Canada is one of the highest per-capita water users in the world. We use more than twice as much water as Europeans.
Category: Environment
Caught in an endless cycle of buy, use, dispose? Mindful shopping can help you break the cycle and reduce your waste
If everyone on the planet lived like Canadians, we would need five Earths to sustain the current level of consumption and waste generation.
Get smart about energy use to help combat climate change
The forest fires that have ravaged much of Canada this year have brought the discussion of climate change to the forefront. When the smoke drifted into our part of the world this summer, everyone was concerned. But it’s often easy to be discouraged and feel a little hopeless about climate change.
How much plastic are we consuming?
We eat, drink and breathe microplastics every day. It’s everywhere, and it never dies.
This Earth Day, April 22, let us be hopeful and grateful
We have the capacity to be resilient, to adapt and be clever in creating solutions, writes Louise Montague Go to full article published on Simcoe.com
Canadians rank among the world’s biggest food wasters; that waste costs you money and harms the planet
While food loss and waste occurs throughout the food supply chain, reducing food waste at home offers a way to save money and improve our carbon footprint.
Our Furnace is an Accessory Now
As one of the first participants, under the Greys for Green initiative “Heat Pump Pilot Program”, in Briarhill, we recently replaced our air conditioner with an Air Source Heat Pump. The installer told us that the furnace was now connected to the “accessory” wire on the thermostat. This means is that we will switch the...
New organization wants to get seniors involved in climate change action
Go to full article published on New Tecumseth Times
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