Moziar comments on organics presentation

Former Ward 2 City Councillor Dan Moziar, offers his perspective on the organics presentation held in Council Chambers October 29, 2007.
A number of organic technology providers participated in Monday’s meeting, each giving a 10 minute presentation about its proposed technology. Options included rebuilding the composting facility using the same technology (aerobic composting in channels), as [...]

From David Suzuki’s office

We’re famous.
Attached is the letter of congratulations to City Council from David Suzuki’s office and they wanted to interview me about our story as well.
It’s apparently going to be up in both audio and visual format (!) on their website this week so I’ll keep you posted.
Thanks for your help in making the policy change [...]

Guelph councillor wins award

This posting originally appeared on The Fountain Pen:
Guelph City Councillor Vicki Beard has been recognized by the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) for her work on pollinator habitats. Beard, one of five individuals from Canada, the United States and Mexico, was presented with the 2007 Pollinator Advocate Award in Washington D.C. on 24 October [...]

Bees Knees for City Duo

The following article appeared in the October 26 edition of the Guelph Tribune:
Two Guelphites were honoured in different ways this week for their work in promoting and conserving pollinators.
Ward 2 city councillor Vicki Beard was honoured for her commitment to pollinator conservation at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. This, while University of Guelph [...]

Wastewater pipeline

I attended the Wastewater Treatment Master Plan ‘public information centre’ on October 24th and was shocked to see that one of the proposed ‘feasible’ solutions to Guelph’s sewage capacity problem is a pipeline to the Great Lakes (either Lake Erie, Ontario or Huron). It was a long hard fight to get a mega-pipeline removed as [...]

2 Hour Free Parking discriminates against 1 car families

We’re a 4-member, single-car family, with both parents working. We’ve chosen to live close to where we work, have one car, and bike, carpool, walk or take the bus for all our other transportation needs. We live downtown. We shop downtown. We have 2 small children. Any parent will tell you that the juggling of [...]

Helping raise our awareness of bees

The following editorial appeared in the October 24 edition of the Guelph Mercury:
It’s usually good when people mind their beeswax. It’s even better when people mind the bees.
That’s what Vicki Beard and Ernesto Guzman are doing, and we should all be grateful for their work.
Beard is being honoured in Washington today for her efforts to [...]