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20
2010
Check your Sunscreen!
Many sunscreens contain products like oxybenzone – a known hormone disruptor – and retinyl palmitate, which may become carcinogenic when exposed to sunlight. New research regarding many ingredients found in personal care products, including sunscreens, suggests we must be more prudent with what we lather on our skin.
16
2010
Check out a Farmers’ Market This Summer!
Filed in: Food Choices, Products & ServicesCalgary is home to a growing number of farmers’ markets, with a growing number of local producers selling fresh, local produce, milk, eggs and meat, much of which is organic or at least grown without pesticides.
14
2010
Be a ‘Green’ Diva
What product is good for your health, your pocketbook and prevents billions of tonnes of disposable waste from being dumped into landfills each year? The Award-Winning, revolutionary menstrual solution – The DivaCup!
19
2010
Pull out the Rain Barrel
This is the time of the year when the robins return, the temperature climbs steadily higher and the precipitation turns liquid. April is the time to pull out the rain barrel and put it to use for yet another season.
24
2010
Request Organic Milk and Sugar
Filed in: Food ChoicesWhile a growing number of coffee shops are serving organic and fair-trade coffee, the vast majority are still providing conventional (i.e. non-organic) milk and white table sugar.
17
2010
Choose Sustainable Sushi
Filed in: Food ChoicesAccording to SeaChoice – an initiative of Sustainable Seafood Canada - most global fisheries are poorly managed and many have been fully exploited (52%), over-exploited (16%), or depleted (7%).
20
2010
Invest in Your Home
Filed in: EnergyWith just 13 months remaining in the EcoEnergy Retrofit program, there is no better time to think about having a home energy audit done.
09
2009
Watch Your “C” Words
Filed in: Products & Services, ShoppingA few decades ago the corporately controlled media began referring to people as “consumers” instead of what they really were… citizens
15
2009
Simplify the Holidays
Filed in: Products & Services, ShoppingThe holidays are an opportunity to slow down, reflect and spend time with loved ones, but, for many, the holidays have become increasingly hectic, stressful, and exhausting.
14
2009
Drain your Rain Barrel
Filed in: Water Conservation, Yard & GardenI’m sure most people are aware of this but for those of you who are not, autumn is the time to drain your rain barrel. Since we didn’t have an autumn this year a lot of people are likely in damage control.