Twitter links

google’s investment
Nova Scotia Clean Energy

Creative solar

See what the sun can do for you!
LINK

LED ROADWAY LIGHTING

LED ROADWAY LIGHTING
This is a Nova Scotian based company worth following.

Here’s a link to their YouTube page.

Innova Builders

Here is an excerpt from Innova Builders

“OUR PROMISE TO YOU AND THE COMMUNITY
Energy efficiency and water conservation are imperative to us at INNOVA BUILDERS. We profoundly believe that we are all responsible for reducing our energy and water consumption and doing all we can to minimize our environmental impact. We want our skies and waters to remain clear and blue and it starts with us in our homes.”

Are you ready to swim in the Halifax harbour?

Word has it that the beach at the Dingle and Black Rock are now safe to swim in as long as it doesn’t rain to much. Apparently if too much rain collects in the water treatment facilities the filtration system will not function for the overload. That being said it’s heating up in Halifax and the water is now safe to swim in!

Sydney Tar Pond

Example of a tar pond credit: Krista76

The Sydney tar pond might be getting a bit more attention in the near future. Residence surrounding the area have been given permission by the Supreme Court to file a class action suit against the government.The problem with this class action suit is that not everyone that was affected by the tar ponds will be able to participate in the suit.

Hundreds of thousands of tones of raw sewage and other abysmal chemicals make up the soup that is the sydney tar ponds. Hopefully something will come of this class action suit! Residence in the area have dealt with this problem for far too long.

source: CBC

How will the BP oil spill affect the Maritimes?

Most, if not all of you have heard your fair share of news related to the BP oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. However you may not know how this will effect you in the Maritimes. The problem is that no one knows the extent of impact the oil spill will have on the Maritimes.

What needs to happen is a shift in oil dependency! There are alternative form of energy collection that would not have such high risks associated with it. It’s time for the Maritimes and the rest of Canada to put a significant amount of money behind alternative energy.

What direction will I take?

This is my first blog so I have a lot to learn. Over the next few weeks I will be exploring wordpress and its abilities and limitations.

I am by no means an expert when it comes to writing so bare with me. I have already addressed the reasons behind making MaritimeBreeze.com, however I have not said what I plan to do with this blog. I will be using this blog to share my thoughts about environmental initiatives happening in the Maritimes. I also hope to share some pictures that I have taken that relate to my posts.

I look forward to reading peoples comments and I hope you like my blog.

The Making of MaritimeBreeze.com

Warning: I love to go off in tangents when I write.

MaritimeBreeze.com was started for several reasons. April 2009 after signing up for a twitter account I decided to make the website to fill the url spot in mytwitter profile. The other reasons are as follows;

I’ve wanted to create a website for some time now and on January 30th,2009 I developed a temporary medical  condition which made it impossible for me to drive a car and I was unable to do the normal things I did during a normal day. I decided to make the best outof a bad situation. I continued to go to school to finish myundergraduate degree in Marketing at Saint Mary’s University. I was unable to attend a fairamount of classes since I was unable to drive and I was not sure Icould count on my body to get me back and forth from the university bypublic transit.

Moving on… April I decided I was tired of sitting on the couchdoing nothing but school work, watching TV, playing video games andworking (when I could). I have always been interested in theenvironment but did not think there was much I could do myself to helpwith its massive problems. Then I decided why not make awebsite dedicated to the environment in the Maritimes ( Nova Scotia,New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island). I was born in Miramichi, NewBrunswick and moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 2000. I have always hada soft spot for Prince Edward Island and this is why I chose theMaritimes as the focus for my site.

Since the start of the site I have had a huge amount of support from individuals and companies. I hope that I can continue to grow the site and find new ways to keep the public engaged. I especially hope that this site encourages people to see the greener side of the Maritimes.

Update:

After 6 months dealing with this illness I completely recovered!