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20 Budget-friendly Easter activities to do with kids
Easter is a time my family and I always enjoy celebrating together. Over the years we’ve tried many fun Easter activities for kids, from dyeing eggs to baking special holiday treats. As my kids are getting older, some of our traditions have changed, but we still love finding simple ways to celebrate the season and spend time together. I especially enjoy activities that are low-waste, budget-friendly, and easy to do at home. Many of the best Easter memories come from simple traditions like baking, crafting, decorating eggs, and getting outside in the spring sunshine. In this list, I’m sharing a few Easter activities our family already loves, along with some…
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How to Shop all Year Round for Christmas Gifts
A Christmas post in March might be a little unusual, but I’m giving it a go anyhow. I truly love buying gifts for people, but Christmas and holiday gifts became my least favourite ones to buy. The holidays season always seems to come with pressure to buy gifts and various gift giving obligations that that take the fun out of it. I actually boycotted buying gifts for a few years because I didn’t want to just be a consumer. Eventually I found a way to enjoy giving gifts again and I did that by shopping all year round. This not only helps make gift giving fun, but also has a…
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World Wildlife Day 2026: Simple ways to support conservation
Every year on March 3, the world observes World Wildlife Day, a day to remind us that wild animals and plants quietly sustain life as we know it. Established by the United Nations, the date marks the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973. That agreement was created to ensure international trade does not push species toward extinction. This year’s theme is “Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Conserving Health, Heritage and Livelihoods”. Medicinal and aromatic plant cultivation and harvest practices are a source of resources for many households around the world, who rely on wild plants, algae…
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How Olympic Athletes Are Advocating for Climate Action
With the Winter Olympics in full swing, it’s an interesting time to think about how climate change might be impacting the future of winter sports. When the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics were in our backyards, we saw the need to truck in dozens of loads of snow to build up the venues as warm weather caused snow to melt. This year at the Milano Cortina games, we’ve been hearing the complaints of warm weather heating up the ice tracks for luge and skeleton. With such weather dependent sports and the clear impacts changing climate is having on them, many Winter Olympic athletes are using their platforms to join the climate…
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Sustainable gardening for beginners
There’s something wonderful about starting a garden in the spring. It’s that feeling of reconnecting with nature, welcoming a new year, and knowing that warmer days are just around the corner — along with fresh, delicious fruits and veggies (without the grocery store price tag!). If you’ve ever felt intimidated by the idea of gardening or assumed you’d need a backyard, fancy tools, or a big budget, good news: you don’t. Gardening can be simple, accessible, and surprisingly affordable. In this post, I want to inspire you to start a small, sustainable garden on a budget – easy, low-maintenance plants that thrive in containers and give you the biggest return…
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44 Ways to Give your Loved One the Gift of Time this Valentine’s Day
I’m always looking for ways to give gifts that don’t involve a huge amount of “stuff.” It isn’t easy though, because gifts of stuff are often easy–especially when things are always being advertised and wish lists are often being updated. With Valentine’s Day approaching, I’ve been thinking of ways to give the give of time instead of the gift of stuff–or at least maybe a bit of both. What is the “gift of time”? There is a basic idea out there that everyone receives love a different way, more specifically in one of five ways: acts of service, words of affirmation, physical touch, gifts, and quality time. I’ve mentioned the…
