Tag: green
A Foraged Great Lakes Woodland Chai Tea
This story is a part of “A Year in the Wild Kitchen of the Great Lakes,” a series in partnership with expert forager Lisa M. Rose, with the mission of nurturing a deeper connection with the natural world through foraging. To get started with your foraging journey, begin here with our “Framework to Sustainable and Safe Practices.”
As the season shifts and the air chills, I find myself drawn to the warmth and sustenance that the wild foods of fall offer — from roots to mushrooms to nuts to herbs — and take great satisfaction in concocting nourishing recipes for my family and friends.
South Bruce voters narrowly approve being host to nuclear waste
By a thin majority, the answer in South Bruce was yes. The referendum question — Are you in favour of the Municipality of South Bruce declaring South Bruce to be a willing host for the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s proposed Deep Geological Repository (DGR)? resulted in 51.2 per cent, or 1,604, of voters saying yes, […]
South Bruce residents divided as DGR voting nears end
Teeswater’s residents are divided by the prospect of burying spent nuclear fuel in a deep, underground vault, people said in interviews outside the community’s post office Monday. Nuclear Waste Management Organization has secured land for a possible DGR site northwest of Teeswater, part of South Bruce. If the area is selected, the NWMO would build […]
Fare with Flair: Rice and chickpeas a great complement to grilled fish or meat
Rice is a terrific accompaniment to many meals.
Owen Sound asking for public’s city concerns and solutions
Do you have concerns about what you see in the city but don’t think anyone wants to hear about it? A series of seven facilitated consultations Nov. 8 -10 at the Harry Lumley Bayshore Community Centre might be for you. But it’s not just a place to crab — people will put their heads together […]
Climate change isn’t a top issue in this election. Some Wisconsin voters say it should be.
By Danielle Kaeding, Wisconsin Public Radio
This article was republished here with permission from Wisconsin Public Radio.
Outside a September rally with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, Ashland business owner and Democrat Will Pipkin set up signs with a cavalcade of slogans, including “Another cat lady for democracy” and “Without a healthy climate, there’s no freedom.”
Pipkin said he’s backing Vice President Kamala Harris and Walz in the presidential race because they’re the most progressive choice, and he thinks they would continue President Joe Biden’s work on green initiatives and climate change.
Letters to the Editor: October 24, 2024
Don’t stop trying Amsterdam, in the 1970s, was a car-dominant grid-locked city much like Toronto is and much like where London is headed. The notoriously inventive and cost-conscious Dutch retrofitted many of their cities in order to make them more efficient, less costly, and more habitable. To be fair, they did so through numerous urban […]
The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election | Great Lakes Now
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Helene and Milton, the two massive hurricanes that just swept into the country — killing hundreds of people, and leaving both devastation and rumblings of political upheaval in seven states — amounted to their own October surprise.
Politicians give early support to big expansion of Hyde Park merchants group
City politicians on Tuesday gave the initial OK to exploring a massive expansion of the Hyde Park business association, but not without skepticism as to how it will operate. Members of council’s planning committee endorsed having city staff and the Hyde Park business improvement area (BIA) explore more than doubling its existing footprint. The proposed […]