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Food, glorious food, at Aarstiderne

Photos © David Chernushenko

Aarstiderne’s headquarters on the farm at Humlebaek.

Open Gates weekend on the farm, cheap ambien online no prescription connecting people with their food.

Giving children a hands-on farm experience.

Produce of all colours.

Cycling in Copenhagen

Photos © David Chernushenko

Copenhagen’s golden bicycle girl. She no longer turns, but the city is fully of thousands of cycle buy accutane from the uk girls with their own “cycle chic” manifesto.

Grandma’s bike perhaps, but not grandma’s fashions.

Rush hour on the bike lanes.

The Film Trailer for “Be the Change”

Here is the trailer for the first Living Lightly Project film, Be the Change, released on June 20, 2008, in Ottawa.

Ottawa’s green theatre company – the GCTC

David visits with the members of the Great Canadian Theatre Company’s environment committee to learn about their workplace initiatives and their new eco-friendly venue. 

What did you like most about Venice, my dear? No cars!

By David Chernushenko
Ottawa Citizen
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
As a dutiful parent and temporary “home schooling” teacher, I just had to ask my daughter that pedagogical question: “What did you like most about Venice?”
This is the girl who, ever since reading Cornelia Funke’s The Thief Lord, was aching to visit Venice. We asked each child to name [...]

My change to “Living Lightly”

After 25 years of visiting the BC mountains, last fall my husband and I made a permanent move from a bedroom community outside of Ottawa to Rossland, BC.  Now, I’ll admit, the move was not designed to reduce our carbon footprint on the earth. We just love the mountains and the (mostly self-propelled) recreation opportunities [...]

Copenhagen, Denmark

Photos © David Chernushenko

Where Copenhagen’s bicycles go to rest.

It is common to see hundreds of bicycles parked outside every Copenhagen office, order ativan cod shopping centre and train station.

Many cyclists can be spotted talking on their cellphones while they ride. Some put safety first.

Vaxjo, Sweden

Photos © David Chernushenko

Yep, an amazing bike lane system here too! What’s with those pedalling Swedes?

Vaxjo is a leader in using can you buy antibiotics england pre-fabricated modules to build all-wood framed apartment buildings. Highly energy-efficient ones at that.

Linkoping, Sweden

Photos © David Chernushenko

Tekniska Verken operates a biogas production plant in Linkoping that has helped to shift more than a hundred municipal, commercial and private vehicles to biogas.

Tekniska Verken’s main energy-from-waste plant takes in the remainder of the non-recyclable buy ambien pills waste from throughout the region, and incinerates them using an efficient and high-tech [...]

Stockholm, Sweden

Photos © David Chernushenko

Bicycle routes that even a tourist on a 3-speed can follow – and survive – with a video camera in one hand.

One of Stockholm’s dozens of pedestrian streets, positively bursting with shoppers and diners. Maybe North Americans could give it a try.

The Swedes are serious about their recycling. They save money by [...]