Environment

Environmental Information

Note : The content of the websites proposed here in English language does not always correspond to that of the websites in French language. Websites with similar content had to be found, due to the fact that official Quebec publications are generally not translated into English.

In the event that the information contained in the websites below is contrary to municipal regulations, the latter shall prevail.

Wildlife
Shorelines
In sink garbage disposal

In sink garbage disposal are forbidden for household connected on municipal drinking water networks.

Sierra Club Green Home (SCGH)

Garbage Disposal: Do You Really Need One?

Disturbing noise
Impacts of open fires on air quality

Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (2016)

Guide sur le brûlage à ciel ouvert à l’intention des autorités compétentes du Canada (mostly in French but pages 52-59 are in English)

Release of pollutants into wastewater systems
Runoff water

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

Rain Gardens: Improve Stormwater Management in Your Yard

Virginia Cooperative Extension

Decreasing Runoff and Increasing Stormwater Infiltration

Invasive species

Invasive Species Center

Invasive Plants

Septic installations

Municipality of the Township of Potton

Ecological gardening and permaculture
Ecological housing

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

Green Housing

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Sources of Greenhouse Gas Emissions- Commercial and Residential Sector Emissions

Ecohome

Resources for sustainable housing

Light pollution

International Dark-Sky Association

Outdoor Lighting Basics

Réserve internationale de ciel étoilé du Mont Mégantic

Light pollution, multiples impacts, many solutions

Planting shrubs in replacement of trees
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