RSS ATTITUDE fr-ca http://www.labonneattitude.com/ ATTITUDE (MD) La Jambonnière or Marigro’s pigsty won Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers’ Program, for the region of Quebec. They will now represent Quebec in the Canadian final that will be held in November in Calgary. The objective of this contest is to recognize the success of farmers for their exceptional performance in the environmental, social as well as financial level. Lyne Groleau and Marco Couture, owners of the enterprise of St-Rémi-de-Tingwick, as well as being excellent managers, they have stood out thanks to their positive vision on agriculture, their involvement in the community, their environmental conscience and the importance given to balancing work and family, a family consisting of 5 girls. This couple has contributed to the development of the local market and introduced the possibility for farmers to commercialize their meat. The Jambonnière offers a service adapted to today’s reality, allowing them to assist the needs of the families that are sensitive to the consumption of quality meats, raised locally. http://cleanattitude.com/actualities/read/46 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT It’s on Thursday August 28th that will take place the inauguration of the green roof of the Queen-Elizabeth Health Complex in Montreal. Action Communiterre , Biotop Canada et Agriculture Canada have developed this project in order to create a technological window where they can demonstrate the efficiency of this technology. In fact, it consists of a gardening system that offers the possibility of cultivating a large variety of decorative, vegetable and shrubby plants in a residential, institutional, or community setting. Also, all cultivated veggies will be donated to the food bank and the neighborhood kitchen church. The green roof is an excellent way of minimizing heating and air-conditioning costs, while purifying the air and bringing a beautiful green urban space. Action Communiterre is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1997, with its mission to bring local residents together in a common effort to enhance food security in the neighborhood of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce of Montreal, improve the urban environment, preserve bio-diversity, and strengthen community ties. Their interest towards urban agriculture stimulates their motivation in these green roof projects. http://cleanattitude.com/actualities/read/44 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT For its second edition, Le Grand Débarras will take place this Saturday August 23, 2008 from 1pm to 9pm in Montreal. This event will regroup more than 30 artists who will be on St-Catherine Street, closed for the event, in order to discover the Art of Eco-responsibility. As the organizers wrote: « this event definitely wants to be a method of animating (a commercial highway, but also a powerful vehicle that transmits responsible consuming values and environmental conscience. » It is to be noted that NKI will have a kiosk and will offer great deals on their 2007-2008 collection of fair trade clothes made in Quebec. http://cleanattitude.com/actualities/read/42 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT Located on the south point of L’Îles-des-Soeurs, The Vistal is a residential complex that offers an exceptional environment near the river, forest and the city. These buildings are characterised by high standards in terms of higher energy savings and healthy living. The Vistal is the first residential high-rise condominium building to receive the LEED certification in Quebec. Also, new residents will receive a one year supply of ATTITUDE^TM products. http://cleanattitude.com/actualities/read/40 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT This summer get some air, camp, flee from pollution of all its forms and minimise your environmental impacts. Especially, do not let go of your good “attitudes” while camping! In order to help future campers, the Doc has written a blog on eco-camping . Your participation is encouraged. By submitting an “eco-camping” tip, you have the chance of winning a gift bag of ATTITUDE^MD products, ideal for camping trips! http://cleanattitude.com/actualities/read/36 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT For its last mission, ATTITUDE^TM and Earth Day selected a project created by 5th grade students from the Notre-Dame de L’Assomption School in Victoriavile. This mission consists of equipping the school with bike racks, in order to encourage active transport, and bins to allow the establishment in collecting organic materials destined for municipal composting. Victoriaville is a pioneer in Quebec for organic and recycled materials. The realization of this ATTITUDE^TM mission represents the necessary push for the school to participate in this collection and also, to minimize the volume of non valorized waste. This initiative possesses an important dimension of education relative to the environment and will bring the students to positively influence the people around them in adopting sustanaible behaviors. Visit the section Mission ATTITUDE to see the photo-report soon available. http://cleanattitude.com/actualities/read/33 Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT The Salon National de l’Environnement ( SNE ) will be held the 13, 14, and 15 of June 2008 on the Old-Port of Montreal docks. This event is addressed to all citizens wanting to contribute to the well being of the environment. Its objective is to make visitors aware of today’s environmental challenges, while proposing solutions and tools for people to have a better understanding and to