Lifestyle Ten Easy Ways to Reduce Food Waste Synopsis: This article offers 10 practical tips on curbing food waste. These include shopping and storage; cooking and upcycling kitchen scraps; sharing extra food; and disposing food responsibly. Source: Unsplash Every year, more than half of Canada’s food supply is wasted. It’s estimated that nearly $50 billion of that wasted food (2.2 million tonnes) could […] Written by Karen Shim February 12, 2021March 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Lifestyle 9 Items to Start Your Sustainable Kitchen The turn of the year is always a good reason to set new resolutions. I personally love to set resolutions and goals. But keeping them is always a bit more difficult. In addition, with sustainable issues most people think they do not affect them anyway and one person alone cannot do anything. But in my […] Written by Laura Anna February 10, 2021March 7, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Science Why ‘Blame’ Won’t Fix the Climate Crisis As a communicator on climate change, I pay close attention to the starting points people use to talk about our climate crisis. There are a few problematic ones I see on a regular basis, but the one I want to discuss in this blog is the starting point of “blame and shame”. On an interpersonal […] Written by Cheryl Rosebush February 8, 2021February 8, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Science Innovative Products Climate change is real and we are the generation that needs to help slow down the process. Both directly and indirectly through education, research, and activism. Canadians specifically are generating approximately 31 million tonnes of garbage a year. Only 30 percent of that is recycled. (Waste) Greenhouse gases are the leading cause of global warming and […] Written by Christine Wincentaylo January 17, 2021February 16, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Lifestyle 10+1 Easy Ways to be More Sustainable Spoiler: You do not have to change a lot. It’s the little things that count. 1. Buy regional & organic products. You could visit your local and farmers markets. While doing so you might also discover new places around your town. In supermarkets, it is important to check labels where your food is […] Written by Laura Anna January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Lifestyle When You Can’t Shop Zero Waste – Choose Your Packaging Wisely With increased awareness of the environmental issues related to packaging waste has come an influx of specialty Zero Waste and Refill stores selling everything from dog treats to shampoo with little to no packaging. However, these items can come at a higher price than your run of the mill items from the grocery store and […] Written by Anna Schwanke January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Lifestyle How I Started and Sustained a Minimal Waste Lifestyle How I was Inspired … In my third year of university, I started a challenge called, “ Who am I”. I strived to spend twenty-thirty minutes a day learning or reading about things I am passionate about, it was then up to me to figure out what I am even passionate about. On a snow […] Written by Aleina Maragos January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Lifestyle Beginning my Journey to Zero Waste: Struggles and Learnings Confession I admit, I have definitely been (and continue to be) tempted by the aesthetic idea of having an all-new matching set of labelled mason jars, minimalistic unbleached produce bags & 100% recycled cotton tote bags for all my future low waste grocery hauls. Scrolling through Instagram & Pinterest “zero waste inspo” filled with both […] Written by Welly Woo January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Lifestyle Sustainability Starts at Home With the fast-paced workload of online school and the amount of seemingly never-ending assignments, it can be easy to neglect your home. I moved into an apartment for this school year with 2 roommates and we were all so excited to be truly living independently and to have our own place. However, one of the […] Written by Rebecca Menezes January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Lifestyle Sustainability in Everyday Life We are approaching the last couple of months of the year and closing off 2020. I would like to believe that this year was full of learning and realizations. Among the many things that occurred during 2020, a few key things to note include: COVID-19, #BLM, and a heightened motive to live sustainably. No one […] Written by Patrick Feng January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
