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What About The Kids?
Last week I mentioned that Grant and I visited the Glenbrook Zero Waste group in New Westminster. What I didn’t mention was that it wasn’t all easy-peasy. They actually had a few hard questions for...
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The Movie Industry
Vancouver is also known as Hollywood North. A lot of movies are filmed here. I know this is true because I work downtown, and my office overlooks a particularly colourful alley that is often occupied...
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The Movie Industry:2
Ok, ok, all you positive people who commented on the last post. You’re right – the guy was using his own reusable container. Gives you hope doesn’t it?
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Are Reusable Containers Unsanitary?
People often ask me if I ever get shot down trying to use my own containers in grocery stores. Generally, the answer is ‘no’, but that’s mostly because I choose to shop where it isn’t an issue....
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Package-Free Shopping
I love finding stores that make it easy to shop zero waste. Stores like Unpackaged (England) or In.gredients (Texas) or La Forêt (Wakefield). My most recent “find” was this past weekend in Powell...
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A Story of Reuse
When my uncle (now in his 50′s) was a teenager, he had a job at a bakery. I want to imagine a lovely scene of steaming bread being sold from handmade baskets direct to customers, but in reality, I...
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