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Posted by Montreal Environment in Biodiversity, Climate Change, Consumer Life on 23. Jul, 2011 | No Comments
FRAGILE: new eco-exhibition at Eaton Centre
Plastic ice-cream buckets, bubble wrap, cardboard boxes, plastic water bottles, coat hangers, and pop cans have transformed the Montreal Eaton Centre into a unique ecosystem this summer. The brain child of Montreal street artist Roadsworth and collaborator Brian Armstrong, this innovative eco-exhibition invite the public to think differently about their
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Posted by Montreal Environment in Biodiversity, Climate Change, Sustainability on 25. Jun, 2011 | No Comments
Commission for Environmental Cooperation launches new grant program
On June 22 the Council of environment ministers from Canada, Mexico and the United States concluded their meeting in Montreal. The cooperative work program for 2011-12 sets out the main priorities, including: promoting healthy communities and ecosystems; addressing climate change by moving to a low-carbon economy; and working with partners
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Posted by Montreal Environment in Aboriginal, Biodiversity, Consumer Life, Energy, Montreal, Resource Development, Sustainability on 15. May, 2011 | No Comments
Charest launches the Plan Nord
This week, the first 5-year action plan of the Plan Nord was made public in Levis, Quebec. Unsurprisingly, it has been both applauded and booed depending on the audience. After more than 60 meetings since the first version came online on November 6, 2009, the new policy document provides some
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Montreal Old Port the 6th most visited tourist attaction
Posted by Montreal Environment in Asides, Montreal
Montreal Old Port has been listed as the 6th most visited tourist attraction in Canada by Forbes Magazine with a total of 6 million visitors last year. Leading the pack of nominees is Niagara Falls raking up more than 12 million visits last year. Toronto’s Harbourfront Center came in a
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May
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UN adds 22 New Biosphere Reserves
Posted by Montreal Environment in Asides, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Sustainability
Although it has no legal weight, the UN has named 22 new biosphere reserves to its 511 in place around the world. From South Africa to North Korea the reserves are meant to promote sustainable human-nature interaction. One such reserve is located in Germany’s Bliesgau region and includes one densely
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Hydro-wars: the last chapter
Posted by Montreal Environment in Aboriginal, Energy, Resource Development
Two days ago, a smiling Jean Charest got behind the wheel of a bulldozer and broke the ceremonial ground for the construction of La Romaine project, the “biggest construction project in Canada”. The $8 billion project will generate at the height of its construction period (2012-2016) about 2000 jobs and
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The Marianopolis residential project
Posted by Montreal Environment in Montreal, Urbanism
The battle over the conversion of another historic site in Montreal into a residential project is taking place this month. The Society of Saint Sulpice philosophy seminary and former home of the Marianopolis College situated on Cote des Neiges road was sold by the Order in March 2008 to the
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Water or Oil
Posted by Montreal Environment in Asides, Energy, Oil&Gas, Sustainability
Peru’s largest and most pristine Amazon region is thretened by oil and gas exploration. 208,000 people rely on the region’s water. Peru’s Constitutional Tribunal has so far upheld the international human right to drinkable water but multinationals are puting pressure on the government to grant concessions. Read more here
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Laval citizens demand the conservation of the Saint François archipelago
Posted by Montreal Environment in Biodiversity, Sustainability, Urbanism
Sauvons nos trois grandes îles (Save our three great islands), a Laval citizen group founded in 1990, has presented a conservation plan for the preservation of the Saint François archipelago that straddles between Terrebonne and Laval. In 2001 the City of Laval adopted a plan for residential development on the
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STM soon to complete new green building
Posted by Montreal Environment in Montreal, Sustainability, Transport, Urbanism
In July 2009 the Société de Transport de Montreal (STM) will complete the construction of an new body repair shop in Ahuntsic-Cartierville. The $120 million project is the first green building to be added to the STM infrastructure and will complement the Legendre Transport Center situated at the intersection of
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