Category Archives: Around the house
The One in One Out Wardrobe
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 because my closet is so chock a … Continue reading
Filed under Around the house
Selt Directed Greens vs Uninterested Polluters
I’ve had tons of people come up to me in the past year and tell me about how they only have to take their bin to the curb every few weeks, or how they started composting, or how it drives … Continue reading
Filed under Around the house, recycling
Babies Equal Garbage?
Ok, this is it, I’m a declaring to the world that when I have kids, they will be using cloth diapers the majority of the time. And you can hold me to it. What else in the western world creates … Continue reading
Filed under Around the house
Day 151: Pet Waste
Gato, our cat, was none too impressed, but our household acquired a new member on the weekend: a puppy. Of course, being of the zero-waste sort of persuasion, we started thinking about pets and the world of waste management. I … Continue reading
Filed under Around the house
Day 262: Cluck Cluck Cluck
It’s official! Vancouver has joined the ranks of such municipalities as Seattle and Victoria and has voted to allow the keeping of backyard hens. Now, you may think that I am just jumping on the hot new trend of urban … Continue reading
Filed under Around the house, composting
Day 224: Toxic Shampoo And More
If you didn’t already need another reason to stop using store bought shampoo and conditioner, the Canadian government just decided that 16 chemicals, two of which are common ingredients found in shampoo and cosmetics, are actually toxic. According to a … Continue reading
Filed under Around the house, Hygiene
