Sustainable Living Blog
As a practising artist, I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. How wasteful are my art supplies? Are they toxic? What are they made of? Are they affecting my health? What happens to the spent brushes, paints and containers...
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Most of us, at least in developed countries, take water for granted. Most Canadians rely on large municipal systems for drinking water supplied by rivers or vast underground aquifers. The cost to ensure that water supplies are safe is spread...
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Women’s Day is coming up soon. Seems like a good time to talk about why women are choosing not to have children. There has been quite a bit of discussion about declining birth rates in developed countries. Experts have suggested...
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There is a silver lining in everything and tariff threats are no exception. Consumers are finally waking up to how important buying ‘Canadian made’ really is. We’ve been touting ‘shop local’ for years yet, the Walmarts and Amazons have continued...
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I believe that the most important actions we can take to make the world better for everyone are to make more connections with each other and nature. Without meaningful connections to each other and the world around us we cannot solve...
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