Tag: Toronto - Page 5
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The YikeBike Is Rolled Out at the Green Living Show
The little electric folding heir to the penny farthing looks scary to me.
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Selfish is the New Green
Because nothing says green like a pair of bikes on the roof of a Porsche Panamera.
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Pond Biofuels Takes CO2 From Cement Kiln, Grows Algae And Turns It Into Biofuel
We really do need more of this kind of thinking.
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How To Sell The Greenest Coffee: In Mason Jars, Delivered By Cargo Bike
It's also Fair trade, organic, bird friendly, shade grown, Cafe Feminino, freshly roasted. Whew.
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Toronto's Brewers Plate Serves Seasonal Food and Drink at a Tough Time of Year
Event brings some of Toronto's best chefs together to show what they can do with very little
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Quote of the Day: David Mirvish on Urban Congestion and Driving Downtown
One would think that a guy who owns a pile of downtown theatres would want clear fast roads for his suburban customers. Not so.
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New Light Rail Line Approved In Toronto Over Mayor's Objections in the Continuing War On The Car
Mayor claims citizens "don’t want these damn streetcars clogging up our city!” Others disagree.
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Unique Structure of 30,000 Paperclips Explores Material Reuse
Thousands of ordinary paperclips are transformed into a room-changing, reusable sculpture.
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Artist's Residence By Altius Architects Includes "A Broad Selection of Sustainable Technologies."
Yes it is a big house in the country, but it has every green bell and whistle in the book.
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Gorgeous Green Renovation at the Art Gallery Of Ontario Is A Learning Centre For Kids
Usually kids spaces in art galleries are afterthoughts; this one is definitely not.
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Turning a Toronto Roof into an Urban Garden and Community Space
A proposed plan would create a rooftop garden that would double as a community gathering spot in downtown Toronto.
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The Centre For Green Cities At Evergreen Brickworks Demonstrates How To Work With industrial Relics, Graffiti and All
The office building, going for LEED Platinum, is built on top of a brick factory from another era. It rises to the challenge.
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There is More to Transit Than Just Trains; There Has To Be Something at the Destination.
Tyler Brûle may be the most pretentious person on earth, but he knows his trains.
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IDS12: Be your own Tiffinwala with a Ceramic Tiffin by Lorea Sinclaire
A clever modern twist on the traditional Indian tiffin box.
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IDS12: The Return of the Rumford Fireplace As An Efficient Prefab
Rumford Fireplaces are more efficient and take up less space. Why did they fall out of favor?
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Watching Transit in Action: Rush Hour Squeezed Into Less Than A Minute
A computer programmer gives us a new view of the city's transit system, a rush hour compressed into fifty-seven seconds.
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IDS12: Students Design Lum.in.drop Exterior Storage System for the Homeless
Ryerson University School of Interior Design students steal the show with a clever pod design
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IDS12: Patty Johnson Works with Haitian Artisans to Create Vodunuvo
The Toronto designer has created an unprecedented collaboration, weaving together elements of craft production, community development and modern design.
