Green Toronto Festival in Nathan Phillips square

Well, you've got to give credit where due. There was another 'green' event in Toronto yesterday "Green Toronto Festival" in Nathan Phillips square.

A random selection of stalls with various not for profit, for profit, and volunteer organisations - everything from wind/solar energy, walking/cycling groups, 'green themed' estate agent, backyard tree planting, a green business/enterprise network, commute options 'smart commute' (as public transport is so bad out of downtown there seems no current option - big expansion planned by the TTC though commentry on CityNews), and many many more, see the full list of exhibitors. I loved the fact that the city had put on a little fresh water trough direct from the city mains - a great way on a hot day to let people have access to water without having to sell bottled water!

Having a dig around the toronto.ca website there seem to have been a few good incentives, esp one around green roofs, just wonder if this is still being publicised... I know from looking around the rooftops downtown, there certainly doesn't seem to be a wrath of them around... seem to be a few companies though 'greenspaceroofing', also see other article below.

Yesterday I was there again for the farmers market - wasn't that much selection by the time I got there (which is hopefully a good sign!), but the product seemed to be generally good - see here for a list of famers markets in GTA.