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London Ontario has banned the sale of water bottles in all municial buildings. Great Job! It’s a start and hopefully it will catch on to the rest of the country. Water bottles are really such a waste especially when you consider most of us have access to clean, fresh amazing tap water here in Canada.

Just buy an aluminum water bottle and re-use that throughout the day!

In the struggle to turn our society greener, a spotlight is more often cast on issues such as decreasing fuel consumption, CF lights, plastic bags, ozone layer, etc. We often feel like if everyone drove an electric car, the planet would be saved. For some reason, meat and animal products consumption is not often mentioned as a MAJOR problem that is affecting the planet. The reality is that meat production is one of the most inefficient uses of our natural resources. Here are some facts taken from an article from Cornell University:

• “If all the grain currently fed to livestock in the United States were consumed directly by people, the number of people who could be fed would be nearly 800 million” Read the rest of this entry »
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As I was taking the subway to work today, I started to think of creative ways to get more people to ride the train, bus or subway. Here are some of the ideas that popped into my head (in no particular order).

· Offer free wireless Internet access to monthly pass holders. You can play World of Warcraft 24 hours a day!
· Create themed buses or trains. Imagine coming into work on the Mexican themed train, complete with a Mariachi band, breakfast fajitas and your very own sombrero!
· Allow (green) dry-cleaning businesses to set-up shop on train or subway stations. Drop off your suits in morning and pick them on your back home. Read the rest of this entry »

Wall-E

I saw Wall-E over the weekend (great movie, btw) and couldn’t help but wonder about how close we are to turning our planet into an uninhabitable wasteland of garbage. With 7 billion people on Earth today and the ever-growing “belief” in consumerism, we are certainly headed in that direction.

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As promised here is part 2 of the top 10 things to re-use before throwing out...

5. Plastic Forks and Plates: If you really must use plastic forks and plates because you have no alternative or you happen to inherit one because you ordered some delivery food, please re-use them at least once. Read the rest of this entry »