Category Archives for environment

Gardening Help?

In an effort to eat a little fresher and healthier, I planted a small potted herb garden in my bathroom window.
Everything seems to be doing pretty well there, except for my basil plant. It’s either got some kind of illness [...]

05. May 2011 by Ginger
Categories: environment, food | 3 comments

Product Rant of the Day: Lysol No-Touch™ Hand Soap System

I talk a lot about the products I like on this blog, but here is one that I don’t like!

LYSOL® Healthy Touch® No-Touch™ Hand Soap System
So what’s my beef with something that is supposed to help you maintain clean and [...]

21. March 2011 by Ginger
Categories: advertising, environment, health, product review, rant, shopping | 7 comments

Storm Season

Oooh, there’s an awesome storm happening outside as I type this.
This whole weekend it’s been crazy in terms of weather. My body isn’t too happy… I’m a human barometer and the weather changes and storms have been causing me serious [...]

09. August 2009 by Ginger
Categories: environment, local, random | 4 comments

The Garbage Strike Blues

For those of you that don’t know, Toronto is in the midst of a city workers union strike in which garbage pickup, city maintenance, summer camps, etc. have all been stopped by the striking union. More information.
This garbage strike is [...]

16. July 2009 by Ginger
Categories: environment, local, sadness, Toronto | 6 comments

The Bottled Water Debate

I wanted to share this article I read in the Star with my readers today, as I think it highlights an important issue facing all Canadians. It’s also part o my series of thoughts on the environment and going green.
The [...]

11. August 2008 by Ginger
Categories: environment, going green, health, local, What I'm Reading | 3 comments

The Vespa Investigation

A while back I blogged about possibly getting myself a scooter to get around the GTA in the pleasant months. I was hoping to get one pretty soon, especially since the TTC strike put a real kink in my plans.
However, [...]

04. May 2008 by Ginger
Categories: coolness, environment, finance, local, money, personal, product review, shopping, Toronto | 6 comments

Investing in a Vespa?

Anyone who lives in the Greater Toronto Area is probably now aware that the TTC did a sneak attack and went on strike at 12am this morning, leaving people at bars and clubs in the city stranded.
It has caused our [...]

26. April 2008 by Ginger
Categories: coolness, drama, environment, local, Toronto | 2 comments

Earth Hour 2008

I’m participating in Earth Hour 2008. Are you?

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27. March 2008 by Ginger
Categories: coolness, environment, going green | 2 comments

Hi Ginger, and thanks

Hey guys, I found a nice little email in my inbox this morning!

Chris Winter, the big cheese over at We Conserve sent me a thank-you note for posting about the site here recently.

Apparently a good number of you checked the [...]

25. March 2008 by Ginger
Categories: coolness, environment, going green, local | 1 comment

Going Green: Part 3 – We Conserve and My Footprint

I was walking down the street yesterday and found my eyes resting on a delightfully green and blue poster advertising something really cool!
If you live in Toronto or the surrounding area, a movement called We Conserve is hosting a few [...]

20. March 2008 by Ginger
Categories: coolness, environment, local | Leave a comment

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