Category: Blog
Western Fair
We was pleased to have a message at Western Fair this year (Sept 8-17) in conjunction with displays organized by Friends of Urban Agriculture (who are partnered with the Fair). Also in Sept, TREA had a display at Doors Open on Sept 16 held at Grosvenor Lodge where TREA has its office (see photo). A…
Green Directory
This fall TREA is moving to finalize a new version of its Green Directory, a successful program TREA has offered for several years. More recently over the last 5 years, it stepped back as EcoLiving London established a commercial listing of retailers and advertising stream, but now that is not offered so the Green…
Compost Awareness
TREA is starting to expand composting awareness efforts by attending smaller park special events in London promoting waste diversion and composting. Our thanks goes to those inviting TREA. July 2017 Newsletter
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…
