Category: Blog
Earth Overshoot Day
Aug. 2, was Earth Overshoot Day, the date when humanity’s annual demand on nature exceeds what Earth can regenerate over the entire year, according to Global Footprint Network, the research institute specialized in natural resource accounting that has developed the Ecological Footprint metric. Human activity currently consumes 1.71 times more renewable natural resources and ecological…
Big Bike Giveaway – Oct 1, 2017
Be part of https://bigbikegiveaway.ca Oct 1, 2017 Seeking used, working bikes for a good home! Since 2014, Big Bike Giveaway has given out over 500 bikes to the community, for free! Big Bike Giveaway collects and repairs bicycles and gives them away once a year in the fall. The intent of the program is to help people…
Food waste survey
Western, in conjunction with the City of London, developed a London household food waste survey to help them understand the amount and reasons why food is wasted and what leads to these behaviours. The focus is on food that could have been eaten (e.g. whole fruit, bread, leftovers etc.) rather than the parts of food…
Dead Zones
I saw Stephen King’s “The Dead Zone” for the very first time a few months ago. Interesting to see Christopher Walken, Tom Skerritt, and Canadian Nicholas Campbell as young actors. But the movie was not very scary. Probably partly because there have been much scarier films since then, with much more graphic violence. Moreover, the…
CSO’s: Combined Sewer Overflows – A Bad Combination
[note: CSO’s are alternatively called Combined Sewer Overflows/Outlets/Outfalls] It might be obvious by now that the titles of this blog series are following alphabetical order. I picked that strategy as a writing exercise for no other reason that finding a topic on sewage to fit all letters of the alphabet (Q, X, Y, Z, for…
Beaches and Bleaches
About 20 years ago my girlfriend and I were enjoying a walk along scenic Point Pleasant Park, which overlooks part of Halifax Harbour. The beach ranges from sand in some areas, to fist-size rocks, to car-sized boulders in other areas. We were jumping from one such boulder to another when my girlfriend happened to look…
Sewage Ain’t Sexy
Sewage Ain’t Sexy . . . a monthly TREA blog about the essential conversations we need to have about sewage treatment in London. Of course talk is cheap if not followed up by action . . . 1. “A’s” for Alberta. Ah, Alberta. Mention the province around environmentalists and you are sure to…
Are you ready to celebrate a Waste Free Holiday?
How are you wrapping your presents this Christmas? With Saturday comics that are recyclable or with traditional wrapping paper that isn’t? What types of gifts are you giving? Ones that end up in landfill in the future because you gave things that were neither needed nor wanted or are you giving ones that create lasting…
Consumerism and You
A new school year has begun and already teachers feel they have no time to prepare a comprehensive lesson plan that could help students understand how their consumer choices affect the environment. And parents are challenged to provide extra learning opportunities at home. There is free help available. If you are a teacher, parent or…
Click Your Way to Local Environmental Information!
Creativity is found everywhere and we think you will see it on the pages of TREA’s updated website. Although much has changed, all of the resources that we have created over the years are still part of the site and more will be coming. Thanks to everyone who has given us feedback on the site…
