sasha on the street

It’s that time of the year again. You look outside and the trees are adorned with lights, there are decorations everywhere and depending on where you live (almost anywhere in Canada right now) children are playing in the snow … really it looks magical outside.  But all of the glitz and glamour is energy consuming.
I was [...]

 What is active transportation?
Have you ever thought I’m going to combine how I get to work with my exercise for the day? Did you walk, run, or ride your bike to work? Those are all forms of active transportation. Active transportation is any form of human-powered transportation. The most popular are riding your bike and [...]

I have missed a couple of weeks with Vanderburg’s course, well I’ve been there but I wasn’t inspired to write a blog about it. This week was different, Vanderburg really got us thinking about the producer-consumer environment. Maybe it was my friend Steve’s blog that really got me thinking about it, but we as consumers [...]

Quick. Convenient. Cheap. Yup, that’s Walmart. It usually has everything you need for your life and home, from cleaning supplies, to furniture (including electronics), clothes, and in some cases it has a food aisle, although I haven’t seen one with any fresh produce yet.
Last night the debate about Walmart came up around my dinner table. [...]

I think a healthy city is sustainable city.
For the past 7 weeks, and for much of the summer, Toronto hosted many running and outdoor festivals, including two marathons (The Scotia Waterfront Marathon and The Toronto Marathon), a full weekend walk (The Weekend To End Breast Cancer) and many other 5 to 10 kilometer races (CIBC Run for the [...]

Running may not be the best means of alternative transportation; running with a heavy back pack is just not easy. But many people find running an easy way to stay in shape; you can run anywhere. As one of my favourite running t-shirts says “The roads are never closed.”
I grew up racing cross-country and track. [...]

This week transportation engineers from all over will descend on Toronto, Ontario. The annual conference, which started today, will be held at the Westin Harbour Castle here in Toronto.
Over the next few days I’ll be at seminars, tours, and in the exhibition. With this year’s theme Transportation: A Key to a Sustainable Future I look [...]

It’s not just about the cars we drive or where we live, it is also about the clothes we wear. Most of our clothes are made at inefficient, polutant hogging plants.
But now we have a choice, Ecopurna.
Designer Steve Sal Debus and manufacturer Mark Trotzuk founded their company on natural principles, be environmentally friendly, reduce your carbon [...]