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Canadian Environment Week occurs between June 3rd and June 9th. This summer, while enjoying a [...]
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Most people are now aware of the necessity of preserving and protecting the environment to ensure [...]
Creating an eco-friendly yard is not only smart, it’s easy. To get you started, consider the following tips from The Home Depot Canada:
Feed me. Adding compost to the soil adds organic matter, aids in water retention, promotes biological activity and avoids sending waste to landfills. Add compost or composted manure to soil in the [...]
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In this age of global warming, consumers are more and more preoccupied by environmental issues. As [...]
There are a variety of arguments against the use of wind as an alternative energy source, including economic issues, the viability of wind power, and the environmental effects of wind power. By researching these arguments, as well as the advantages to wind power, you have the knowledge you need to make an educated decision about [...]
Indoor air pollution in America is a serious and often misunderstood problem. Oddly enough, air quality is related to modern construction techniques.
Todays homes are far superior to yesterday homes in terms of insulation and air-tight sealing. While this is great in terms of energy efficiency and keeping pollens, smuts and other pollutants outside, it [...]
Choosing the best colours for productivity
As the globe warms and vehicle emissions continue to soar, more and more Canadians are choosing to reverse this harmful trend by limiting emissions from their daily commute by carpooling or taking public transportation. A growing number of workers are making an even bigger impact on the environment by choosing [...]
As we move towards the future, technology is developing rapidly to assist in solving our problems. These problems range from simple issues, such as improving the quality of paper products to the advanced such as improving the quality of life and condition of our planet. Global warming is one of the topics that [...]
What’s wrong with incandescent bulbs? Edison worked hard to perfect them.
The biggest problem, maybe the only one, is that they are too hot. About 95% of the electricity that goes into them ends up as heat.
A 23-watt compact fluorescent bulb gives as much light as a 100-watt incandescent bulb, which means that both you and [...]
One of the most innovative and new technologies for electricity production is tidal power. As of today, a few sites in the ocean are operating to test efficiency of this method of energy production, and if these plants are successful, tides and currents could be an environmentally friendly alternative to burning fossil fuels. Because this [...]
