On a chilly fall morning, the GreenStep team got together for an urban cleanup of Mill Creek in downtown Kelowna, as part of the Adopt-a-Stream program. Here’s why everyone should clean up their ‘hood.
A zero-waste picnic doesn’t have to be arduous or stressful. It can be fun and easy! Here are seven steps to get you on your way.
Local food is one thing I get really excited about. It is so damn important to close the gap between food producers and consumers. Buying local food means supporting our neighbours and local economies, using less plastic, saving the oceans, and becoming more healthy. There is no reason not to support this movement, people! This…
This post is simply an ode to plants, and the beauty and abundance they bring to our every-day lives. As you may know, I love plants. I love to grow and buy them. I especially love to eat them. Yesterday was such a plant-filled day, it left me feeling so excited about life! The day…
Happy Monday, dear readers! Last week, I wrote about sustainable coffee solutions and how my Internet community connected me with the exact reusable product I needed. This week, I’d like to share another, similar story…this time about thrifted threads – with purpose! I’m about to go on a yarn about a collaborative effort by a…
I’m not much of a flowers kind of person; I typically think they are a colossal waste of money and resources. All the plastic packaging, and the shipping…I mean, do we really ship flowers halfway across the world, just to have colourful bouquets grace our dining room tables in the dead of winter? It seems…
No, the title of this post has nothing to do with me as a person. HA. It does, however, have everything to do with plastic. Duh. 😉 Here’s the situation: today, I decided to go for a run, along a new route with a halfway stopping point at a nearby public beach. Context: I live…
In an effort to marry my love of food with my passion for ranting about plastic, and to end 2017 on a yummy high note, I give you: Kimchi. Yes. Kimchi! Sure, you can buy it in giant plastic tubs at grocery stores the world over, and yes, it will no doubt be tasty, but…