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Our Yearly Excursion

2009-06-08T01:15:08-04:00

Every year without fail, for the past six years, my husband and I drive to the Okanagan in the early summer. It's our annual wine buying trip and we look forward to meeting up with friends and family (who drive...

National Sun Awareness Week: June 14 - 18

2009-06-02T17:05:11-04:00

June 14 to 18 is National Sun Awareness Week, a joint campaign between the Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Dermatology Association to raise awareness of skin cancer and the importance of sun safety. You can never be too sun-smart...

Why?! Fast food/take-out misses the recycling bin...

2009-05-19T10:12:32-04:00

Why?! Why?! I ask! Why do fast food/take-out food places miss recycling? From actually having recycling bins in the restaurants to separate paper/glass/organic to using containers which don't go in the bins at all -- I don't get - how...

gossip oh

2009-05-13T11:33:59-04:00

Can you believe that? Her husband..... The voices trail off as I come around the corner, and there's an almost palpable silence as I try to focus on anywhere else than the knowing eyes focused on my face. I end...

Spring Confetti -- Celebrate Good Food

2009-05-11T01:26:40-04:00

Spring has officially sprung in Vancouver. Like any rite of passage, there are a some telling rituals marking this seasonal turn. 1. The cherry trees are a blaze of colour against blue skies, soon to become Nature’s original confetti. 2....

Icky Green Bins and Your Health

2009-05-06T10:13:24-04:00

Many communities in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) have finally begun to adopt the green composting bin initiative which has been great for decreasing the amount of food waste which has needlessly been shipped off to the landfill...

BC -- Who's Greener than, well the Greens?

2009-04-27T01:52:53-04:00

In case you hadn't heard, BC is having another election. Oh yes. Another one. How many elections can one province hold in 5 years? Seems like a kabillion, but the number might be slightly less. At the forefront are the...

Happy Earth Day

2009-04-22T14:19:33-04:00

Hug your planet.

Earth Day chez nous

2009-04-20T09:24:19-04:00

Earth Day is fast approaching. As a parent, who enjoys "teachable moments" I am trying to come up with some activities/ideas for Earth Day. And why not? My kids are part of the tree-huggin', polar-bear-lovin', we've-got-to-do-somethin' generation. They have grown...

I'm Walking on Sunshine

2009-04-12T23:16:29-04:00

I don't suffer from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder). I do however, suffer from, STNESIMLD (Sometimes There's Not Enough Sunshine in my Life Disorder). Don't bother looking that second one up on the net. I assure you it's a very real...