Sustainable Living

• First show home opens in Edmonton’s Blatchford neighbourhood

  After years of development, the first show home in Edmonton's Blatchford community is now open. Blatchford is designed to house up to 30,000 people when complete.

  Consumer

  Dec 3, 2020
• Pickering grey water project could save homeowners thousands of litres of water

  A Pickering community is one of the first in Canada to recycle grey water. The locally made unit sits in your basement, using filtered bath water to flush your toilet.

  Aug 12, 2020
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• An easy way to save the Earth? Stop getting paper mail

  Saving the planet doesn't need to be hard — or expensive.

  Lifestyle

  Mar 10, 2019
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• Push for Okanagan’s first cohousing development is on

  A living concept that started in Denmark in the 1960s is being pushed in the Okanagan.

  Mar 4, 2019
• Meet the people who are rejecting single-use plastics and waste in London

  A growing group of Londoners are making very conscious decisions not to generate waste or recycling.

  Environment

  Jul 27, 2018
• Sustainable tiny home to draw eco-tourism to Chippewas of the Thames First Nation

  The project, a collaboration between Chief Myeengun Henry and Building Better, is using five acres of reserve land to showcase sustainable building and living technologies.

  Environment

  Jan 12, 2018
• London’s Net-zero West 5 SMART Community expected to be move-in ready for spring

  As Ontario grapples with supporting energy conservation while cutting costs for residents, a groundbreaking west London development is getting ready to open.

  Environment

  Feb 6, 2017
• Denmark tests floating shipping containers as affordable homes

  Recycled and self-sustaining shipping containers are being used as floating homes for students in Denmark.

  Lifestyle

  Sep 26, 2016