Happy New Year! If your goal for the new year is to live a greener lifestyle, you’re in the right place. To help you reduce your environmental impact, I’ve put together a list of 52 weekly sustainable living goals. Download your free checklist, join the challenge, and let’s make this the greenest year ever!
Decluttering challenge – Week 42 – Fall & Halloween items
We are well and truly into fall now. Here in Canada, we celebrate both Thanksgiving and Halloween in the same month—two great reasons to love October. I hope you’ll join me for week 42 of the 52-Week Decluttering Challenge. This week, I’m decluttering fall and Halloween items.
10 ways to save on home heating costs this winter
Halloween is behind us, and the Northern Hemisphere has “fallen back” to standard time. Like it or not, winter is just around the corner. In this month’s lead post for the Climate Change Collective, Molly from Transatlantic Notes has a roundup of useful tips on how to be sustainable this winter. To complement Molly’s piece, today’s post features 10 ways to save on home heating costs this winter.
The Sunday Spark – Faith and trust without the pixie dust
A recent flight delay because of a mechanical issue reminded me how often in life we put our faith and trust in complete strangers. Read more in this week’s edition of The Sunday Spark, along with celebrating Diwali, learning Japanese, sitting in Toronto traffic, and decluttering miscellaneous clothing items.
Decluttering challenge – Week 39 – Miscellaneous clothing items
Welcome to Week 39 of the 52-Week Decluttering Challenge. This week, we’re decluttering miscellaneous clothing items that we skipped in our earlier closet decluttering. Our decluttering task for this week includes sleepwear, socks, underwear, swimwear, and athletic wear.
Seniors for Climate – Because we need to act now
Younger people often accuse boomers of not caring about the climate crisis we created, and that’s true for many people of my generation. A passionate organization of Canadian seniors is on a mission to prove otherwise. Read on to learn about Seniors for Climate and how we can all be part of the fight against climate change.
The Sunday Spark – In search of mindful mornings
What does your morning routine look like? This week’s edition of The Sunday Spark looks at my quest for mindful mornings. Plus: Australian banks get tough on fossil fuels, students deal with climate anxiety, clean energy creates a job boom, and digital photo decluttering.
Decluttering challenge – Week 38 – Save Your Photos Day
The last Saturday in September is Save Your Photos Day, a day to educate people about ways to organize, share and protect their memories. Week 38 in the 52-Week Decluttering Challenge is all about organizing our photos and preserving our priceless family memories.
How you can make a difference this Circular Economy Month
October 21 to 27 is Waste Reduction Week in Canada, part of Circular Economy Month. This week and month offer an opportunity to learn and take steps to shift away from the Take-Make-Waste mindset that’s so prevalent in our society.
The Sunday Spark – Feeling stressed about sleep
As I hear more about the importance of sleep to our physical and mental health, I’m feeling a little stressed about sleep. Along with sleep stress, this week’s edition of The Sunday Spark looks at the link between sleep and Alzheimer’s, California’s new food labelling law, why cats need to eat meat, and decluttering digital files.
Decluttering challenge – Week 37 – Digital Files
“Out of sight, Out of mind”. It’s an expression we’ve all heard many times. As I continue digital decluttering in the 52-Week Decluttering Challenge, I’m finding this to be true when it comes to the files we store on our computers and other devices. This week, I’m decluttering and organizing digital files and folders.