Some fresh air news here!!
Hard to believe, but it seems the government of Ontario is actually starting to take the environment AND the economy seriously.

The Green Energy Act Alliance has announce that Queens Park has enacted a bill to instate a green energy act.
From the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
Bill 150, Green Energy and Green Economy Act, 2009
“An Act to enact the Green Energy Act, 2009 and to build a green economy, to repeal the Energy Conservation Leadership Act, 2006 and the Energy Efficiency Act and to amend other statutes”
Section …

Some students at the Uni. of Guelph have created this short mini-doc about consumers in Guelph and the women in Peru using parts of our video. They have made it in Spanish and English so both consumers
and producers can hear from each other.
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Ready to eat meat, cold cuts, lunch meat consumption down after listeriosis outbreak
The CBC has just released the results of a poll conducted looking at what Canadians are eating as far as lunch meat goes. This summers outbreak of listeriosis has driven sales of ready to eat meat down, and the poll definitely suggests people are turning to other sources of meat after the outbreak earlier this year.
One thing they found was that 70 per cent of people polled said their perception of ready to eat meat products changed …

Fair trade, an economic system that provides transparency in trade, and wages that reflect the work done by laborers in developing countries.
Imagine if you could make a difference thousands of miles away, simply by thinking about your purchases and choosing to buy Fair Trade certified products. What better way to provide a lasting, sustainable gift than choosing fair trade gifts for your Christmas gifts this year. Fair trade products are gaining popularity, and this market, which was once dominated by Coffee has seen a massive extension into other …

Wear Fair Releases Fair Trade Organic Cotton Clothing Line
A new project of SUMAC Community worker co-operative has just been released. SUMAC is a co-operative located in Guelph, Ontario that is dedicated to providing products from Fair Trade and Organic organisations throughout the world.
This new project involves cotton producers in India that have made a shift from conventional practices to Fair Trade Certified practices.
SUMACs initiative is called Wear Fair. Wear Fair sources organic cotton from fair trade certified farmers and then has garments created by a fair trade certified …

“Every Time We Eat, We Are Essentially Eating Oil”
Is it possible that what we eat contributes greatly to our carbon footprint? Is it possible that we can cause change, and help the environment by changing our eating habits? It has been said by many respected environmentalists that “every time we eat, we are essentially eating oil“.
The idea here is that nearly all of the steps involved in the cultivation and processing of our modern foods are dependent on this single, non-renewable resource. It is believed that there is …