How many of you folks enjoy a tasty chicken now and then?  If you do, listen up right now!! There is a very strange and somewhat alarming practice occurring with those chickens you are buying at the local grocery store or market.  Max Bernstein sent me some information recently about a ...

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 ...

Energy costs continue to rise, and summer time is no exception when it comes to wasted energy around the home.  Most households add an airconditioner to their electrical consumption around this time of year, which adds quite a bit more to your bill in the end.  The smart home owner ...

There's been a trend over the last decade or so that is seeing people purchase more bottled water each and every year.  Its interesting really, because most people fail to actually read the lables in order to understand just where that water is coming from.   Some bottling companies, such as ...

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 ...

Spring is here! And with that comes Spring Cleaning of all the buried trash. The snow has melted away, sunny blue skies are bringing migratrory song birds back to our northern forests. When we hear the little tweets of the first robins and orioles, we usually try to head ...

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 ...

I'm always excited when I hear of a new, innovative product. Now, when that product is also extremely eco friendly, I tend to like it that much more. Many of us, especially those of us with kids, have 'night lights' plugged in around the house. Whether its to scare ...