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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How-To
Keeping it Wheel: Life in the Bike Lane
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
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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