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Eco-friendly garden products and pesticides … + other green news + views you may have missed in Canada this week

With the gardening season upon us in Canada, it can becoming downright bewildering when trying to sift through all the products available to spruce up our own little pieces of paradise. Especially if you’re looking for those that come with … Continue reading

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Week 52 TROHGG Blog / Gossip and tidbits from Brant ReStore, e-waste … Facebook and Twitter posts from team members

By GREG McMILLAN TheGreenHub.ca WE CHECKED out the big 50 per cent discount sale at the Brant ReStore, then we headed to Home Depot in Brantford where an e-waste dropoff station had been set up. While there, ReStore manager Linda … Continue reading

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Things looking up for boost in bounty from Bountiful Brant … and ever wonder exactly what are the top green jobs?

WITH THE recent changing of the guard at the Brant County Federation of Agriculture – Steve Sickle has taken over as president from the outgoing Sandra Vos – we will likely be hearing much more from the grassroots organization called … Continue reading

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Who has confirmed participation in TheGreenHub.ca Election Challenge … Home Depot stocking up on green inventions

The Weekender Journalist Greg McMillan of TheGreenHub.ca scours the internet for up-to-the-minute green stories that are important to you. His compilation of news items from around The Green Hub plus quirky tidbits and trends makes sure you are in the … Continue reading

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The TROHGG Blog / Gossip from Week 37

(Above, Alaina McMillan of The TROHGGers / Photo by D’Arcy McNeil of Empirical Photographic Arts) WHILE WE were deciding on all the components to include in our new TROHGG brochure, designed to show prospective team members the advantages of participating … Continue reading

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The TROHGG Blog / Gossip from Week 36

(Above, Yani McMillan of The TROHGGers / Photo by Tae McIntosh) FROM THE apple-doesn’t-fall-far-from-the-tree department: One of our supporting TROHGG team members, Leanne Wood Newman, reports that her son, Carter, recently graduated from Grade 8 at St. George-German elementary school. … Continue reading

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Buy Local, Buy Fresh initiative gains momentum in The Green Hub and … kudos to Google’s green energy wish list

Journalist Greg McMillan of TheGreenHub.ca scours the internet for up-to-the-minute green stories that are important to you. His compilation of news items from around The Green Hub plus quirky tidbits and trends makes sure you are in the loop …. … Continue reading

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The turtle warrior of Long Point and … new clue from scientists as to why Arctic sea ice is melting faster than expected

Journalist Greg McMillan of TheGreenHub.ca scours the internet for up-to-the-minute green stories that are important to you. His compilation of news items from around The Green Hub plus quirky tidbits and trends makes sure you are in the loop …. … Continue reading

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The TROHGG Blog / Week 32 … gossip and tidbits about the green reno of a average war-time house in The Green Hub

ARTHUR MEENS, the chair of the City of Brantford’s environmental policy advisory committee (EPAC), sent us an invitation to appear as a delegation this week. Both Adam Hislop and myself were asked to appear on behalf of TheGreenHub.ca and the … Continue reading

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The TROHGG Blog / This & that behind the scenes for Week 30

ADAM HISLOP and Tae (Tiff) McIntosh of the TROHGG team have been spreading their wings beyond The Green Hub and recently returned from a working holiday that took them to Israel and Austria. Lots of photos were taken – some … Continue reading

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