We want to be the greenest caffe on the block, and reduce the amount of garbage we generate. Our neighbours introduced us to GreenShift, suppliers of saner disposables, mostly bio-degradable and with less evil chemical processes. The cups cost more, and we considered just raising our prices to cover it, but decided, instead, to raise awareness.

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Downtown West

Solar Energy Project

Tuesday Sept. 26, 7-9pm

St. Stephens-in-the-Fields Church

365 College Street, 3 blocks west of Spadina

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Wednesday, Sept. 27, 7-9pm

Harbourfront Community Center

627 Queen's Quay West (at Bathurst)

Guest Speakers will describe the costs and benefits of installing solar water heaters and electricity-producing photovoltaic panels on downtown roof tops. Representatives of the Harbord Village Residents' Association will describe what is involved in a bulk purchase of solar energy systems. The September 26^th meeting will focus on the use of solar on homes. The September 27^th meeting will focus on multi-unit buildings.

For more information of to be notified of future meetings, please contact Jennie Lee from Councillor Silva's Office at (416) 392-4044 or via jlee22@toronto.ca.