Cleaning the peanut butter jar
Update: Thanks to @marklise, @nolanzak, @davejohnson, @ChrisParry and @eco_smart for their suggestions via Twitter! If you have a suggestion, let me know. I’ll admit it, I was a little resistant to...
View ArticleCould composting be the new recycling?
Not pretty, but hey, it’s not in the landfill. Click for video. (Keith Martin/CBC) We started composting at home about two years ago. I had been resistant: the smell, the slop, the fruit flies. My only...
View ArticleTalking trash with the Clean Bin Project
If the recycling bin is in reach, you’re more likely to use it. I spent yesterday morning with the people behind The Clean Bin Project, Jen and Grant. As I showed in my CBC story (video link) last...
View ArticleThe dirt on clean: avoiding antibacterials
Reaching for plain soap is the best way to wash hands and avoid spreading disease, says Dr. Henry. (CBC)With all the talk about swine flu and handwashing, I decided to take questions from parents to an...
View ArticleEnough for the new year
It seems fashionable to be talking about intentions rather than resolutions, and I’m not fully sure where these ones fit. But here’s a little of where I’m heading in the next year, and some blogs I’m...
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