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Introducing Terrera and their Sustainable Bamboo Sheet Sets
|Ad| This post contains sponsored content. As always, all thoughts are our own. Please read more on our Privacy Policy and Disclaimers Page. We are heading into (or really, we’re in the midst of!) a season focused on shopping. When it comes to sustainable living, the need to shop and give gifts can be a challenging one because there’s a mindful balance needing to be struck with each dollar spent. The reality is that each purchase we make will have an impact on our planet. As we shop for items and make our purchases, we can minimize that impact by making conscious choices. These choices include the businesses we buy from and the…
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Reconnecting with Nature and Self by Disconnecting from the World
The world is a noisy place. And life has its own noisiness to it too. It’s a rare thing to be able to escape all of this and hit reset, but last month I had the chance to do just that when I snuck away to Bowen Island for a few days. This idyllic little island is just off the coast of Vancouver, BC and accessible by a short ferry ride. While I was indeed retreating from the world, it was less of a running away from and more of a running towards something in that retreat. This retreat was my taking a time to reconnect with myself away from…
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Make A Difference By Giving These 10 Sustainable Gift Options
|PR| This post contains gifted products. As always, all thoughts are our own. Please read more on our Privacy Policy and Disclaimers Page. The holiday season is here! And with that comes the need to think about gift giving. We love a good experience or homemade item as a gift, but sometimes it’s nice to give a quality physical gift to someone as well. This guide is all about helping you find items you can feel good about gifting–items that are thoughtful, practical, have good style and are, of course, good for our planet. Sustainable Gift Guide 2023 Choosing a sustainable gift can be both easy and complicated. There is a lot…
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10 Practical tips to save money on heating this winter
Introduction If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, then winter is slowly taking hold for you as it is for us here in Southwestern BC. Winter brings with it cozy sweaters, hot cocoa, and…cold! As temperatures drop, energy bills tend to rise, leaving everyone searching for ways to stay warm while staying on a budget. With some simple changes and a bit of planning, it’s possible to keep warm while keeping our wallets happy. And an important bonus to reducing energy use is a reduction in our carbon footprint as well! In this blog post, I’m exploring ten practical ways to reduce energy use and save money on heating this…
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6 Fantastic Organizations Working To Reduce Food Waste and Scarcity
This month for our Climate Change Collective conversation, we are looking at the concept of food scarcity and how climate change is impacting this. Caroline from Enviroline Blog is leading our conversation this month with her post “The impact climate change has on food security and how to help.” The Reality of Food Scarcity Caroline does a great job in her post of drawing attention to all of the factors that are going to affect food scarcity, such as changing temperatures and extreme weather events. We’ve experienced these two things recently in British Columbia with heat domes and atmospheric rivers and flooding causing extremely challenging growing conditions for farmers. As…
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Spooky and delicious: 5 Halloween-themed kid lunch ideas
Getting Creative with Food! I don’t know about you, but it seems that just when I find something that’s working for lunches, my kids decide they don’t like it anymore! So why not use Halloween as an opportunity to experiment with some new fun and budget-friendly lunch ideas? Whether they’re attending a Halloween party at school or just want to enjoy a ghoulishly good meal at home, there are plenty of fun and spooky ideas to make lunchtime a memorable and delicious experience. In this blog post, we’ll share some Halloween-themed kid lunch ideas that are both nutritious and entertaining. Let’s dive into the cauldron of creativity! Check out our…
