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Easy Being Green: Giving Sustainably
We’ve almost made it — almost survived what has been quite a tumultuous year. This year will definitely be one for the record books, although sadly not in a good […]
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Easy Being Green: Temporary Bike Lanes
October is the final month of a temporary bike lane program introduced earlier this year by Waterloo’s Regional Council Members to address space needs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The […]
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Easy Being Green: Local Food Security
I’m sure that if I tried to explain to my former, pre-COVID-19, self how much life has changed in only a couple of months, I would have been incredulous. Alongside […]
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Easy Being Green: Lettuce Band Together Against Food Waste
Food production, transport and waste are all big contributors to our carbon footprint as humans. One of the things I noticed in my own home recently was that we were […]
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Easy Being Green: On Changing Habits and Chocolate
This article is going to hurt. I’m sorry to do it, especially this month when we are hearing so much about the beauty of love and what that can bring […]
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Easy Being Green: Small Changes Make a Big Impact
I have a confession to make. Sometimes I’m not the ecowarrior I want to be — or think I should be. Sometimes it’s all so overwhelming — the sheer gravity […]
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Easy Being Green: Make It a Sustainable Holiday
Since it’s particularly challenging not to get swept up in the magic (read: consumerism) of it all this holiday season, here are my tips to make get through the holidays […]
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Easy Being Green: How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change
Between the election and recent climate strikes, there has been a lot of discussion in the media lately about human-created climate change and the role that our youth could play […]
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Easy Being Green: Going Electric
National Drive Electric Week just passed in late September. As such, there were various meet-ups to help people gain a better understanding of electric cars. Clearly, these types of events […]
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Easy Being Green: Sustainable Back-to-School Shopping
The other morning when I was listening to CBC radio, the interviewee remarked that back-to-school shopping was the second biggest shopping season of the year. I decided that if that […]
