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What is Giving Tuesday?

Posted on November 24, 2017

You have probably heard about Black Friday and Cyber Monday. These commercial holidays created by marketing companies make it seem as if this season is about aggressive consumerism and material gifts. Giving Tuesday is the complete opp…

The winter holidays are upcoming and that means stores will be offering sales, limited time items, and more. If giving gifts is something you do during the winter holiday season, we have 10 tips to keep you making conscious and ethical…

Top 5 Things You Thought Were Compostable

Posted on November 11, 2017

A few weeks ago, we made a list of the top ten things that you thought were recyclable, but really aren’t. That list got a lot of people’s attention and helped answer people’s questions, especially linking up with The City of Calgary’s…

Green Calgary is part of so many amazing communities in Calgary: the green and sustainable community, the non-profit community, and our own community of members, volunteers, and donors. We want to get to know these communities even bet…