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Category Archives: Green Living
Top 10 blogs about recycling and waste
This blog launched in September 2011, and since then, we’ve published 236 posts about waste management! Who knew there’d be so much to say about waste? These posts have explored our personal and collective connections to waste; they’ve touched on local, provincial, national and … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rs, blog, conservation, environment, environmental education, waste management, zero waste
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“What Earth Day means to me” by Omar Hadi
Our home planet, Earth, is the only world known to us to contain life. We depend on it. We all walk on the surface of the Earth, we all breathe the air supplied by Earth, and so it should be our … Continue reading
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Tagged compost, composting, earth day, environment, environmental education, recycle, recycling, reduce, reuse, waste management
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“What Earth Day means to me” by Christina Stratford
What words come to mind when you think about Earth? Beautiful, luscious…our home. Yet, there are only some places on our planet that look like what I have just described. If you want to make every place in the world look … Continue reading
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Tagged compost, composting, earth day, environment, environmental education, recycle, recycling, reduce, reuse, waste management
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“What Earth Day means to me” by Sam Bisutti
April 22, not only is it my birthday, but it is also the day of an environmental event taking place all over the world. It’s Earth Day, and that means many things to many different people. Let me explain what … Continue reading
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Tagged compost, composting, earth day, environment, environmental education, recycle, recycling, reduce, reuse, waste management
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An ode to Nana’s couch
My grandmother recently passed away. She lived a very long life, filled with much love and adventure. In the past fifteen years or so, she moved from her large single-family home into a seniors’ retirement building, then twice more into … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rs, clutter, conservation, consumerism, death, Declutter, grandmother, grandparent, heirloom, recycle, recycling, reduce, reuse
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Online shopping — is it good for the environment?
Online shopping has gained a lot of momentum over the last few years, as retailers of all sorts move toward making it more convenient for consumers to shop. What doesn’t sound appealing about shopping in your pajamas, out of the … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rs, conservation, consumerism, cyber shopping, eco, environment, online retailer, online shopping, packaging waste, recycle, recycling, reduce, reuse, waste management
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Travelogue – South Korea
Recently I had the pleasure of visiting South Korea. Whenever I visit a foreign country, I can’t help but notice their waste bins; it’s a side-effect of working in the industry. While my friends take pictures of the Gyeongbokgung Palace, … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, environment, holidays, Korea, recycling, Seoul, South Korea, vacation, waste management
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