Sustainable Living
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3 Ways to Preserve Summer Produce
The plan for freezing summer produce It’s officially the end of the summer season, though it’s been an extended summer here in Southwestern BC! As a result we’ve still been seeing some amazing summer produce in the last month or so and the question is – how best to keep a taste of summer to enjoy through the winter? In the past many people canned peaches, pears, beans, cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes… and I’m just not confident enough to do it! I had attempted pickles once and a couple of the jars went bad which made me nervous to try again. So this year I’ve decided to freeze some of our…
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Sustainable & Natural Skincare with Gamanity Cosmetics
|PR| We were kindly gifted some products from Gamanity in exchange for an honest review. As always, all thoughts are our own. Please read more on our Privacy Policy and Disclaimers Page. Have you ever looked at your skincare or cosmetics and thought about how much plastic there is and what impact they are having on our environment? I think about it quite often as I’m still trying to eliminate plastic from different areas of my life. In this week’s post, I’m sharing about Gamanity Cosmetics and some of their products that can help us make those small changes to healthier and more sustainable products. Plastic in our Skincare Routines When Krista…
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Second Hand September: How you can join in!
What is Second Hand September? Second Hand September is a campaign, started by Oxfam in 2019, to encourage purchasing only second hand clothing items for the 30 days of the month. We’re a couple of weeks in to September, but it’s not too late to join in. And continuing Second Hand September practices beyond the 30 days of the month is, of course, a great idea as well! Fast fashion has sold society on the idea that people constantly need new clothes, which results in the world consuming 80 billion new pieces of clothing each year–a 400% increase from 2 decades previous. Source: The True Cost Why purchase used? The…
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Climate Change Collective: What you can do!
Welcome to the Climate Change Collective! This week we’re excited to dive into the topic of how climate change impacts our day-to-day lives. Michelle at Boomer Eco Crusader started this conversation on her blog last week with her post “Welcome to the Climate Change Collective“. We’ve joined up with a number of other bloggers to form the Climate Change Collective and explore this climate change topic further. About the Climate Change Collective The Climate Change Collective was born out of an exchange that took place between Michelle and Jamie in the comments section of a Jamie Ad Stories blog post. Jamie and Michelle both care deeply about the impact of…
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3 Things You Can do for the Planet When You’re too Tired to Care
Do you ever have those days (weeks? months?) where you feel too tired and overwhelmed to care much about the issues facing our planet? I’m having one of those weeks this week. The world’s been a pretty overwhelming place these last few years, so it’s bound to happen. It’s during these times that I’m more prone to make poor choices for our planet. Whether it’s buying convenience food, paying less attention to my recycle/garbage decisions, or having other wasteful moments, sometimes I feel too tired to commit to my desire to help the planet. Even when we’re at our lowest or most tired, though, I’m of the mindset that there…
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Summer 2022 Solar Update
It’s been some time since my last solar update, so thought it was due! I find it endlessly fascinating to analyze the data from our panels and so wanted to share some of the 2022 metrics with you. Year over year, month to month it’s amazing to see how even our generation can be. I had expected more variation, but we really have come in at a fairly regular annual production. This year, with several additional panels brought online around April, we had expected to see a lot more energy production. But as you can see on the graph above, it wasn’t until late June/early July that we saw a…
