Starbucks and Tim Horton’s have reusable ‘commuter mugs’ available for their hot drinks and even offer a small discount to customers who use these mugs. In 2003 alone, Starbucks customers used commuter mugs 13.5 million times, keeping an estimated 266.2 tonnes of paper from landfills. Read More »

For Canadians, snow is a significant part of our culture and identity. Whether you ski, snowboard, play hockey, figure skate, build snowmen, go ice fishing or live in an igloo, without snow these activities wouldn’t exist. With the holiday season now in full swing, we wait with anticipation for our winter wonderland to show up. But what if one day, it didn’t? Read More »

Living in Vancouver, the ocean is our playground. Whether you run along the sea wall, hike up a mountain for its spectacular view or take a boat out onto it, you’re connected.

It’s important to know just how critical our oceans are to our lives so as inhabitants we take care of our waters and the land around it. Read More »

The air is cold and dry, the lights flicker uncomfortably.  Your metal cart skids along the slippery floor, it’s back wheel get stuck as you try to push it.  You reach for a package and find you can’t decipher any of the ingredients except for the fine print which says ’may contain traces of nuts’. 
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