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Links & Local Info Sources
Links from this site to other
sites are presented as a convenience to users. BEC is not
responsible for the information found at these sites. Also note
that BEC does not assume any responsibility for the quality of
products or services listed or described in these sites
* Les sites en français ou bilingues sont précédés par une
étoile
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Local
Service Providers - West Island of Montreal, Quebec
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| Option-Eco-Option - provides organic
fertilizing, weed and pest programs. Located at 65 Donegani, Point
Claire, H9R 2V9. Phone: (514) 693-9550 or (514) 693-9555. Fax (514)
694-3245. email: eco.option@videotron.ca |
| * Eco BUG DOCTOR
Inc. provides pest control strategies and technologies that
optimizes health for humans and the environment. e-mail: info@ecoBUGdoctor.com
phone: (514) 422-8457 address: 2040 Parkfield, Dorval, Qc. H9P 1T9 (Montréal)
CANADA |
| NIC
(Natural Insect Control) on-line sale of pest control
products from Ontario. |
| * Nature-Action
Québec - service and education provider based in St.
Bruno, Québec. |
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Jean Brunet - organic product distributor in Montreal's West Island.
Sells Organo-Veg in granular and liquid, yuca, fulvic and humic acid,
mycorhiza, compost teas, beneficial insects, seaweed basalt, rock
phosphate, mica.
Phone: 453-7937 Email: orgnatur@pubnix.net |
| Green
Communities Association - Home (Energy) performance
experts. |
| BIOPLAN Wildlife Habitat Designer (Concepteur
d'habitats fauniques). Designing, planning and consulting to attract
birds. (Conception, planification et consultation dans le but
d'attirer les oiseaux.) Phone: (514) 767-4335. Address: 1713 Leclair,
Verdun, Québec, Canada, H4H 2M9. |
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Organic
Lawn Care and Gardening
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| * Go for Green
- The Active Living & Environment Program based in
Ottawa. Provides many useful fact sheets on Pesticide
dangers, alternatives, organic gardening, etc. |
| The
Pesticide Education Network (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) offers
pamphlets approved by the Region of Ottawa-Carleton and the
Ottawa-Carleton Health Department on Ecological
Lawn Care, Non-grass
Ground Covers, and Non-toxic
Control of White Grubs. |
| Gardener's
Net Organic Gardening - provides useful information
on alternatives to pesticides, and much more. |
| Immune
Web Organic Lawn Care Guide: For a Vital, Healthy,
Safe, and Living Yard |
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Composting
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Environment
Canada Composting Page - provides a great how-to
guide to composting. Details on how to build, feed and
maintain your composter, and includes sections on getting
started, helpful hints and troubleshooting.
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| The Gardener's
supply Company explains in great detail the process of composting
and various models of composters.
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| Composting
for Home Gardens - a more advanced and technical page
on composting. This explains in much greater detail the
process of composting and provides information on a
number of different approaches, including some using very
basic materials such as plastic garbage bags. |
| * The Composting
Council of Canada - how-to information as well as info about the
composting industry in Canada.
* Le
Conseil Canadien du Compostage (en français) explique
comment faire le compostage. Aussi le centre de références et
de réseau national pour l'industrie du compostage
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Various
Environmental Sites
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| * la Coalition pour les
alternatives aux pesticides/Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides |
| The Green
Lane Home Page - from the Environment Canada |
| Rachel's Environment
and Health Newsletter - environment activism |
| Pesticide Free Ontario
coalition of Ontario citizen groups connecting on a provincial level
to work towards the elimination of urban pesticide |
| Worldwatch
Institute Home Page |
| The
Nature of Things Toxic
House describes hazards of indoor pollution, largely created by
the synthetic and organic chemicals that are a part of our daily lives |
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Local Info Sources
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Useful Information Sources in Beaconsfield/Baie
d'Urfé
- MacDonald campus of McGill University has a vast
selection of materials on pesticides at the library in the Barton
Building ((514) 398-7877) and at the Ecological Agricultural Projects (EAP)
resource centre ((514) 398-7771). Photocopiers are
available. They also provide some very useful & free
consultation services on pest control. Phone for opening hours.
- The Beaconsfield Library ((514) 428-4473, Reference Section) has a
copy of the "Environment Binder", a collection of
information sheets and booklets assembled by the Beaconsfield
Environment Committee. Please feel free to photocopy and
pass them on.
- The Beaconsfield Library has a good selection of books and
magazines on organic gardening, composting, healthy lawn care,
pesticides, etc. Ask the Reference Librarian for a copy of
the "Healthy Gardens...Healthy Lawns...Healthy Living"
bibliography.
- The Beaconsfield Public Works Department (300 Beaurepaire Drive,
(514)
428-4500) has photocopies available on alternatives to
pesticides. Ask at the reception desk for your free copy.
- The Beaconsfield Engineering Department ((514)
428-4430) has copies of
the Beaconsfield Pesticide Bylaw available upon request.
- Environment Canada Documentation Center has many information
sheets available to the public free of charge. Visit them at
the Complex Guy Favreau, West Tower, 6th floor, or phone Lise
Lacharité at (514) 496-6851.
- The book "Pesticide Bylaws: Why we need them; how to get
them" is available by phoning Meryl Hammond of Citizens for
Alternatives to Pesticides (C.A.P.) at (514) 457-3437).
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