Your Lake; Your Website

The “Cottage Life” section includes items of interest to the cottager no matter the year, the season, or one’s age or expertise. Look here when buying new items for the cottage, when considering different cottaging options, for tips for Thanksgiving close-up, winter use, and spring-awakening rituals.

Haliburton Highlands Land Trust

Are you interested in helping preserve the natural heritage of Haliburton Highlands? If so, you might want to connect with the HHLT via www@haliburtonlandtrust.ca . This organization funds projects for species-at-risk, and has also begun to accumulate lands for conservation efforts. Memberships are $25 year, and a charitable tax receipt for the full amount is issued by the Trust. For more information, contact Jeanne Anthon at anthon@halhinet.on.ca, or by calling her at 705-286-3756.

Greening Up Canada

Wondering what you can do to become more environmentally friendly? Interested in saving money, and making your life more comfortable? A number of resources found on the internet will certain give you some food for thought. Check out the following:

www.ec.gc.ca – this government website will lead you to specific areas of discussion, such as the home, the backyard, the community, the road, and out in the great outdoors.

http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/transportation/personal-vehicles-initiative.cfm - If you are thinking about buying a new car, this site is a must. It gives fuel consumption information on current vehicles, outlines the recently-announced incentives program for purchasing fuel-efficient vehicles, and provides information and hints on a series of automobile-related topics.

http://www.cottagelink.com/magazine/archive/v1n4_s04.html - an introduction to composting toilets from Cottage Link magazine.

http://www.proctormarine.com/Outboard_Motors.asp - an honest open discussion about the difference, drawbacks and advantages of the differing types of outboard motors: conventional 2-stroke, direct-injection 2-stroke and 4-stroke. This article will help convince you of the need to buy either a new direct-injection 2 stroke, or a 4 stroke engine.

http://www.energyalternatives.ca/new_to_alternative_energy.htm - a great place to start if you are even thinking of a supplement to or an alternative to our increasingly-vulnerable electrical grid.

http://www.futureshop.ca/learnmore/BuyersGuide/en/energystar.asp?logon=&langid=EN – considering a new appliance or electronic gadget? This article on the “EnerGuide” label system covers everything from televisions to washing machines.