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Make the Easy Switch to Zero-Waste Coffee

Visit our sponsor: Zero-waste living is not without compromise. If it were possible to avoid single-use items and over-packaged products and choose 100% reusable 100% of the time—all without spending extra time or money—well … a lot of the world’s current problems would be solved. But don’t be discouraged. The most sustainable changes are the […]

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Out of the Bottle and Into the Bar: Shampoo in a Bar is a Thing.

It’s been about eight years since I started re-evaluating the products I use in my bathroom. It all started with a concern about the ingredients in my body care products. I started reading ingredient labels and realized that I wanted to choose products with fewer synthetic ingredients; I wanted to use products that would be […]

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Eat, Spray, Love: My Quest for a Pristine Posterior

A guest post by Maman Loup’s baby brother, Sean Gallimore This year has been a rollercoaster. Every day there seems to be a newer, crazier story and there seems to be a never-ending parade of upsetting events. We continually hear how we’ve never been more divided over issues such as immigration, gun control, race and […]

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10 Ways to Reduce Plastic in Your Bathroom

One of the most single-use-plastic-ridden rooms in our homes is the bathroom. I realize that many forms of plastic packaging can be recycled. Alas, recycling is not the holy grail of waste reduction—it’s the least effective of the three Rs. In fact, I’d rewrite the 3 Rs if I could: Reduce, Reuse and Refuse. Many […]

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Eco-Friendly Stocking Stuffers for Kids

Just like the dreaded birthday party loot bag, the Christmas stocking can be stuffed with a whole bunch of useless doodads that ultimately wind up in the trash. I get it: Christmas is expensive, and the dollar store is full of inexpensive fluff with which to stuff those Christmas stockings. But, ultimately, can we as […]

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Why Compost Diapers?

Soiled Diaper Composting is a dad-run diaper composting service currently operating in Calgary. This article is by co-owner Mark Arishenkoff. Now that your baby has arrived, your heart is overflowing with love for this small bundle of joy before you. You will soon come to realize that along with love, there is something else that […]

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What’s In My Green Bathroom?

I’ve always been a bit of an eco-warrior. In elementary school I was the kid picking up beer cans full of slugs and rinsing them out in my driveway so I could bring them back for the deposit. In high school I became a vegetarian. As a high school teacher, I was known by my […]

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Organiponic: Farm to Table Just Got a Whole Lot More Local

My husband and I have a dream of self-sufficiency. One day, we want to sit on our porch swing with our miniature donkey and gaze upon our vegetable patch, our grape vines, our apple orchard, our chicken coop and our barn full of rescued cats hanging out with our cows and think: “We never need […]

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Reusable Alternatives to Wrapping Paper

Updated Dec. 2018 Wrapping paper. The epitome of our single-use, throwaway culture. It is designed to be immediately discarded. Unlike take-out cutlery, plates and cups or paper towels and disposable diapers—items that at least help us accomplish vital tasks—wrapping paper is just for show. But trust me, I know wrapping paper is joyful! It can […]

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This is the Last Straw: Ideas On How to Say Goodbye to Disposable Straws

This post contains affiliate links. If you think the idea of boycotting disposable straws is stupid, that’s okay. You do you. This Earth Day, however, I’m finally making good on a resolution I’ve been putting off for years. I’m already using washable menstrual products, cloth diapers, family cloth (yes, that’s washable toilet paper) and handkerchiefs. I’ve had […]

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All About FlipSize Canada

While I did receive compensation for this post, I am a FlipSize customer, too! All opinions remain my own. There are many things that I do because they are better for the environment, despite taking more effort. That’s basically the trade off for convenience products: they’re easier, but they’re harder on the earth. Some parents […]

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Setting Up for Fire Safety with First Alert

I received First Alert products for my home in exchange for this post. All confessions of ignorance remain my own. When I was a kid, I thought that when I grew up, I’d get to change my name. See, I didn’t know any adults named “Lindsay,” so I just figured that “Lindsay” was my kid […]

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Rocky Mountain Essentials: Essentially Awesome {+ coupon code}

I received product samples and compensation for this review. All opinions and confessions of foot odour remain my own. If you read my blog posts regularly, then you can probably list off the criteria I have for choosing body care products better than my husband can remember whether I take milk or cream in my […]

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Facing the Facts: Four Ingredients that Never Touch My Face #GMCBeauty

This is post is sponsored by Pure+simple as part of the #GMCBeauty campaign. Sometimes I eat at McDonalds. It turns out I’m fussier about what I put on my skin than what I put in my mouth. I’m not proud of it, folks! It’s been easier to ditch the harmful ingredients in my skincare products than […]

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