Green Space / Espace vert
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Garbage week in Quebec
Oh boy! Not only is it garbage day on my street, it is garbage reduction week all across Quebec from October 19-26th! Lets celebrate with some exciting...
By Alanah Heffez -
Tree tuesday: Caramel hearts fall from the Katsura
In the succession of trees whose leaves turn yellow in the fall, the red ash are pretty much denuded of their lance-shaped leaflets. Other yellow-leafers...
By Bronwyn Chester -
Where does your garden grow?
A recent post of a great stairway garden on Apartment Therapy.com made me wonder, in the last days before winter, where can one find urban, alternative...
By Spacing -
Le mardi des arbres: les chicots qui remplissent le ciel
Tout le monde qui fait parti du flot de vélos qui vient de l’est vers le centreville via les rues Prince Arthur, Clark et Milton ne peut que...
By Bronwyn Chester -
Tree Tuesday: The Spindle Tree Leans On
This tree bewitches. You can get lost in the intricate and irregular weave of its bark. It invites one to climb, to get close to its silky...
By Bronwyn Chester -
Photo du Jour – MadVac
Parc des Amériques, coin Rachel et St-Laurent. The only thing more ridiculous than cleaning a park with a polluting vehicle that has the capacity to suck...
By Alanah Heffez -
Le mardi des arbres: les couleurs de La Fontaine
Arrivée au Parc La Fontaine, j’ai été éblouie par la beauté des arbres. En pensant à la photographie pour cette chronique, je cherchais...
By Bronwyn Chester -
The Lost Village of Fort George
Many weeks ago, in this post about hydroelectricity’s environmental footprint, I promised to write about the Cree community that was displaced by...
By Alanah Heffez -
Images of a Car-Free Future
There has been much criticism of the City’s and the AMT’s half-hearted ‘journée sans voiture’ which took place Monday. Perhaps...
By Jacob Larsen -
Tree tuesday/Le mardi des arbres: Beware the Marge Simpson maple
Believe it or not, the trees in this photo are all Norway maples. You are likely familiar with the tree in its natural form which looks much like the...
By Bronwyn Chester -
Suck It Up – Underground Trash-Vaccuuming to Replace Dump Trucks in QDS
The automated waste collection system sucks away trash, recyclables and organic waste through underground pipes with a 90 km per hour sucking power. Image...
By Alanah Heffez -
Photos du Jour – NDG Laneway
A path of hard packed earth littered with the season’s first fallen leaves meanders between Melrose and Draper street backyards in NDG. Although the...
By Alanah Heffez