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10 Fun and Frugal Fall Activities to do With Kids
Activities In All Seasons It’s that time of year here in Southern BC: some days are gloriously sunny and others are rain-soaked and gloomy – and we need fun activities to do no matter what the weather! So if you’re struggling with keeping little ones entertained in this changing season, read on for 10 fun and frugal activities to do with kids! As the kids grow older, we’ve started to have more interesting discussions about the circle of life and changes in nature throughout the year, among other topics, as we go about our days. We’ve had a few life lessons come up lately and here are some activities that…
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Zero-Waste Small Business Profile: Fulfill Shoppe
|AD| As Fulfill Shoppe Ambassadors, we are compensated for this post. As always, all thoughts and opinions are our own. I’m so excited to talk about one of our favourite Tri-Cities small businesses on the blog today! Fulfill Shoppe has been a huge part of my zero-waste journey these last couple years and is a sustainable small business that I love supporting. We’ve mentioned them on our blog before in our Sustainable Businesses to Know About series, but here is a more in-depth introduction. Who is Fulfill Shoppe? Fulfill Shoppe is a zero-waste, online refill store that was started by two sisters, Pam and Lori, in the Tri-Cities. (For those…
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How Your Travel Choices Help the Planet
Alison and I have been spending time looking at different areas of our lives where we can take personal action and help the planet. The recent IPCC Report on climate change was fairly overwhelming, so we wanted to check in and dive a little deeper on a few areas. We’ve looked at a few areas of our lives so far, such as our food choices, energy choices, clothing choices, and even our internet use choices. This week I’m looking at how our travel choices impact the planet and changes we can make to reduce our impact. The Problem with Air Travel Impact of Air Travel We’ve been discussing how various choices in our lives impact our…
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How Your Clothing Helps the Planet: 5 Easy Changes
Krista and I have been spending time looking at different areas of our lives where we can take personal action and help the planet. The recent IPCC Report on climate change was fairly overwhelming, so we wanted to check in and dive a little deeper on a few areas. We’ve looked at a few areas of our lives so far, such as our food choices, energy choices, and even our internet use choices. This week I’m looking at how our clothing helps (or harms) the planet and some choices we can make. The Problem with Fashion The fast fashion industry has sold us on the idea that we constantly need new items in our…
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How Your Internet Use Choices Help the Planet: 5 Simple Actions
Introduction After being overwhelmed by the IPCC Report on climate change, Alison and I wanted to spend some time focusing on personal actions that could help the planet. We’ve looked at a few areas of our lives so far, such as gardening, our food choices, our energy choices and how we can use our time to help the planet. This week I’m looking at how our internet use choices help the planet. How Data Gets Around the World Internet use choices such as streaming, searching, emailing – they all seem like they shouldn’t have much of an impact beyond maybe the electricity to run our computer. Somehow I thought that the data I download, upload,…
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How Your Actions Help the Planet: Multiply Your Impact
After being overwhelmed by the IPCC Report on climate change, Krista and I wanted to spend some time focusing on personal actions that could help the planet. We’ve looked at a few areas of our lives so far, such as gardening, our food choices, and our energy choices. This week I’m looking at how we use our time and the ways our actions help the planet. 4 Ways to Make our Actions Help the Planet Here are four suggestions on how you can take action in your life to make a difference for our planet. While there will always be small, individual actions we can take to combat climate change, I feel…
