It is safe to assume most of us these days would prefer that the frog stays a frog.
Earth Rangers is a non profit organization, founded in 1999. It is located in Woodbridge Ontario. The purpose of Earth Rangers is to provide Environmental Education to young people through school activities and hands on activities.
Most of their programs are free of charge, as they are supported by some generours donors such as:
Husky Injection Moulding Systems Ltd, the Krembil Foundation and the Schad Foundation.
Earth Rangers uses a unique way of getting their message across. They use “Animal Ambassadors” to tell their story and how humans affected their lives. These animals are cared for and reside in the facility. They would not survive in the wild. Children meet the animals and learn how their choices can affect animals. The students are encouraged to be active in protecting the planet.
In 2008, the Vaughan Painters of Ecopainting Inc. had a great opportunity to offer their services and paint in the Earth Rangers Building. We did notice that this was not an ordinary building.
Waterless urinals, zero VOC paints, working around the daily routine of the birds of prey to paint the outside window trim , guinea pigs at the lobby, some old instructions on how to bathe a snake…
The building is a LEED Gold certified building (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).
The ERC (Earth Rangers Centre) uses 79% less energy than a similar sized building.
The building was a host of the World Green Building Council Secretariat.
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David Suzuki is a well known and award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster. His radio and television programs have the amazing abillity to make science simple enough to be understood by everyone.
The David Suzuki Foundation is an organization working to find ways for society to learn to live with Nature. The strength of the David Suzuki Foundation is its undisputable basis on science and much like its founder the abillity to make Natural Science understood.
In addition, it is an organization looking and working for solutions.
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The founders of the blog.
As strong proponents of green painting it is in our interest to search and find sites, blogs and other resourses that can help us make a difference in our daily life.
Green is Sexy is one of these blogs.
There are daily tips that are simple enough to follow but can make a difference.
There are also monthly suggestions of books to read, films to watch, products and recipes to try, places to visit and people in the spotlight.
Why sexy? From their about us page:
“Because being informed is sexy. Being responsible is sexy. Being eco-friendly is sexy. Making a difference is sexy. Green is sexy.”
Visit green is sexy and visit often.
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- Carbon Free and quiet
Not too far from the house we were painting, in a North Toronto neighbourhood, somewhere in the Avenue Road and Wilson area, I came across Carbon Free Cutters.
Usually every morning, after the homeowners leave for work, the “busy bee” lawn service types take over the streets. And take over they do! The sound of lawn mowers, leaf blowers and equipment is deafening. Large trucks, equipment and trailers transform the quiet streets into occupied military zone. The smell of gasoline cannot be escaped.
When I came across Carbon Free Cutters, I stopped, talked to the young business owner and took some pictures. He is apparently staying very busy, as homeowners like his eco-frendly approach. He is using a mountain bike trailer to transport the manual lawn mower.
Call this company
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