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Londoners shine light on energy conservation
London is looking to hear how you conserve energy and hopes you’ll help others do the same. That’s the idea behind a new website launched by the City of London. Known as reduceimpact.ca, the site encourages citizens to share the steps they take to reduce the amount of energy they use. People can enter a postal…
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Turning trash into cash generates jobs
Just a few weeks ago, Dan Smith was surviving off nothing but his monthly $850 Canada Pension Plan cheque and donations from the London Food Bank. The 65-year-old London native had been unemployed for a year. Then Impact Junk Solutions took a chance on him. “It has been pretty rough getting through (it),” he said.…
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Coffee with a cause
As the coffee industry booms, local shops are working hard to promote ethical business practices both in and out of their communities. Kingfisher Coffee Co., on Meadowbrook Drive, is a roasting company that has been donating one per cent of its coffee production to two homeless shelters since January. It’s a good way to “show them…
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Forest City in need of fruit trees, advocates say
It’s a pretty safe bet that most Londoners don’t pick their fruit directly from a tree. Teresa Rutten and Robin Harvey, two local food tree advocates, are hoping to change that this year. “London used to be covered in orchards,” said Harvey, who has started several community gardens over the years. “Fruit trees used to…