encourage behavioral changes. Melissa and Diana, from the ATTITUDE team, will be present to discuss consuming responsibly to therefore make the visitors aware of the positive impacts when using eco-friendly products. The SNE regroups more than 165 exhibitors and expect more than 35 000 visitors this year. http://cleanattitude.com/actualities/read/31 Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT Since April, the team of “ATTITUDE(TM) missions to preserve the environment” is at work realising environmental wishes of people desiring to contribute constructively. Until now, 2 missions have been realised. You can discover the photos and reports by visiting the ATTITUDE Mission site. The team of ATTITUDE(TM) missions is currently realising mission 3 and the report should soon be available. This team consists of Patrick Bonin from Earth Day , Hans Drouin from ATTITUDE(TM) products, and not forgetting their numerous accomplices. http://cleanattitude.com/actualities/read/29 Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT The Lake MacDonald Shoreline Owners Association (LAMAC) organizes the lake day to make the population aware of nautical and environmental challenges. This day will be held June 7th 2008 at the community center of the municipal town hall of Harrington (2811, route 327, Lost-River, Qc) from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. LAMAC is a non-profit organization who has a mission of revitalising and protecting the environment of Lake MacDonald. The members are particularly interested in the health of their lake and the desire to closely follow up with the quality of their water. Lake day is a good way of reuniting the local population. Like the organizers say: “Rain, sun… and even mosquitoes, we will be there to meet you and answer your questions!” http://cleanattitude.com/actualities/read/27 Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT Earth Day and ATTITUDE(TM) realized their first eco-friendly mission of the activity “go on a mission with ATTITUDE(TM)” by helping a school be equipped with a green space. The school St-Louis-de-Gonzague in old Quebec welcomes hearing-impaired students that, via their teacher, wished to make their front schoolyard green. Jérôme Thibeault (school teacher), Maud Filion (Earth Day) and Hans Drouin (ATTITUDE(TM) products) have united their efforts with those of the students of the school to transform a grey urban space into a green urban space. All were unanimous: mission accomplished! This contest ends in June and there are still two missions to choose. For more information, visit the mission section. http://cleanattitude.com/actualities/read/25 Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT The « Conseil de bassin versant de la rivière Bonaventure (CBVRB) » and « le Conseil régional de l’environnement de la Gaspésie et des Îles-de-la-Madeleine (CREGÎM) » are acting together with the ministry of sustainable development to make citizens aware of the problems that cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) can cause. To do this, they are organizing a forum focusing on shorelines at the Bonne Aventure Center of Bonaventure this Saturday, May 10th. Gaspesie and the Magdalen Islands have been recognized for their natural riches, amongst other things, the purity of their waters. To give the necessary tools to better understand the stakes and thus, to protect their natural environments, the forum will concentrate on the importance of shorelines, the rules associated and the solutions to problems caused by man. The event is free for everyone. For more information visit www.cregim.org http://cleanattitude.com/actualities/read/23 Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT It’s in 1970 that Earth Day was first celebrated! Ever since then, this planetary event is participated by more than 200 million people in 141 countries. The main goal is to stimulate and value positive action directed towards individuals, organizations and enterprises concerning the environment: the celebration by the action, April 22nd and everyday. As well as organizing numerous activities the 22nd of April, Earth Day (www.jourdelaterre.org) launches a contest focusing on the adoption of responsible behavior from citizens using the theme “ Home to Ecomunicipality”. Earth day is associated with one of their partners, ATTITUDE products, for the campaign “Go on a mission to preserve the environment”. You desire obtaining more information and contributing positively to the earth’s future, feel free to visit the mission section on cleanattitude.com. http://cleanattitude.com/actualities/read/20 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT Since March, ATTITUDE is on the list of products and services approved by "Ethiquette" as responsible. Ethiquette is an information service which brings responsible product and service choices to consumers through its website. Ethiquette explains that responsible consumption is a way of integrating concerns for the environmental and the social effects of economic activity into our purchase decisions. It is about how we can use our buying power to contribute positively to society, to the environment and to the world as a whole. Approbation is made through 4 criteria: - Environmentally-Friendly - Social Economy - Social Enterprise - Worker-Friendly It is now possible to find ATTITUDE on "ethiquette.ca" as, ATTITUDE products are eco-friendly, made in Quebec, a part of the sales is given to a social organism and employees work in a stimulating and respectful environment. For more information, www.ethiquette.ca http://cleanattitude.com/actualities/read/18 Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT