Sustainable Ottawa-Gatineau

01/19/2024

In a survival situation, never eat snow or ice for hydration as it can cause hypothermia plus other issues. Always melt them first either by sunlight, keeping it close to your body or by fire. Here is more on why and how. And of course, always avoid stained snow!




https://www.thesurvivalistblog.net/eating-snow-for-survival

Snow can be a usable source of water in a survival situation, but you are better off melting it first. Learn more about it here.

01/16/2024

Budget-friendly and free permaculture courses, publications and forums.

Grow your own food sustainably following nature’s ingenuity and wisdom, build community resilience, and help heal our planet.

An initiative mostly based on voluntary contributions (very humbling to see more and more initiatives doing this) offering open access and quality knowledge about permaculture.

www.freepermaculture.com

Learn to grow your own food and live more sustainably with these free online permaculture courses, forums, and publications.

01/02/2024

We borrowed this book from one of Gatineau’s libraries and read it over the summer; very useful and to-the-point information with some historical insights. A good starting point for anyone wanting to learn about survival skills.

12/29/2023

For those interested in learning about native plants, check out this page! they share information about it, and much more!

12/17/2023

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08/23/2023

Many of us sometimes struggle knowing where to dispose certain things like batteries, a mattress, etc. But did you know about Dtritus? A very useful tool by the City of Gatineau to help figure out what’s recycable and what’s not, and where to dispose of certain things that don’t belong in the garbage either!

Link:

https://www.gatineau.ca/docs/guichet_municipal/ordures_recyclage_compostage_encombrants/recollect.en-CA.html?a=dtritus

08/21/2023

Welcome! We’ll be sharing tips and information about sustainability, self-resilience, community resilience and survival!