Monthly Archives: October 2008
Day 119: A Little Green in the Desert
The shear nature of hotels and conferences produces waste. From the mini shampoo bottles and plastic name tags, to the copious number of drinking straws, to the endless paper brochures and maps; if you have that many people together in … Continue reading
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Day 114: City of (Consumer) Sin
Yes, I’m in Las Vegas. The land of spectacular and horrifying excess. The place of slot machines and showgirls, high end shopping and outdoor escalators, buffet dinners and bottled water, and spending, spending, spending. It’s not the place where you’d … Continue reading
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Day 110: Hanging it Out to Dry
Laundry. First of all, I must say that Grant wanted me to call this post “Shout it out” (in reference to both the commercial laundry stain remover and the fact that I literally am letting people know what I think … Continue reading
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Day 107: Ditch the Plastic Carry Bag for Crying Out Loud
It’s so simple. Everybody knows about it. We all have them. But are we using them? I’m talking of course about fabric shopping bags. The golden (and easy) first step towards reducing your environmental footprint. I realize I am probably … Continue reading
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Day 105: Packaging Snobbery
We in Canada live in an almost overwhelmingly polite society. I’ve actually seen people say sorry to inanimate objects at the supermarket after hitting a display with their cart. Seriously. It’s not that we’re not friendly, it’s just that we … Continue reading
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Day 100: Greener Pastures
I’ve written before about how one of the best ways to buy veggies without packaging is to get them locally. And nothing is more local than growing them yourself. Not all of us have the luxury of garden space, so … Continue reading
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