March 2010 Blog Posts (4)

Solar Power with Ourpower.ca

The Toronto Renewable Energy Co-op (TREC) continues to put together cool projects! They recently launched Our Power - offering full assistance to Ontarians who want to put solar panels on their roofs.

If you count yourself among those who've thought about solar rooftops, you should check out the website.

Added by Daniel Bida on March 27, 2010 at 7:13pm — No Comments

How solar PV with Tower Power Toronto led me to Transition Toronto

I blogged about a Tower Power Toronto meeting that I attended recently on the subject of solar PV for small residential buildings in Toronto. At the end of it, I linked to a TED talk about the Transition organization in the UK, which led me to poke around and find this group.

I'm very interested in ways to reduce (or offset through microgeneration) the energy…

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Added by Sandy Kemsley on March 27, 2010 at 6:11pm — No Comments

Like food? How about joining a CSA this season?!

A new member (Ann Marie) recently posted about a CSA with growers in the Kawartha region called the Kawartha Ecological Growers, that was already more than 50% sold, and it gave me the sudden urge to post about this great way to get food direct from the farm and support local farmers at the same time.

For those that don't know, CSA stands for community supported agriculture. CSA farmers receive a set fee (from you - the consumer)… Continue

Added by Daniel Bida on March 25, 2010 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Web help

Hi All,
if you've seen our latest posters, then you know that Transition Toronto has a new logo! For this we have Sheila at Blue Chair Designs to thank.

Unfortunately I don't know how to write css code, needed to customize the page's appearance on ning. If you think you could help, please send me an email.

Thanks!
Daniel

Added by Daniel Bida on March 20, 2010 at 1:07pm — 2 Comments