Six reasons artificial turf isn’t a healthy lawn

Six reasons artificial turf isn’t a healthy lawn

Former Toronto City Councillor Karen Stintz has a perfect, manicured green lawn. It’s not because she’s using pesticides or herbicides, or spending hours tending to it – it’s made from artificial turf. At first glance, it might not seem like such a crazy idea –...
RAIN reaches out to sustainable communities

RAIN reaches out to sustainable communities

This February, RAIN Community Solutions hopped on the train to head to London. The Federation of  Canadian Municipalities Sustainable Communities Conference, held from February 10-12,  was the perfect opportunity to reach out to our key audience – Canadian...
A year in RAIN

A year in RAIN

In 2014, RAIN was busy in communities across Ontario and beyond – here are few highlights of our year! In Calgary, 100 RAIN Home visits were conducted by Green Calgary– 92% of respondents to a follow up survey said they’d recommend this service to others! Home...