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22 November 2011
Since winning one year of clean transportation in our 2010 Transportation Cocktail contest,* Marie-Ève Noreau has had even more motivation than ever to leave her car in the garage.
She has had a whole range of free transportation choices to choose from, including a car-...
9 November 2011
Researchers have identified a higher presence of polyphenols – natural compounds that can protect against cardiovascular and degenerative diseases and some kinds of cancer – in juice made with organic rather than conventionally grown tomatoes.
Why the difference?...
9 November 2011
Fifteen years ago, 250 Montreal families banded together with seven local farms to launch what has since become North America's largest community supported agriculture (CSA) network.
This October, we asked you to celebrate with us. And celebrate you did!
One hundred and thirty...
9 November 2011
In 2009, Quebec greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions decreased by 2.5% as compared with 1990, according to the Quebec Ministry of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks in its latest inventory of greenhouse gas emissions. *
But Quebec still has a long way to go if it is to...
8 November 2011
Quebec public transit is a victim of its own success, says TRANSIT,* a provincial transit advocacy group. According to the group, our public transit systems don't have the money they need to respond to the growing demand for their services.
The group is calling...
7 November 2011
Equiterre is pleased to learn that public transit in Montreal has reached a historic level of popularity. With close to 296 million trips in the first nine months of the year, the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) can confirm a 4% increase in ridership compared with...
26 October 2011
If you live in Quebec, chances are that you have been asked to sign a petition in recent history. There have been a few major ones circulating, including the petition for a public consultation on urban agriculture in Montreal, the petition for the labeling of GM...
25 October 2011
The hearings on Quebec's green paper for an agri-food policy that were supposed to take place this fall have been postponed once again.
They have been rescheduled for January 2012, which means that there is no chance of any legislation being drafted before the spring.
This is...
