Geraniums blooming in January
I always get a little antsy in winter when I can’t dig around in the dirt. So I’m thrilled that my dumpster-dived geraniums are already flowering…and it’s only mid January! […]
I always get a little antsy in winter when I can’t dig around in the dirt. So I’m thrilled that my dumpster-dived geraniums are already flowering…and it’s only mid January! […]
This paper was originally published in 2010 as part of the Ontario Architects Association continuing education series. Researched and written by Sharon Boddy, with input from Doug Pollard, Woytek Kujawski and Fanis Grammenos […]
Excerpted from the full article originally published in Forum Magazine, November-December 2006. For Alberta, it is definitely the best of times: debt-free, an energy-based economy that has the momentum of […]
Imagine being able to store a summer’s worth of heat for use in a cold Prairie winter.That’s exactly what they do in Drake Landing, a 52-home solar thermal development in Okotoks, Alberta, […]
Excerpted from a case study written by Sharon Boddy for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Klosterenga, a 35-unit residential apartment building located in Oslo, Norway, shows how well-thought-out building design coupled with a wide […]
BO01 = “Bo” means living in Swedish; 01 was the construction year (2001). From design to full development, BO01 in Malmö, Sweden is a model of sustainability. The site, originally a landfill […]
Like death and taxes, an Ottawa winter is a sure thing. Our winters are filled with snow, iced over with freezing rain, and characterized by periods of such bitter cold […]
The Envac automated waste collection system was one of the niftiest bits of technology I saw on a trip to Sweden in 2004. Waste is first deposited in the outdoor or […]
Ottawa’s Commuter Challenge is a week long event that encourages people of legal driving age (16+) to reduce air pollution by using active or sustainable transportation to get to and […]
In 2001, the Supreme Court upheld a municipality’s right to control pesticide use in their communities. Whether or not municipalities consider the significance of this case when developing new environmental policy, they owe a […]