Category: Green

Please Ban Bee Killers: Less Than 48 Hours Left to Help!

This video presents “Bees Dying Off, Colony Collapse?” “Imidacloprid is the most widely used insecticide in the world and Bayer´s best-selling pesticide (2009 sales: €606 million) The substance is often used as seed-dressing, especially for maize, sunflower and rapeseed The beginning of the marketing of imidacloprid coincided with the occurrence of large bee deaths, first…

January 29, 2013
Some Cycling Matters in Toronto + Your Input on Ontario’s Cycling Strategy Until Jan.29, 2013

This video presents “sherbourne cycle track November 2012”: “The City of Toronto is upgrading a number of bicycle lanes to cycle tracks Cycle Tracks help keep bicycles and motor vehicles separate This is the first section completed, on Sherbourne Street, between Bloor Street East and Gerrard Street East Although the riding surface in this section…

January 21, 2013
Manitoba Wants Your Input by Feb.15, 2013: Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada’s ‘Growing Forward 2’

This video presents “The Face of Agriculture is Changing” in Manitoba, Canada: “The face of agriculture is changing every day and producers across the province are adapting and finding new, innovative ways to join industry partners participating in world markets Agriculture provides 62,000 jobs to Manitoba’s economy and directly employs approximately 30,000 workers In 2010,…

January 17, 2013
You’re Invited: Special Events in Toronto January 2013

This video presents “Skiing in Earl Bales Park Toronto”: Jan 7, 2011 “View of the hill while going up the chair lifts on a quiet Friday afternoon” For the first month of 2013, here are some special events happening in Toronto, Ontario, Canada: New $2.3-million ski lift at Earl Bales Ski and Snowboard Centre 4169…

January 5, 2013
Ontario’s Small Feed-in Tariff (FIT) Program is Re-Launched: Application End Date is Jan.18, 2013

This video presents “Commercial for Feed in Tariff Program in Ontario,” Canada: Ontario Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program: was launched in 2009 to encourage the development of renewable energy technology, attract investment and create new clean energy jobs in Ontario is helping Ontario meet its goals for improving air quality and phasing out coal-fired generation by…

December 28, 2012
Ontario’s 2013/2014 Species at Risk Stewardship Fund: Apply Before Midnight (EST) on Jan.8, 2013

This video presents “Species at Risk: Ontario’s Response”: Discover how species get on the Species at Risk in Ontario list, what MNR (Ministry of Natural Resources) biologists are doing to help protect and recover them and what the Natural Resources Minister in Ontario, Canada, has to say (2009) Ontario has a strategy for improving protection…

December 26, 2012
You’re Invited: Celebrate York Community Centre’s Start of Construction in Toronto Dec.18, 2012

The architecture and design firm for the new York Community Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is Perkins+Will. This video presents Peter Busby on Sustainability from Perkins+Will on Vimeo: Peter Busby tours a project site in Vancouver and discusses Sustainable Design York Community Centre will be the first-ever full-service community centre in the former City of…

December 17, 2012