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Keeping it Wheel: Life in the Bike Lane

June 29, 2009
Keeping it Wheel: Life in the Bike Lane

By Rachel Horner Cycling in Toronto has exploded as the choice alternative to motorized transit. Although getting around by bike has always been the perfect compliment to an eco-friendly, economical, and healthy lifestyle, it is only since the wild fluctuation of gas prices that motorists have sat up and taken notice of the bicycle and...
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Make Your Own Wine—On a Budget

February 21, 2009
Make Your Own Wine—On a Budget

Local Fermentations encourages wine lovers to bottle their own during economic hard times. By Jenna Williams Small Place, Big Taste At the Danforth shop Fermentations, wine connoisseurs and up-and-comers can find and create something that is just right for them. The experience is fast, fun, and easy; satisfaction is guaranteed. Visitors can make anything from beer to...
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Hair of the Dog

January 28, 2009
Hair of the Dog

How to make your own chiengora By Andrew Steventon Fur doesn’t have to be inhumane. There is a product that is  perfectly eco- and animal-friendly: chiengora – the generic name for wool made from pet hair. Chiengora gets its name from combining the French word for “dog” (chien) with “angora” (the fibre which chiengora is most...
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