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About Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg
Leaside Life’s new eco-duo, Cheryl Vanderburg and Debora Kuchme, are excited to be working together on a new column, Leaside Green, to bring environmental awareness along with positive and easy solutions to create and celebrate a greener and healthier Leaside. Debora, The Leaside Gardener, continues to use her background in design, manufacturing and horticulture to bring creative and practical ideas to help mitigate the negative effects of climate change. And Cheryl continues her Leaside Litterati quest by ‘plogging’ while out and about in the neighbourhood.
Leaside's Green Heart Heroes 2020
Leaside Green

Meet Leaside’s Green Heart heroes

April 1, 2020 Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

Nature offers us so many shades of green to enjoy: emerald, olive, lime and seafoam, to name a few. And Leaside offers us so many shades of green living to celebrate, including cycling, solar power, …more

Shop Green Logo.
Leaside Green

It’s easy shopping green in Leaside

March 1, 2020 Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

Leaside has more businesses that cater to our green living needs than any other neighbourhood in Toronto. …At least that’s what we think from our own research. And with such a tremendous variety of products …more

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Leaside Green

Shop Green Here Leaside Participants

March 1, 2020 Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

Shop Green Here participants in Leaside   Alex Farm Products (organic cheese and bring your own container), 1578 Bayview Ave. Aireon TV (television and audio equipment sales, service and installation), 410 Moore Ave E.  Badali’s …more

Green heart awards.
Leaside Green

Leaside Green: Introducing the Leaside Green Heart Awards!

February 1, 2020 Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

There isn’t a day that goes by without our being drawn into the growing focus on green living – the idea of leading a sustainable lifestyle that works with nature and tries to bring into …more

Amin of We the Roots. Photo Debora Kuchme.
Leaside Green

Leaside Green: We the Roots – a new way to bring agriculture back

January 1, 2020 Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

This area that we call Leaside was once home to the Laurentian people, who grew corn, beans and squash and gathered the abundance of local nuts and berries to sustain their community. Later, the Lea …more

Some Green Christmas ideas. Photo Cheryl Vanderburg.
Leaside Green

Leaside Green: We’re dreaming of a green Christmas

December 1, 2019 Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

Ah, the holidays, that magical time of year when we bring warmth and light to the cold darkness, love and joy to our family and friends along with hope and wishes for peace and goodwill …more

Sharrows (pictured here) indicate where cyclists should ride. For motorists, they are a reminder to share the road. Photo City of Toronto.
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Leaside Green

November 1, 2019 Debora Kuchme and Cheryl Vanderburg

Kids say the darndest things. Over breakfast with my son one morning, he piped up: “I just read an article in a scientific journal that said the earth could be uninhabitable by 2050.” Ouch! That …more

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Mike and Katie and their son. Photo Katie Porter.
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It pays to be Disagreeable for these Leasiders

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With statements ranging from, “It’s OK to take your shoes off on an airplane” to, “I could survive a zombie apocalypse,” Disagreeable A Party Game for The Opinionated is sure to arouse heated debates and ...more
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