‘Wednesday,’ a modern take on the Addams Family classic, delivers beautiful cinematography, epic soundtracks, and stunning scenery. But it falls flat in one area: plastic bottle product placement from Canada Dry and Fiji Water.
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.
The original Brita story, where we asked about what happens to Brita filters that Terracycle collects, has another update!
In BC, Brita filters can be returned to TerraCycle for recycling through a program at the retail outlet London Drugs. But how does this work, exactly? We reached out to TerraCycle to learn more and they responded!
This week on Wednesday Wins, four planet-saving stories from the high seas, in the fields, in your fridge and on your plate!
Who else blinked and experienced autumn, all of a sudden? *waves hand wildly* I can’t say I mind: here in BC, we were the unfortunate recipients of a record-breaking heatwave, severe wildfires, and some crispy drought conditions for most of the summer. Only in September did things start to calm down again, and we were…
Hello readers and welcome back to Wake-Up Wednesday Wins, this time featuring more weekend! This week, all our stories relate to the demise of single-use plastics. Something that this blogger is quite giddy about! (Yes, that’s right – you’re reading about the wins not on a Wednesday, but on the cusp of a weekend. And,…
I was reminded today of the fallacy of recycling. (So dramatic, I know…stay with me – this one’s a thinker. 😇 ) One of my favourite refilleries in town posted a fun video to social media they made of their staff running away from plastic packaging as it chased them around the store. It made…
What started out as a post to talk about how much plastic I’ve saved by switching to a shampoo bar quickly morphed into a meditation on the far-reaching positive impacts of supporting local businesses and why this particular shampoo bar goes beyond the fight against plastic pollution. Happy Sustainability Sunday, readers! Today, I’d like you…
Hi there, readers, and welcome to another edition of Wednesday Wins! This week’s wins are all are ocean wins (to me)! We’ve got some small businesses tackling waste through their products, stories of art-meets-activism, and projects combatting marine pollution. Why the Focus on Ocean Wins? Well, if it hasn’t become abundantly clear, I have two…
Hello friends! Welcome to another edition of Wake-Up Wednesday Wins…remember those? (hears an echo across the Internet…) The theme? Planet-saving awesomeness (what else?)! I’m not quite sure where February went, but here we are: three days into March. It’s a fresh month with a whole lotta opportunity for winnin’. So, let’s get down to it!…
Hello dear readers! This week’s “wins” are a bit of a compendium of the last couple of weeks. I er…fell off the publishing wagon, it seems! >.< But here we are, back again. This month has felt like a whirlwind of information and updates. I’m not sure if you heard but the US just got…