After a long hibernation, EcoSherpa is back. Over the past few months we have been super busy working on our newest project, LocalHarvest. At EcoSherpa we are extremely passionate about local food and decided to create a website dedicated to local food. The site is Canadian based and mostly focusing on the Ontario region. We [...]

5/12/2010 9:17:16 AM

I’ve written about algae biofuel a number of times before (see links at the end) and it is definitely a topic that really interests me. I’ll be honest, the idea of growing crops - that could be used for something else - on prime agricultural land for the purpose of making fuel just seems a [...]

4/3/2008 6:39:46 AM

The following press release was passed along to us by Elizabeth Aguillera, from the Midwest Renewable Energy Association. Contact: Amy Heart, Programs Director Midwest Renewable Energy Association 715-592-6595 x20 amy@the-mrea.org Nation’s Premier Energy Education Event Set for June 20-22, 2008 Custer, WI – The Midwest Renewable Energy Association announced the dates for their annual Energy Fair. The MREA is gearing up [...]

2/19/2008 12:17:16 PM

We received an email from Marque Cornblatt the other day encouraging us to check out his website, Gomi Style. I decided to pop over for a look and it seemed quite interesting (and fun) so I made sure to earmark it for further investigation. Cornblatt himself seems to be a colourful (literally - check out [...]

1/24/2008 11:06:12 AM

We received an email from ‘Emma’, who is trying to spread the word about an upcoming presentation (in Toronto) by Geoff Green and Ray Zahab. Here is the info: Royal St. George’s College Parent’s Guild Speaker Series presents Geoff Green and Ray Zahab “Icebergs to Sand Dunes – Our Changing Planet” January 28th, 2008 Doors open at 6:30pm ~ Lecture [...]

1/21/2008 12:45:04 PM

When we first received an email from Chad Pescod, owner of Enviroresponsible Inc, I was a tad skeptical to be totally honest. We get a lot of e-mails requesting links or suggesting we write an article about this and that (and the other thing), so I figured his email was no different. My skepticism probably tripled [...]

1/18/2008 11:40:42 AM

I just caught a post on the AIDG blog (from yesterday) re: Google.org’s recently released philanthropic plans for the next 5-10 years. People love to slam Google more and more as they (big “G”) continue to spread their influence FAR beyond the cool search engine that started it all. In a sense I can understand [...]

1/18/2008 9:41:41 AM

This past Monday (January 14th), Chlorox released its ‘Green Works’ line of green cleaning products. I’ve been pretty impressed with the new green products that seem to be appearing everywhere these days, and this is yet another example of green going mainstream. I guess the major question is whether or not these products are truly [...]

1/17/2008 12:18:35 PM

The most recent edition of the Springwise e-newsletter just arrived in my e-mail inbox, and as per usual I gave it a quick glance to see if there were any interesting ‘eco & sustainability’ entries. Also as per usual, they did not disappoint. The article that caught my attention this week is entitled: “Sustainable Living, Miniaturized“, [...]

1/10/2008 1:09:47 PM

Last year I wrote a post announcing a funding/support opportunity for college students interested in starting some sort of (on-campus)environmentally/socially responsible venture. Well, I received an e-mail yesterday from Michael Del Ponte, President and CEO of Conscious Lifestyle, letting me know that the opportunity was once again available. Here is an info blurb he included in [...]

1/8/2008 11:01:44 AM