit the Green Exhibit at the Cube Gallery
  • DeBoer’s Furniture Introduces Environmental Sustainability to its Line


    • September 2007

  • Reducing the ecological footprint of a PhD thesis in Geography and Environmental Studies
  • Local Flavours: A Rainbow of Heritage Carrots from Bryson Farms
  • What I’m Writing With These Days
  • Organic Cotton Receiving Blanket: the perfect gift for expectant parents


    • August 2007

  • Celebrating our first-year anniversary with Bullfrog Power
  • Another source for stainless steel water bottles in Ottawa
  • Main Street Farmer’s Market Opens Tomorrow
  • The Bag Project: Reusable Produce Bags
  • Random Acts of Art: Remic Rapids Stone Sculptures
  • Car-free living in Ottawa: Ottawa ranked second in bicycle commuting
  • Green Living in Ottawa By the Numbers
  • www.therealnews.com

    • July 2007

  • Keeping the Heat Out: an improvised summer kitchen
  • Keeping the Heat Out: baking in a solar oven
  • Field Notes: Swamp Vervain (Verbena hastata)
  • Eco-Tourism: Offsetting Our Road-trip Emissions
  • The Bring Your Own Bag Project: Local Grocery Stores
  • Environmentally-friendly Refrigeration or How to Buy a ConServ Fridge in Ottawa
  • Car-free Living in Ottawa: 6 month tally

    • June 2007

  • Field Notes: Dog Strangling Vine (aka Pale Swallow Wort, Cynanchum rossicum)
  • Chemical-free Odor-free Hair Salon in Westboro
  • Local Flavours: 100-mile Artisanal Cheeses
  • Field Notes: Volunteering at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden
  • Harnessing Solar Power To Dry Your Laundry
  • Ecology and Faith in Ottawa
  • Local Installer of Green Roofs and Walls
  • Field Notes: Dame’s Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)
  • Local Flavours: The Hungry Planet Restaurant, Perth
  • Commuter Challenge: The Littlest Commuter
  • The Royal Swans are Out!
  • 100-mile Toothbrushing: The Green Beaver Company
  • Reusable Book Darts
  • Eating Locally: Organic Sour Cream and Yogurt
  • Padgeberry Organic Farm for Sale!

    • May 2007

  • Living Car-free with a Big Dog: The Pet Taxi
  • Ottawa’s Eco-friendly Delivery Company
  • The Greening, and Bullfrogging, of Bayshore Shopping Centre
  • Biodegradable Bags for Composting Dog Wastes
  • Two Thumbs up for Ecoholic
  • Where to Buy Upcycled Clothing in Ottawa
  • Keeping the Heat Out
  • Where to Buy Stainless Steel Water Bottles in Ottawa
  • Monitoring and Reducing Your Electricity Usage
  • Finding Native Trees and Shrubs for Renaturalizing Gardens in Ottawa
  • Where to Buy Organic Cotton and Hemp Clothing in Ottawa
  • Tree-planting With the City Stream Watch Program
  • Peace and Environment News
  • Composting Meat, Citrus, Coffee Grounds and Pet Waste
  • A Simply In Season Mother’s Day Dinner
  • Mother’s Day Rideau River Clean-up
  • Ottawa Senators and Green Roofs
  • Green Energy and Transportation Show
  • La Messagere Gluten-free Beer
  • The Time to See Trilliums is Now!
  • Environmentally-friendly Locally-made Chairs and Sofas
  • Food Buying Co-ops
  • Reading Ecological Memoirs
  • Finding Environmentally-friendly Bedding in Ottawa
  • The Plight of the Bees
  • Foraging for Enviro-Friendly Comestibles Across the Border

    • April 2007

  • An Introduction to the 100-mile Diet in Ottawa

    • March 2007

  • Spring has sprung it’s time to blog