Green Space
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Air quality control
Cross posted from Eye Weekly. Big cities are notorious for their smog, but aside from car exhaust, do we really know what’s in our air? Figuring out...
By Dale Duncan -
Continuing to swap one bad habit for another
Last year, The Canadian Cancer Society and Toronto Public Health teamed up to bring you the Driven To Quit challenge which encouraged people to quit...
By Matthew Blackett -
Living The Good Life
I’m interested in the thoughts of Spacing readers on The Good Life campaign that WWF-Canada (aka my employer) launched yesterday. Its goal is try...
By Keith Stewart -
Harnessing wind power downtown
I have a friend who recently bought a commercial building in the Entertainment District. He has some decent plans on how to properly develop the site and...
By Matthew Blackett -
Mapping our urbanism – watersheds
Along with its article today about the TRCA‘s work preserving watersheds in the GTA (Clock is ticking for conservation dream), The Star included a...
By Robin Chubb -
The Highline: adaptive reuse of industrial infrastructure
NEW YORK – The Highline is one of the most actively discussed public space projects in New York and for a very good reason. It is setting a...
By Joseph Clement -
Winter cyclist profile – Brandon, Bike Pirate
Name / Occupation / Age Brandon Z / Statistical Consultant / 34 What do you use your bike for? How about what do I *not* use my bike for? Hmmmm…...
By Tammy Thorne -
Tree Tuesday: The Healthy House
Every Tuesday, Todd Irvine of LEAF posts a stop from the Toronto Tree Tours, a collaborative project of LEAF and the Toronto Public Space Committee. The...
By Todd Irvine -
Final bike lane count 2007
A lot happened in Toronto’s bikeosphere in 2007. After a year of dormancy, the City’s cycling committee was finally reformed into the Toronto...
By Tammy Thorne -
Salt is no solution for icy walkways
That’s not snow in this picture of the Danforth GO train platform — it’s all salt. My wife took this photo on New Year’s Eve...
By Todd Harrison -
Winter cyclist profile – Keegan the PhD candidate
Name / Occupation / Age Keegan Barker / PhD Student / 31 What do you use your bike for? Transportation, fun, exercise, freedom. How often do you ride? Now...
By Tammy Thorne -
Winter cyclist profile – Deb, College of midwives CEO
Name / Occupation / Age Deborah Adams / Registrar & CEO, College of Midwives of Ontario / 39 years How often do you ride? Most days. I ride to work...
By Tammy Thorne