Blog by Patricia Houlihan
September 27th, 2007
Pesticides Are Out - Organic Gardening Is In!
Sources at CBC are reporting that the Ontario Liberals plan to
introduce a province wide ban on pesticides if they are re-elected
in October. The proposed pesticide ban will be part of the party's
platform leading up to the election on October 10, 2007.
The proposed ban will cover all municipalities, towns and cities
in the province wit ...
Posted in General
September 26th, 2007
Our real estate team strives to provide exceptional service to our
clients. We are always looking for feedback on how we can improve
in this regard and I am always looking for examples of excellent
service in other fields to see if we can improve similarly.
I was at a conference on Luxury Real Estate recently. Of course
it contained a lot of ideas on exemplary, high level service.
Having ...
Posted in General
September 19th, 2007
I just finished uploading these 11 Waterfront lots for
sale in Salinas
Grande, Nicaragua.
100x200 feet of waterfront with water and power and road access
1 1/2 hours from Managua; 20 minutes from Leon.
Posted in Listings
September 8th, 2007
Do you know why LEED, REAP and BuiltGreen home construction
standards are good for the environment? In a recent post, Susan
Boyce provided a nice summary. She explains that as the green
revolution shifts into high gear an increasing number of vague
acronyms and buzzwords are entering into the public consciousness.
She then provides a quick guide to decoding the benefits of three
emergin ...
Posted in General
September 7th, 2007
Apparently the buildings we work and live in use approximately 35
to 40 per cent of the world's energy and are therefore responsible
for emitting 35 to 40 per cent of the world's green house gasses!
According to a Vancouver Sun article, Vancouver development
management company reSource Rethinking Building is aware of these
statistics and is leading the battle to fight conspicuous energy
cons ...
Posted in General
September 6th, 2007
A few months ago, Macdonald Realty Ltd. had a contest asking
realtors to submit ideas to help Macdonald Realty be a better
environmentally responsible company. The winner received a trip to
Hawaii-it was great!
My idea focused on addressing the issue of climate change, since
realtors drive so much and contribute to the problem. The idea won
first prize and the program has now been imple ...
Posted in General