How Can I Help? is an occasional blog to give people ideas about ways to help build a sustainable community.

This is an update on the previous heat pump blog from last year, and how it has been a success!!

Here are some invasive species in Ottawa that you may find in your garden. Be on the lookout for these.

As many of us spend more time watching our yards grow greener, the temptation to mulch can become unbearable for the unsuspecting homeowner.

In this blog we compare the compostability of two brands of compostable dog waste bags buried in a typical Ottawa garden.

Here is a list of butterflies and flowering native plants that the David Suzuki Foundation recommend for those of us who live in Eastern Canada and want to attract pollinators to our gardens.

Butterflies and bees are suffering from the effects of pesticides and a lack of habitat and suitable food sources as more and more land is developed and lost. But there are two significant ways you can help.

I am writing to you regarding a possible bailout for the oil industry in Canada during this period of a health crisis.

Have you ever wanted to make your own household cleaners free from potentially toxic chemicals?