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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Travelogue – Sustainable Vacationing in Costa Rica
I recently travelled to the Gulf of Papagayo in beautiful Costa Rica for a one week escape to paradise. I stayed at a resort with many Canadian, American and European travellers, as well as a few locals that were on their spring … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Box, Education, Green Living, GreenCart, Landfill, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Travel
Tagged 3rs, beach, conservation, Costa Rica, eco, eco tourism, education, environment, Garbage, leave no trace, litter, ocean, product stewardship, recycle, recycling, reduce, reuse, sustainable, travel, trip of a lifetime, vacation, waste management, zero waste
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Ultimate recycling in Haiti
Going on a mission has been on my bucket list for years. I have always envied and admired missionaries — anyone who would drop everything, and, at some personal risk, go to a foreign country experiencing health, social or environmental … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Green Living, Houses, Landfill, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Travel
Tagged Canadian Baptist Ministries, children, Conscience International, conservation, disposal, earth quake, earthquake, education, environment, family, Haiti, rebuild, reconstruction, recycle, recycling, reduce, region of waterloo, reuse, sustainable, travel, vacation, waste management, zero waste
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Enjoy and protect nature when camping this summer
I love camping: getting the family together, sleeping in tents, swimming, riding my bike, sitting around a campfire making s’mores — the list goes on! Literally, camping has been something I’ve done since I was six months old. Every year, we … Continue reading
Posted in Blue Box, Compost, Education, Garbage, Green Living, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
Tagged 3rs, camp, camping, composting, conservation, Conservation Halton, education, environment, family, Garbage, leave no trace, national park, nature, outdoors, provincial park, recycle, recycling, reduce, reuse, summer vacation, sustainability, sustainable, tent, trailer, travel, vacation, waste management, zero waste
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A Landfill Gas Success Story – Reducing by Capturing
The Clean Air Partnership’s blog about Halton Region’s landfill gas collection system tells the story of how early-adopters can make environmental improvements even before it becomes mandatory. The landfill site in Halton, located in Milton, Ontario, is the only operating landfill in the region accepting municipal solid … Continue reading
Posted in Disposal, Garbage, Green Energy, Green Living, Landfill, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
Tagged clean air partnership, climate, climate change, combustion energy, environment, ghg, global warming, green energy, green power, greenhouse gases, Halton Waste Management Site, landfill, landfill gas, landfill site, methane, science, sustainability, sustainable, waste landfills, waste management, zero waste
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Waste Management Legislation in a Nutshell
We often receive inquiries like “why don’t you ban this particular item,” or “why don’t businesses recycle more,” or “can you force manufacturers to use a particular package?” There are actually so many rules for waste management in Canada, it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Apartments, Blue Box, Businesses, Compost, Disposal, Garbage, GreenCart, Household Hazardous Waste, Houses, Landfill, Product Stewardship, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Schools
Tagged 3rs, Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environments, composting, conservation, disposal, e-waste, eco, Eco Logo, education, environment, Environment Canada, Garbage, government, household hazardous waste, landfill, Legislation, Ministry of the Environment, national initiatives, nature, product stewardship, recycle, recycling, reduce, regulation, reuse, school, science, sustainability, sustainable, sustainable packaging, waste management, zero waste
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A recap of the Canadian Network for Environmental Education & Communication’s spring 2012 conference
The Canadian Network for Environmental Education & Communication (EECOM) is Canada’s only national, bilingual, charitable network for environmental learning. Each year, EECOM partners with an environmental organization or agency in a different province to offer a conference bringing together environmental educators and communicators from … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Green Living
Tagged 3rs, Canadian Environmental Studies Association, Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication, children, climate, communication, eco, education, environment, environmental education, environmental studies programs, product stewardship, recycle, recycling, reduce, reuse, school, science, sustainability, sustainable, waste management, water colour paintings, waterloo ontario, zero waste
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Students at M. M. Robinson High School Go Green
Our Grade 11 Environmental Sciences class at M. M. Robinson High School has been contributing a lot to making our school a greener place. Our class has personally led the implementation of the GreenCart program at our school and has … Continue reading
Posted in 3Rs Community Champion, Blue Box, Education, Green Living, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Schools
Tagged 3rs, burlington ontario, Canadian Environment Week, compost, composting, conservation, education, environment, environmental education, Garbage, Halton District School Board, high school, landfill, M. M. Robinson High School, plastic water bottles, recycle, recycling, reduce, reusable water bottles, reuse, reusing water bottles, science, stainless steel water bottles, sustainability, sustainable, waste management, World Environment Day, zero waste
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Great Acts Are Made Up of Small Deeds
The old saying goes “reduce, reuse and recycle.” In times of environmental crisis, these three simple words are an excellent guide to live by. Unfortunately, people tend to focus solely on the latter of the three, completely disregarding the importance … Continue reading
Posted in 3Rs Community Champion, Blue Box, Education, Garbage, GreenCart, Landfill, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Schools
Tagged Canadian Environment Week, catholic secondary school, climate, conservation, Corpus Christi Catholic Secondary School, e-waste, education, electronic waste, environment, environmental education, Garbage, Halton Catholic District School Board, high school, landfill, litter, Ontario EcoSchools, recycle, recycling, recycling bins, reduce, reuse, school, science, secondary school, social justice group, stewardship program, sustainable, teenager, waste management, World Environment Day, zero waste
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