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Pop up a picnic
Get into nature with a pop up picnic. (Credit: queen_of_subtle via Flickr)
If you're two weeks into the 30×30 Nature Challenge, you're probably starting to feel the benefits of increased time in the great outdoors! How did you ever get through your day with such a nature deficit? (Actually, it was with about 20 per cent less concentration and 20 per cent more stress — but that's a post for another day).
Continue reading »Green grass is pesticide-free
Pesticide-free grass is greener. (Credit: aussiegall via Flickr)
You detoxified your cleaning closet, rid your home of triclosan and filled it with air-cleansing plants. Your garden boasts an assortment of veggies and bee-friendly flowers and you never use pesticides. Your home is on its way to becoming a green haven!
But sometimes, you might sit on grass you don't maintain. Maybe you'll take off your shoes and dig in your toes. Your dog or kids might roll on it.
And it may have been treated with pesticides.
Can minimalism be green?
Minimalism and green living both promise of fulfillment in the face of hyper-consumerist culture. (Credit: Steve A Johnson via Flickr)
I'm wrestling with the intersection of minimalist and green lifestyles — attracted by minimalisms promise of a clutter free home and mind, but rooted in the packrat mentality of a reusing green junkie.
If minimalists can be green, what do I do with all this stuff?
My green cleaning habits and cosmetic drawer provide inspiration. Homemade household cleaners and DIY cosmetics live up to the minimalist promise of fulfillment in the face of hyper-consumerist culture: a few ingredients combined the right way beautifully meet all my needs.
Unlock the power of everyday nature
If you're among the hundreds of thousands of Canadians who spent part of the weekend celebrating Earth Day in nature, you're likely feeling relaxed, refreshed and re-energized.
I am. But my hypothesis about your state is based on more than personal experience. It's based on sound science.
Continue reading »Keep toxins out of the water...and us!
Keep toxins out of nature...and us! (Credit: Peter Dutton via Flickr)
What goes down the drain, goes into the water!
Whether it goes down the kitchen sink, the laundry and bathroom drains, gets flushed down the toilet, or goes down the storm sewer on your street, it all ends up in our lakes, rivers and oceans. And because everything is connected, eventually, it evaporates, comes down as rain, and gets taken up by plants and other living things — including you and your family.
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