We know the routine well: out go the invitations, next we plan the menu, then we head out for multiple, extensive food shopping trips and finally the marathon cooking experience ensues. Somewhere in the mayhem, did you have time to think of the Thanksgiving...
Fall’s Bountiful Recipes
If you’ve been cooking the same meals over and over again, fall harvests are a great time to spice up your recipe repertoire. There are dozens of fruits and vegetables that reach their peak this time of year, and here we highlight a few of our favorite...
Eco-Friendly Garden Pest Control
You spent all summer tending your garden. Now that fall is upon us, the last thing you want is an invasion of hungry insects ruining your hard work. The second to last thing you want is to keep all those pests at bay using harmful chemicals that cause...
Our Five Favorite Tips for a Great, Green Labor Day
Whether you spell it with a ‘u’ or not, Labour/Labor Day in Canada and the U.S. is celebrated in much the same way - with family and friends marking the end of summer with outdoor festivities. All summer long, we’ve been dishing out tips on this blog for...
BPA – Free Back to School
For the past few years, you’ve probably noticed the words “BPA-Free” stamped onto your refillable water bottles, sandwich containers, perhaps even your kids’ backpacks. But what’s so bad about BPA and why should you be concerned that you’re free of it? BPA,...
Green Grilling: Eco-Friendly Summer BBQ
If you really want to ruin your friends’ summer, tell them that their long, enjoyable, Saturday afternoon barbecue filled with delicious food, fun games and good laughs is destroying the environment. If instead you’d rather keep your friends through Labor...
The Eco-Healthy Reasons for Practicing Outdoor Yoga
Millions of yoga lovers around the world know that the series of movements is known for decreasing anxiety, increasing blood flow, lowering blood pressure, not to mention tightening and toning those hard to target regions of the body. An added bonus of the...
10 Fun, Eco-Friendly Findings About Canada
It’s almost Canada Day! And it only seems appropriate that we review some of the best things about our beloved country. Canadians (clearly) take great pride in their hockey. We’re some of the friendliest people on the planet (this, according to most reports,...
Eco-Friendly, Family-Friendly Memorial Day Activities
There are many happy holidays sprinkled throughout the calendar, however it’s Memorial Day that may be the happiest of all! For many of us, Memorial Day signals the end of cold, harsh winters and the start of swimming pool, sunbathing and vacation season....