Other Green News

The woman sometimes known affectionately as the "bird lady" of Mississauga died last week. Bernice Inman-Emery, who operated the Winding Lane Bird Sanctuary, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease over a year ago, and was living at Leisure World. She died on January 27, 2009.

It was bound to happen eventually: the Emerald Ash Borer infestation in Toronto has now spread to Pickering.

According to the Ajax/Pickering News Advertiser, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed the infestation in December - the first infestation in Durham Region. The affected area is near Finch and Liverpool Road "on a residential street".

Here's what you need to know to help prevent its spread to other trees, and what you should do if you find one.

Here's a quick tip on one really easy thing we can do that can potentially

• Help our environment
• Boost our local economy
• Save trees
• Spend our local tax money more effectively

Are you ready to hear what this one simple thing is?

As you may have heard, Toronto Hydro is investigating the possibility of building a wind farm near Toronto, about 2km offshore in Lake Ontario.

We have created a new section on the website just to help people who want to find out more what the wind farm is about, or who want to keep an eye on the current status.

Find out more about the wind farm here: Toronto Wind Farm