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5 tips for a Ghoulishly Green Halloween

Posted on October 26, 2015

You don’t have to dress up as David Suzuki to be environmental on Halloween. Here are 5 tips for a ghoulishly green celebration! 1. Use Natural things to decorate: Make a spooky scene with branches, leaves, and pumpkins! 2. Get creativ…

The average Calgarian throws 50 bags into our garbage annually. That means Calgarians send 55 million bags of garbage to the landfill every year! Since it's Waste Reduction Week (Oct 19-26), we’re excited to spread some trash awareness…

5 Ways to Green Your Personal Care Routine

Posted on October 15, 2015

Did you know many of the chemicals put into personal care products are absorbed through our skin and into our bodies? Over time, these chemicals can build up and affect our health. And if it's not good for us, can you imagine the effec…

Thanksgiving is a great opportunity to have family and friends over for a meal to celebrate all the reasons there are to be grateful. Our beautiful planet gives us most of the essentials we need like water, food and materials for the t…

4 Ways to Green The Way You Clean

Posted on October 2, 2015

As the weather gets cooler, we seal up our homes and a healthy indoors becomes more important than ever. Green cleaning reduces the toxic chemicals we might be breathing in and keeps them out of our waterways and potentially our drinki…