When Tracy Eby returned to Canada from Taiwan, she knew she wanted to start an ecologically friendly business. The result of her desire is Buff and Shine, the residential cleaning service that was recently nominated for the Barrie Business Green
Community Partners
It’s a partnership in Barrie that’s making a huge difference for all of us. And it’s all about trees. Living Green Barrie, the City of Barrie, the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority, businesses and ordinary volunteers like you and I:
Climate Change and Insurance – Part One – personal lines
With the debate on anthropogenic ( caused by humans) climate change long since settled, it is time to move on to other questions, specifically why we are not doing more about it. Climate change denial has been relegated to a
Free fruit for everyone! Come and get it!
You look sadly at the apple tree in your yard. All summer you’ve watched fruit blossom, grow, and ripen. This week it’s ready, but you haven’t time to pick it all and it’s more than you could possibly eat, anyway.
Living Green’s Urban Canopy Climate Change and Fruit Share
A 100-page UN report points out that Climate Change is a global emergency that seriously threatens life, as we know it, for every human being on Earth. We are now facing a triple whammy-we have to pay to reduce greenhouse
Your produce can feed needy in Barrie
Cherries being picked today in a Barrie back yard will feed families who use the food bank. FruitShare Barrie launched this week, with volunteers reaching up in local trees to pluck ripe fruit to be shared jointly with the owner,
FruitShare – helping out those in need in Barrie
Barrie’s backyards could be ripe for the picking. A new FruitShare program is being launched this week, and will use volunteers to pick fruit from residential trees — then distribute it among tree owners, Barrie Food Bank and the pickers
Energy-Saving Equipment
These energy-saving tips are directed to people entering LivingGreen Barrie’s Energy Saving Contest. Ontario’s electricity rates are likely to continue rising. This is not political as some politicians are claiming. It is not because we chose to close coal-fired
A Prize to Encourage Energy Efficiency
A Prize to Encourage Energy Efficiency (Electricity) Among Barrie Residents LivingGreen / Environmental Action Barrie is mounting a campaign to encourage Barrie residents to use less electricity. One part of this campaign is a series of energy-saving tips, another part
Barrie’s Blue Box Program
Simcoe County Expanding Blue Box Program Good News For Simcoe County Residents, the blue box program is being expanded to accept more Container items. The country of Simcoe reminds residents to separate recyclables into two separate containers: Paper Fibre items (blue/grey