There is a certain element of secondhand shopping that is more thrilling than regular shopping. Let’s call it “the hunt”. You know, that exhilarating feeling you get when you’...
I’m blatantly stealing a post from the lovely and talented Mrs. Green over at My Zero Waste (compliments help when you’re stealing content). I couldn’t help myself; this video was ...
When I was a teenager, I used to babysit for a family down the street that had a candy drawer. It was, just as it sounds, an entire drawer full of candy. After dinner, if it was a weekend, the …...
Sometimes Grant and I get to speak to school groups. We show our film and tell a few stories and answer questions about living zero waste. And sometimes I’m stuck that we’re talking to yo...
I haven’t made hot chocolate in a long time. Sure, I’ve had it at cafes (I’m a pretty big fan of rich chocolatey goodness), but I haven’t made it in my own house. The last tim...
Somewhere on the road to zero waste, I became a bit of a hoarder. I don’t mean a hoarder of garbage, I just meant that I don’t throw things out if I think they “might” be usef...
Like it or not, the holidays are soon to be upon us, and like it or not, people are going to give gifts. I know there are some who have successfully removed themselves from decorating their homes wit...
Yes, it’s that time of year. My mystery volunteer squash that threatened to overtake the garden have been harvested. The raised beds are looking a little bare, save for a few remaining carrots ...
I love finding stores that make it easy to shop zero waste. Stores like Unpackaged (England) or In.gredients (Texas) or La Forêt (Wakefield). My most recent “find” was this past weekend in Powell Riv...
You’ve maybe noticed that I haven’t been around this here blog much lately – partly because I’m been busy over at www.cleanbinmovie.com – but that doesn’t been I h...
Pretty much everyone I talk to thinks that composting is great. Just the fact that you are reading this blog probably means that you also think composting is great. I mean, at 35% (by weight) of our ...
We recently played host to some friends and fellow zero wasters who were visiting from Iqaluit. I have to say, living in the extreme north, they definitely have a harder time of it finding low-packag...
As a fair-skinned redhead who spends a certain amount of quality time outdoors (think cycling across Canada for three months) I go through my fair share of sunscreen. And then I saw the movie Chemeri...
I’m one of those people who loves the smell of coffee, but hates the taste (I’m more of a tea girl), so it was no hardship to me when Grant’s coffee grinder broke. But for those fo...
So here’s the deal. We’ve been ‘trying’ this zero waste thing for two and half years now, (you would have thought the novelty would have worn off, but it hasn’t. ), and ...
If you’ve seen our movie, you’ll know that there are hundreds of thousands of baby albatross dying on Midway Island each year filled up with our plastic; plastic that is floating in the m...
I have to give full credit for this post to Tom Watson of King County. It’s a hilarious ad for water conservation from a Brazilian Environmental Organization. Their message is pretty simple: pe...
Where the heck does our trash go? I mean, I know my garbage goes to the landfill in Delta or up to the recently expanded Cache Creek, but what about everything else? What about those glass jars and ...
So we moved. And moving tends, well, to generate garbage. It’s not just the boxes and packing tape, it’s the years worth of “stuff” you’ve been storing in the basement, ...
Alright, alright, I realize my Christmas post is way too late to help you with your gifting quandaries, and I know lots of folks are moving away from formal gifting during the holidays, but I did wan...
Grant and I have lived in the same awesome 100 year old duplex in Vancouver for 7 years. We’ve been lucky to have a variety of great roommates at various times as well as a landlord who lets u...
There has been a lot of hygiene talk out there lately. After the New York Times article entitled The Great Unwashed, hit the streets, people started popping up all over the place admitting that they ...
The rumors are true. I went clothes shopping. Since the project, shopping from clothes is something I rarely do. I’m not sure if it’s because not buying stuff makes me feel virtuous or be...
Ok, we haven’t had a wednesday video here for awhile, but then Grant showed me this stellar film last night, and I just had to share. It’s a captivating short – perfectly shot and ...
People often ask me if I ever get shot down trying to use my own containers in grocery stores. Generally, the answer is ‘no’, but that’s mostly because I choose to shop where it isn...
This feels a bit like confession: “forgive me readers for I have sinned; it has been over 2 months since my last post.” So much for my weekly installments. . . Grant and I got pretty wra...
Fair warning to those who are tired of reading about my feminine hygiene opinions: you might want to pass on this one. Anyone still with me? As you may know, I love the Divacup. I started using it j...
Continuing on the personal hygiene theme. . .I’ve been making my own deodorant for awhile now. It started off with a powder – equal parts baking soda and cornstarch applied with a powder...
So we’ve been on the road for about a week now, touring across Canada by bicycle. Some sections are really darn hard. . . but that’s not what this post is about. this post is about waste....
There are a lot of people out there giving up shampoo. So many, in fact, that there’s a name for it. The “no poo” method (I kid you not) is when people skip the shampoo and use so...
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