Green Space
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Dovercourt tree tour and community bonfire
This Saturday, December 2 at 1:00p.m., arborist about town and Spacing contributor Todd Irvine of LEAF and local tree advocate Andrea Dawber of GreenHere...
By Dale Duncan -
A compendium of links
Lightning loves the tower [Toronto Star]: Keraunophobes, don’t look up. The CN Tower is struck by lightning more frequently than any other structure...
By Matthew Blackett -
Soccer fields in the Port Lands — the continuing debate
A view from what will one day be called Lake Ontario Park. Thursday night, I went to the Port Lands Action Committee meeting to learn more about the...
By Dale Duncan -
Lecture on “The New Landscape”
Christopher Hume profiles local landscape architect Janet Rosenberg in the Star today. She says interesting things about the difficulty of creating...
By Dylan Reid -
The fate of the Cherry Beach trees
Anyone interested in learning more about plans to build soccer fields on the contaminated, but forested, soils by Cherry Beach — and judging by the...
By Dale Duncan -
Last Pedestrian Sunday of 2006 in Kensington this weekend
This Sunday marks the final Final Pedestrian Sunday in Kensington Market of 2006. Here are some of the details: • Sunday October 29th – Rain or...
By Matthew Blackett -
Carpooling lanes saving time for GTA commuters
According to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, GTA commuters can save up to 25 minutes if they use carpooling lanes. And more high-occupancy vehicle...
By Matthew Blackett -
Grrr! No passive-aggressive parks allowed!
The Design Exchange is still seeking participants for their Passive Park Design Charette happening October 24 (next Tuesday) at the DX. That’s...
By Leah Sandals -
Spotlight Toronto: Planet in Focus Film Fest
The 7th annual Planet in Focus International Environmental Film and Video Festival will be taking place November 1 to November 5. Planet in Focus has just...
By Laura Hatcher -
Pledge TO Green
On Saturday, October 14 in Toronto’s City Hall council chamber it will focus on the Environment and the upcoming municipal election. Post Carbon...
By Matthew Blackett -
The Birds of Trinity-Bellwoords Park
Adam Krawesky at inconduit.com has created a nice little photo-audio loop of grackles congregating at sunset in Trinity-Bellwoods Park. Check it out. Adam...
By Matthew Blackett -
Rivertown Fantasy
I awoke this morning to the sound of thunder and the deep hum of raindrops crashing through trees, knocking leaves to the ground. I walked out my front...
By Dave Meslin