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7 Ways to Reduce Your Waste This Halloween
Any holiday and celebration can create a lot of waste. Halloween with its abundance of candy wrappers and one-time-wear costumes is no exception. To help make this Halloween a little more financially and environmentally sustainable, we’re sharing seven ways to reduce your waste. Ways to Reduce Your Waste This Halloween 1. Shop second hand stores for decorations (or make your own!) Since seasonal decorations are put out for such a short time, shopping second hand stores or online marketplaces are a great way to save money on these items. The added bonus is that second hand items are better for the environment as they create less waste! If you feel…
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Flashfood: Sweet Bell Peppers
The Flashfood App enables frugal grocery purchases while also promoting sustainability by diverting food that was destined for the landfill. This app links consumers looking for grocery deals with stores looking to sell nearly expired foods. And it’s also a great way to try out new foods and challenge yourself to experiment with recipes! Find out about the app here: Introduction to Flashood Flashfood Find: Sweet (bell) peppers Regular Price $10.00Flashfood Price $5.00Total Savings $5.00 Menu Inspiration I use peppers in quite a few of the meals that I cook so when I saw this box of peppers for only $5.00 I bought it right away! My plan was to…
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Waste Reduction Week: Upcycled T-Shirts
This past August we featured a series that focused on five fast fashion facts and five questions with a sustainable, slow fashion brand. In this instalment of the series, we shared that fast fashion has driven consumers to purchase, and dispose of, many more garments than in the past. Furthermore, due to the poor quality of many of these textiles, most are not able to be recycled or sold in second-hand shops. As this is Textiles Tuesday in #wastereductionweek we’re sharing a few ways to re-use your old t-shirts that will keep them in use, keep them out of landfills, and maybe replace a single-use disposable item as well! Dryer…
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Celebrating 100 Blog Posts With Our Most Popular Reads
Today we are celebrating our 100th blog post! And to mark that milestone, we thought we’d share some of our most popular posts with you. Here are 10 of our readers’ favourite posts. Top Posts for Slow Fashion From this year’s slow fashion series, our top posts include a visible mending tutorial, a how-to guide to hosting your own clothing swap, and a feature on one of our favourite Canadian sustainable fashion brands. Visible Mending: What’s Old Can Be New Again Sustainable Children’s Wear: fairechild How to Host a Clothing Swap Top Posts for Living Plastic Free We participated in Plastic Free July for the first time this year and…
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Tips for Starting Your Successful Zero-Waste Lifestyle
The idea of zero waste living can feel overwhelming. A part of the reason we started our blog was to show how practical and natural living sustainably can actually be. Thinking of a zero-waste lifestyle, going fully vegan, or eliminating all single use plastics can feel so daunting that we might give up before even starting. But it really can be easy if taken step-by-step. This is why I wanted to highlight some easy habits for living sustainably that can also save you time and money. Each one is a great place to start your journey. Habits to Start Your Zero-Waste Living Here are some easy habits you can implement…
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How to Host a Clothing Swap
Clothing swaps are one of my favourite things. Anything that combines saving money, shopping, and some time with friends is a good thing in my books! A clothing swap is a chance for you to pass on your unused clothes to others who will enjoy them and for you to add some new items to your closet. We’ve mentioned in our post about sustainable choices saving money that purchasing one less new clothing item a year can save 6-billion pounds of carbon emissions. So clothing swaps are sustainable for your budget and the environment. In this post I have a “How To” guide on hosting a clothing swap along with…
