To maintain a lawn and garden that is lush and green you need to feed and care for it well. But that doesn’t mean you need to spend money on chemical fertilizers that can be hazardous to the health of your family and pets. Green fertilizers are a natural option that provide your lawn with the nutrients [...]
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Asbestos: A Mineral Still Used Despite the Hazards
Despite the overwhelming amount of evidence that proves the carcinogenic and toxic properties of asbestos, it is still widely used and produced in many places around the world. In the United States, only a handful of its uses are banned. If a product contains 1 percent asbestos its use is still allowed and the product [...]
A Guide to Creating an Eco-Friendly Life (Part 2)
Why Should You Green Your Home? Why exactly should you have an eco-friendly home? What can we possibly stand to gain by creating an eco-friendly environment? Well for starters, it will ensure that both you and your family are safe and out of the way of the threat of environmental toxins, which more times than [...]
A Guide to Creating an Eco-Friendly Life (Part 1)
There is no doubt that going green and adapting to a new way of eco-friendly living is taking the world by storm. Going green was once thought as a way of life for hippies or “tree huggers”. Over the last few years we’ve seen nearly every business from politics to technology begin implementing eco-friendly methods. [...]
Countdown to Christmas—Remember to Recycle
Christmas is just nine days away, which means it’s almost time to open gifts and settle into a comfortable egg-nog and turkey coma. While many people claim to abstain from material goods, there are always a few gifts waiting under that Christmas tree waiting to be opened. It’s not only important to put thought into [...]
Are You Teaching Your Kids To Care About Their Environment?
This is a serious question that I think you need to stop and ask yourself. If you have children, are you teaching them, through leading by example, how to care for the environment? Do they understand how important it is to take responsibility for their part in helping with the global environmental issues we face [...]
Stop Reaching for the Car Keys — Walk, Bike, or take Transit this Winter
It’s hard to resist the temptation of an easy, warm drive to work or the grocery store in the winter, but in order to keep your emissions in check you should be looking at alternate ways to get where you need to go. You might have to work a little harder, but extra exercise during [...]
Ski Resorts Should Mind Their Environmental Manners
What’s the best thing about Canadian winters? Snowsports! From alpine skiing to snowshoeing, there are so many exhilarating activities to partake in, in the Cold North. The unfortunate thing is that the popularity of winter sports also comes at an environmental cost. People often don’t consider the impact they’re having on the environment while speeding [...]
Add These Books to Your Winter Reading List
Winter is the best time to catch up on reading. Snuggling up on the sofa with a great book and a warm cup of tea—or a glass of red wine—is an excellent way to learn more about Canada and what’s going on in the sustainability movement. We’re blessed to have a number of great authors [...]
Make Green Your Color of the Season!
Yes, festivity is in the air, sugarplums may be dancing through your head and people seem to be prancing around happily with an added bounce in their step. I agree it’s so easy to lose focus on what’s important this time of year and I’m not referring to ‘the thought’ or ‘love’ or even ‘good [...]
McDonald’s Steps Up To The Plate Environmentally
McDonald’s is one of the numerous ‘Diva’ companies taking a stand, with regards to global environmental concerns. Each has a different angle and McDonald’s believes in ‘doing more with less.’ They understand that less truly is more in regards to their environmental responsibility, which is less waste and energy and fewer emissions. That said, the [...]
Environment Minister Wants an All-Encompassing Policy
Canada’s Environment Minister Peter Kent announced on Dec. 7 at the COP17 meeting in Durban, South Africa, that he supports a new climate change agreement that includes more developing nations. “Our position has long been clear: we support a new international climate change agreement that includes commitments from all major emitters. That is the only [...]
Clean Green for a Healthier Home
We all want a clean home, but many people unknowingly introduce hundreds of toxic chemicals into their indoor environments through their use of chemical-filled store-bought cleaning products. Most commercial household cleaning agents contain a number of dangerous toxins, including: • Parabens, used in a wide-variety of cleaning products, are hormone disruptors that can cause [...]
Do You Even Give a Crap?
It’s so easy just to look the other way isn’t it? To not bother sorting out every piece of freaking garbage or not put your dinner waste into the special green bin. It really is a pain in the butt keeping these containers clean and in a convenient place in your house so that your [...]
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