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The Green Extra

A special publication of the Journal

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Save energy, save money

Students living in the Ghetto often face enormous utility bills due to the inefficiency of their old houses. However, there are ways to conserve heat and electricity. Romy Bauer, a Kingston landlord, actively works with her tenants to help them be more environmentally friendly.

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Environmental mythbusters

While cigarette butts may technically be biodegradable, various sources have estimated that it can take them anywhere from 18 months to 10 years to fully break down. According to Cigarette Butt Litter, a project aimed towards raising awareness about the topic, this is because 95 per cent of all cigarette filters are made out of a type of plastic called cellulose acetate.

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Unwrapping your packaging

Unwrapping your packaging

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Helping the planet one clothes pony at a time

Certain fashion trends die hard, but your old shopping habits don’t have to with the abundance of organic and vintage clothing available in Kingston. Sustainable fashions are all the rage in today’s design world, with more clothing companies adopting the green philosophy and more shoppers opting for organic and vintage clothing to help the environment.

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The reluctant environmentalist

In March 2007, Vanessa Farquharson started a one-year crusade to green up her lifestyle by giving up plastic bags, hot showers and Styrofoam—without being too smug. Farquharson’s blog, greenasathistle.com, tracked her progress as she made one change every day for a calendar year to lead a more sustainable lifestyle.

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Reconstructing environmental histories

There isn’t much room left to stamp Queen’s professor John Smol’s passport. One of the leading environmental researchers in Canada, Smol’s studies on lake systems and the Arctic have taken him to almost 60 countries.

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Queen’s could profit from solar panels

If Joshua Pearce has his way, the aerial view of Queen’s University will be very different in two years’ time. The mechanical engineering professor’s Applied Sustainability group is lobbying to install solar panels on the University’s available roofs.

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Movies making the environment matter

Not so long ago, when you thought of nature films, images of boring high school science classes and droning documentaries came to mind. But with the environment front and centre, nature movies have become unabashedly popular as more people want to learn about our planet and the issues of preserving it.

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Energy-Saving Tips around the house

Energy-Saving Tips around the house

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Kingston moves towards a sustainable future

Kingston may still have a long way to go before becoming a model for sustainability, but the City can add one good thing to its resume. This past September it was a finalist in the prestigious Communities in Bloom Sustainable Development Award.

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October 2, 2009

The New Economy

A special publication of the Journal

October 2, 2009

Economic bubble shields Kingston businesses

As store owners sit idly by and public workers grapple with budget cuts all over Southern Ontario, Kingston may have found a way to remain relatively impervious to the economic downturn gripping the world. With its thriving military, health care, correctional and educational, Kingston’s economy is supported and generally faring quite well, director of Kingston Economic Development Corporation’s John-Paul Shearer said.

October 2, 2009

No hiding in grad school here, we have a plan

Planning what comes next after graduation has always been tough, but stepping out into the real world in the midst of a recession poses a new group of challenges. With companies downsizing all over the country, fewer jobs are available to recent graduates with little work experience in their chosen fields.

October 2, 2009

Crisis in the classroom

From taking out mortgages that couldn’t be repaid and trading assets that were barely understood in the last few years, it seems many people didn’t know what they were doing with their money. The rampant borrowing and risk-taking that brought about the financial meltdown of 2008 has some arguing Canadians aren’t adequately educated in finance.

October 2, 2009

The good old days will return

If Jeff Rubin is right, you can say goodbye to Atlantic salmon and Florida oranges in the wintertime—at least for the foreseeable future. For nearly two decades before stepping down earlier this year, Rubin was the CIBC World Markets chief economist. He has become known for accurately predicting fluctuations in the Canadian dollar, interest rates and trends in the real estate market.