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Des jardins sur les toits est un projet d' Alternatives, un réseau d'action et de communication pour le développement international.

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Les jardins du troisième âge

Nous croyons fermement aux vertus du jardinage pour tous mais surtout pour les citoyens du troisième âge qui se retrouvent en institution ou dans des édifices spécialisés. Cette année nous avons exploré le potentiel des jardins sur les toits pour les personnes âgées à trois endroits: dans les habitations abordables Les Boulevards à Montréal Nord, dans un HLM à Outremont et chez un client du Santropol Roulant.

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Submitted by ismael on Tue, 01/08/2006 - 4:53pm.

Worm Composting at Home

Download this comprehensive worm composting guide produced by Eco-quartier Peter McGill to learn how to build and maintain a worm bin at home!

Posted to: Rooftop Gardening Resources | Ressources pour le jardinage
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Submitted by benji on Sat, 29/07/2006 - 3:34pm.

Can you find the house? / Pouvez-vous trouver la maison?


Where does the land stop and the house begin? My parents spent the weekend on Denman Island, off the coast of Vancouver Island, and sent me a picture of a green roof with a difference! It's just one more testament to the endless possibilities of rooftop greening.

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Submitted by mthom on Fri, 28/07/2006 - 10:06pm.

Gardening is activism | Jardinage c'est de l'activisme

During WWI and WWII, individual citizens in North America were included in the war effort by growing food at their own homes. Gardening today, especially at this time of wars in the Middle East, is a way for us North Americans to do our part. Although we haven't yet been called on by the government to garden on a large scale, individuals and communities are choosing to garden as a way to be peaceful. We can prepare for a future world with no more oil (and hopefully no more oil wars) by gardening at our own homes and community centers.

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Submitted by rotem on Fri, 28/07/2006 - 1:06pm.

Rootop gardening on a quebec city coop

Read the story (in french) of our quebec partner... Enjoy!
Ismael

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Submitted by ismael on Thu, 27/07/2006 - 4:15pm.

Cost of food grows to 18m tons of carbon dioxide

Even a tiny country like England uses a great deal of energy to get food to its people. Just like in Canada, this is due to the importing of food from all around the world. Perhap we should change the mantra of the environmental movement to "Think Globally, Eat Locally."

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Submitted by alexjhill on Wed, 26/07/2006 - 8:33am.

BBQ party on the roof!

Thursday, 08/03/2006 - 17:00
Friday, 08/03/2006 - 21:30

Everyone is invited to the BBQ on August 3 from 5pm to 9 :30pm. It'll be the party of the year on the roof! Come danse, eat and celebrate with us during this benefit for the Santropol Roulant. See the attached poster for more information.

Also, we need lots of volunteers to make this event a success! We need BBQ chefs, security, bartenders, and food ticket sales people. Sign-up for volunteer shifts at the garden or at the Roulant!

**We're still looking for BBQs! If you have a BBQ you could lend us,
please contact Megan and 514-982-6606, ext. 2243. Thanks!

Address of the roof: 4750 Avenue Henri-Julien, corner Villeneuve.

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Submitted by rotem on Fri, 21/07/2006 - 11:37am.

Gardening for college credit? On a rooftop? What is this course?!?

by Mark McGuire
July 2006

In our summer Continuing Education course in Dawson College's Humanities department we've been exploring global warming and climate change, threats to our food security and biodiversity posed by industrial agriculture, and the looming peak in the global oil supply. We ask, "How does our participation in modern consumer culture implicate us in the rapid devastation of our human community and natural environment? What are our responsibilities as human beings and global citizens to respond collectively with imagination to these huge, complicated problems? What obstacles prevent us from getting good information and developing creative strategies for resistance?" By taking seriously and actually lending a hand to the ongoing efforts of local community organizations (Santropol Roulant and Alternatives, to name but two) to find meaningful and sustainable solutions to these problems, students have discovered that, as our course title suggests, "Another World is Possible," so long as we abandon despair and commit to activist-engagement with our local communities.

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Submitted by rotem on Thu, 20/07/2006 - 12:56pm.

JETS potluck on the roof...more than just a discussion / JETS potluck sur le toit...plus qu'une discussion

Thursday, July 13, 2006 at the demonstration garden.
Jeudi, le 13 juillet, 2006 dans le jardin demonstratif.

Our first rooftop potluck was a smashing success!
We had a great discussion about municipal involvement in urban greening. Thanks to everyone who showed up with tasty food to share and ideas to exchange!

Notre premier potluck etait un grand succes!
On a eu une belle discussion sur l'ecologisation de la ville et l'implication de la municipalite. Merci a tout le monde qui sont venues avec la bouffe a partager et les idees a echanger!

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Submitted by rotem on Tue, 18/07/2006 - 2:02pm.

Beating the Heat in the Concrete Jungle: Community groups combat summer heat and smog by greening Montreal!

Montreal – Summer 2006

As Montrealers suffer another stifling summer heat wave, feeling choked by the smog and humidity, some people are trying to do something about it!

But a cooler gentler Montreal is possible if we can “green-up” the city centre with urban vegetable gardens, green roofs, and more trees. Many community and environmental organisations are leading the way.

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Submitted by rotem on Mon, 17/07/2006 - 11:07am.