Drivers ‘love’ them or absolutely ‘hate’ them – the roundabout located on Mountain Road near Blue Mountain Resorts and the new roundabouts at High Street, Hwy. 26 and Mosley. Bring it up in conversation and brace ...
Browsing: Conservation and Ecology
In many parts of the world bats suffer from a bad reputation. Regarded as carriers of rabies, bats are considered blood-eaters and beasts that tangle themselves in people’s hair. The fact is that bats worldwide provide ...
Peat Bogs are not a renewable resource and seen by some scientists to be as important and fragile as rainforests, that’s where the concern lies about the use of peat moss by gardeners. Fragile, unique and ...
Save time and money and create a beautiful garden that all of your friends are envious of by xeriscaping. Xeriscaping is a method of gardening that uses little water and requires low maintenance. Now don’t let ...
By MELANIE VOLLICK Canadians have been participating in Earth Day since 1990. Here in the Southern Georgian Bay area we are making a difference and becoming leaders in environmental initiatives. Many people, businesses, and municipalities have ...
By MELANIE VOLLICK Do you like mosquitoes? Likely not! There are a number of different ways you can mitigate them. You could cover yourself in a repellant that is full of harmful ingredients, try a natural ...
By MELANIE VOLLICK On a “5 Things” bus tour of Collingwood guided by Michele Rich of the Environment Network, and Beth Anne Burnie of RiverSides– a non-profit organization in Toronto that focuses on watershed protection– I ...
By MELANIE VOLLICK Currently, our homes use too much energy, and as residents, we are responsible for a portion of the greenhouse gas emissions that lead to climate change. The prevalent untapped source of energy in ...
By MELANIE VOLLICK The debate that energy as a commodity is running out is intensifying, and it is time to take a look at the Earth and realize the need to educate Canadians on the topic ...



