Category: going green

  • The Benefits of Freecycling!

    I’m not sure how many of you are already familiar with the Freecycle organization, but I thought I’d post this to show that it works! From their website: The Freecycle Network™ is made up of 4,949 groups with 8,506,854 members around the world. It’s a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving […]

  • Discussion: The “Nostalgia” Trend

    Background: Ellie and I have ourselves a little ladies canning group with some other gals in the area. A few times over the summer we got together to make and can some of our own foods, such as pickles, salsa, tomatoes, applesauce, etc. This blog post is taken from an email discussion we had regarding […]

  • Giveaway: Get A My Bag of Your Own!

    Well, it’s that time of year, folks! The leaves have fallen, the cold weather is setting in and people’s thoughts are turning to the holiday season! Whether you celebrate Christmas, Yule/Winter Solstice, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Festivus or any other holiday during the winter season there’s a good chance you’re going to be doing some shopping! (38 […]

  • The Bottled Water Debate

    I wanted to share this article I read in the Star with my readers today, as I think it highlights an important issue facing all Canadians. It’s also part o my series of thoughts on the environment and going green. The Case Against Bottled WaterThe article talks about people’s perceptions of tap water versus bottled […]

  • Earth Hour 2008

    I’m participating in Earth Hour 2008. Are you? ————— This post written by Ginger at Ginger Won’t Snap. Like what you read? subscribe here!

  • Hi Ginger, and thanks

    Hey guys, I found a nice little email in my inbox this morning! Chris Winter, the big cheese over at We Conserve sent me a thank-you note for posting about the site here recently. Apparently a good number of you checked the site out, I think that’s great because we need to support causes like […]

  • Going Green: Part 1

    Going green seems to be one of the hot topics these days. Working in media I have access to many newspapers, journals and magazines that are all beginning to feature this topic. I think it’s a step in the right direction, but I really don’t think people and countries are doing enough. I’m not involved […]