Ever wonder just how much of everything you use?  Just what is your impact on the planet.  I’m not talking about something simple like how much electricity you use, or how much natural gas your furnace uses.  How about all of the other little things that slip through the cracks….the things we don’t really think about too much.  Well, I was on the Low Impact Living (http://www.lowimpactliving.com) website today and decided to check out their impact calculator.
Needless to say, I was a little surprised, but even more so I was …

Its that time of year again!  The middle of summer, and that means the Hillside Festival is finally upon us.  For a long time now, I’ve attended this festival just outside of Guelph, Ontario.  It started out in 1984 in the city of Guelph at a small venue called riverside park.  Since the first festival, the event has grown each year.  The first couple of events were one day festivals, but with the growing number of attendees, in 1987 the festival officially moved to the island on Guelph Lake and …

Why do we do the things we do??  Today, as I’m sitting on my porch, I’m watching someone across the road washing off some screens outside on her driveway.  So I think to myself, alright, she’s giving something a rinse. I don’t know what, but something is getting cleaned off anyways.  The hose doesn’t get turned off while she runs into the garage for a couple of minutes to get another screen.  She comes back out, inspects the first screen….hose is still running……and finally begins to rinse the second one.  …

Well, were getting to that time of year now when we begin to spend more and more time outside in our yards and gardens. The lawn furniture comes back out, and it looks like it could definitely use a scrub. The car is a little dirty from the last few months of snow, salt and mud in the springtime.
Most people are eager to get everything out and set up in their yards and gardens so that as soon as the sunshine appears, everything is ready to be used …