LEED Points

Tag: Toronto

  • Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Waste Dump

    So, why would anyone consider dumping radioactive poisons that will remain deathly dangerous for hundreds of thousands of years next to such an integral part of the our Great Lakes ecosystem? The answer begins with …

  • Modular Products from Reclaimed Wood: Pop-Up Office

    Built out of reclaimed wood palette boards, separate modules collectively form the modern work place, facilitating both individual work and collaboration. Our designers claim the result is a workspace that is simultaneously bare bones and tailored to the individual. In sinuous forms, the reclaimed boards morph from wall and floor planes into furniture elements.

  • Making The World Brighter and Greener

    Three University of Toronto grads have invented a new light bulb that they call the NanoLight. The attached link to the Toronto Star article, by business reporter Curtis Rush explains how it works and what makes it such a great innovation. But it makes us proud here at OGD that local people are coming up…

  • The Most Sustainable Show Yet: Greenbuild Sustinability Report Released

    Kimberly Lewis Vice President, Conferences and Events U.S. Green Building Council It’s no surprise that after 10 years of green meeting experience, the 2011 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo held in Toronto has proved to be the most susta…

  • Toronto Green Tweets- Commons Sense Tweets

    Our Green Directory follows almost 2000 green organizations on Twitter. The vast majority of them are in the US, and so a lot of the information and insight they have to offer is relevant primarily to Americans.  But there are several notable Canadian organizations and twitter sites that tweet out good stuff on a regular…