Four ways to tackle wasted food on Food Waste Friday
In honour of Canada’s Waste Reduction Week and Food Waste Friday, we’re here to talk about wasted food and what you can do about it!
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John Williams on including nature in media
I had the great pleasure of chatting with John Williams, the founder of SEA Media and the Salish Magazine about the power of technology, and the importance of including nature in mainstream media.
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…
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…
Thrifted Threads with Purpose
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…
Tuna Sandwiches and a Revelation
Oppor-tuna-ty In New Ideas This started out as an ode to my sandwich: a tuna-free tuna fish sandwich (say that 5 times fast!). Its final destination was set for my dusty, not-oft-updated food blog and I did end up publishing it there. As I was typing up a short blurb for Instagram though, it hit…
My Dharma: Sharing Stories of Sustainability Success
OK…what the frack is “dharma” and why are you spouting off yogic terms on a blog dedicated to waste-less living and plastic pollution rants? Chill. Little known fact about me: yoga changed my life and indeed, set me on the path that I now find myself tripping down. I’m amazed I haven’t let more yoga…