Sustainable Dog Collar Options
Pick a Green Dog Collar When you’re trying to find the right dog collar, it can be overwhelming since there are so many styles and materials to choose from. Some even seem too complicated to buy. As a responsible pet owner, a collar with ID...
Green Bathroom Ideas
Adding pieces to your bathroom such as a dressing table or updated sink can be costly and a waste of raw materials. With a little creativity and a lot of ingenuity, you can transform regular pieces of furniture into functional bathroom items. The...
How to Grow an Herbal Tea Garden
Instead of buying herbal tea from the store this summer, why not make freshly brewed tea from the herbs you have grown in your garden? This is an inexpensive way to enjoy tea, and you reduce your paper waste too. Since herbs require little space...
Are Best-By Dates To Become Dated?
If you are like many conscientious consumers, checking the “best-by” date is a regular part of grocery shopping. Many foods contain preservatives to stabilize their contents for longer storage and shelf life. Other products are prone to...
How To Make A Compost Bin
Since we are finally out of the cold weather, hopefully, many people are now taking the time to go and begin working in their gardens. With frost possibly gone until the fall, the time is right to begin working with compost for your garden....
Where Does Food Come From?
If you’re like most people, food comes conveniently packaged from stores. Any produce is shiny and perfect, meat is sealed on a tray, and milk comes in a carton or jug. Given this picture, it shouldn’t be a surprise that many children have no...
How To Make A Solar Cooker
We have made a solar cooker in our home and often we get questions from those we talk to who see us in the paper and on the news, who ask us how to make a solar cooker. So to help everyone, here is how you can make a very simple solar cooker....
Getting Kids More Active
The city of Vancouver had an interesting idea recently. There is plenty of talk about children becoming less active and suffering health and lifestyle effects. From rising rates of childhood diabetes and obesity to just mourning the loss of free...
Sustainable Birthday Parties
Even the most environmentally conscientious parents may struggle when faced with a child’s birthday party. Where to start? Maybe it’s just easier to do the usual things, and make amends the other 364 days of the year? And it’s all about the...
What Does It Mean To Be Sustainable?
Last week, I was on the news talking about what it means to be sustainable. While doing this interview, I began to realize that many people do not know what it means to be sustainable. So, I thought I would write today about what it means to be...
A Greener Side of Gift-Wrapping
It seems to be birthday party season in our neighbourhood - cue the balloons, glossy paper, and curly ribbons. While these items are standard at most celebrations, they are not the only options. In fact, when other people see your fashionable and...
Eco-friendly Ways to Pack Your Lunch
Do you pack your lunch every week to save money? Well, did you know that you could save even more money and reduce your waste by using alternative materials to pack your sandwiches and snacks? Plastic bags, plastic containers and glass dishware...
Green Home Updates to Help You Beat the Heat
When the weather is hot and humid, it’s tempting to blast on the air conditioning and let the cool air delight your skin. Realistically, this isn’t the most cost effective way to spend your summer, but there are ways to invest in your home,...
Ways to Control Pests Without Chemicals
A wooded backyard can be a relaxing scene, but you don’t even have to live near the woods to experience an infestation of ants or the presence of large and sometimes scary looking spiders. However, spiders are an important part of the...
Easy Green Travel Booking
Scheduling your next vacation so that it reflects your eco-friendly values can be overwhelming. First, you have to call various hotels and search their sites to see how green they really are. Oh, and don’t forget about renting an efficient...