plastic pollution

Food, Flip-Flops, Refills, Oh My! – Five Hopeful Wins For the Planet (On Wednesday)

Food, Flip-Flops, Refills, Oh My! – Five Hopeful Wins For the Planet (On Wednesday)

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…

Stories of Hope: The Downfall of Disposable Plastics

Stories of Hope: The Downfall of Disposable Plastics

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,…

Recycling will never be a good solution…as long as we have 10-cent bottle returns!

Recycling will never be a good solution…as long as we have 10-cent bottle returns!

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…

In Conversation with The High-End Hippie Wellness Company (or, How to Create Accidental Environmentalists with a Shampoo Bar)

In Conversation with The High-End Hippie Wellness Company (or, How to Create Accidental Environmentalists with a Shampoo Bar)

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…

Ocean Wins: Small Biz Love, Art-ivism, and More

Ocean Wins: Small Biz Love, Art-ivism, and More

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…

Marching Into the Week with Planet-Saving Awesomeness

Marching Into the Week with Planet-Saving Awesomeness

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!…

Words to Live By, Local Business Love, Products Changing the Packaging Game, and…Phytoplankton?

Words to Live By, Local Business Love, Products Changing the Packaging Game, and…Phytoplankton?

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…