Strawberry Fields Forever – toxic fumigant?
The latest issue of Whole Living Magazine has a section called “The Latest Good Green News from Coast to Coast”. Here’s what it says about Strawberries… After years of protest from environmental activists, the Tokyo-based company that makes methyl iodide, a toxic fumigant used on …
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Because We Can
Another successful “theme” of collecting gently used jeans. 89 pairs in all were collected and delivered to the Victoria 1Up Single Parent Resource Center. Thanks so much to everyone that contributed and collected from family and friends and to Doreen and Diane for coordinating and …
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Tap Into Sustainability – CRD – Quality of our Tap Water
I attending the “Creatively United for the Planet Festival” today. It including great exhibits from local companies and environmental charities that are doing amazing work on Vancouver Island. The CRD was handing out stainless steel water bottles and they had a filling station that was …
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Tomato and Pepper Plants by Donation – Proceeds to the Humane Society
A gentleman recently adopted a dog, without even meeting him, with the help of Carol Broad and Victoria Adoptables! River was likely to have been euthanized as he had been at the shelter in Dawson City, Yukon for so long and with no prospects of …
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Because We Can!
I met with an incredible group of people that shared a similar vision about helping out in our local community. We contacted the 1Up Single Parent Resource Center and the Blanshard Community Association and they met with us to provide us with on-the-ground information about …
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YoUnlimited Conference – What Did Your Company do in 2010/2011 to Improve the Environment
It was another successful YoUnlimited Conference held at the Mary Winspear Center in Sidney BC! Carolyne Taylor and Lisa Stoker worked their magic to bring together 18 local speakers, great volunteers, exhibitors and attendees from all over Victoria. Carolyne knows how important it is to …
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Babe’s Honey Farm Is Back in Business
For years we had been going out to Babe’s Honey Farm to purchase honey and bees wax candles. It is always great to support a local business. When the 66-year-old Saanich Peninsula company went into receivership a year ago, we had to find a new …
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FDA Finds Lead in 400 Shades of Lipstick BUT NOT in Arbonne Lipstick
Just reading an article that was on the CTV news about lead in lipstick. It’s nothing I haven’t heard before, but I am always concerned when I read something like this, that people are continuing to use these brands of lipstick. Some may say that …
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Recycling Old or Not Working Christmas Lights!
I had a string of Christmas lights and I was searching to find where I could recycle them and coincidentally, my neighbour’s children are doing a fundraiser by collecting old or not working Christmas lights! The lights will be taken to Elice recycle, in Victoria …
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Holiday Celebrations Ideas
This is just a couple of ideas from the Seventh Generation Blog on how to reduce the impact we have on the environment. Wrap creatively. Some 4 million tons of wrapping paper and shopping bags are used each season. Wrap gifts in colorful newspaper or …
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