It’s Thanksgiving weekend here in Canada. As I celebrate my favourite holiday of the year, this week’s edition of The Sunday Spark will focus on what I’m thankful for this year. Plus: innovations in fracture treatment, Banned Books Week, and No Bra Day.
Throwback Thursday – Simple tips to reduce household waste
Today’s Throwback Thursday post from 2023 has 11 simple ways you can reduce household waste.
The Sunday Spark – Woke is not a four-letter word
This week’s news headlines made me realize how weary I am of hearing right-wing groups throw around the term woke with disdain and hatred. Along with reflections on the anti-woke movement, this week’s edition of The Sunday Spark looks at reusable shopping bags, the inequality of increased longevity, a solar laundromat, and rediscovering the local library.
The Sunday Spark – Don’t be fooled by cruise line greenwashing
On our recent vacation, I got a first-hand look at cruise line greenwashing, and it isn’t pretty. Sadly, I think I’ve taken my last cruise vacation. Learn more in this week’s edition of The Sunday Spark, along with turning diapers into fertilizer, offsetting carbon emissions from cocoa, and robot umpires in big league baseball.
Food storage tips that will reduce waste and save you money
An earlier piece in the Climate Change Collective series highlighted the environmental impact of food waste. This is an area where we can all do better, so today’s post provides food storage tips to help you cut food waste in your home. Plus, I’ve got a free download you can print and put on your fridge.
The Sunday Spark – Happy Sun Day to you!
It’s Sun Day, a day of action celebrating the power of something that has the potential to create a fairer and more just world—clean energy.
Along with celebrating Sun Day, this week’s edition of The Sunday Spark looks at facts about the Bahamas, electric locomotives that can withstand Canadian winters, and the word’s first second-hand shopping mall.
The benefits of walkable neighbourhoods
Does your city or neighbourhood make it easy to get around without a car? Your answer will depend a lot on where you live in the world. Here in car-obsessed North America, walkable neighbourhoods are just a dream for most of us. Read on to find out your neighbourhood’s walkability score…and learn why it matters.
The Sunday Spark – Is common ground an impossible dream?
With every passing day, it seems our world could self destruct at any moment. Our survival depends on respectful dialogue and finding common ground. Why is that so difficult? Along with the need for common ground, this week’s edition of The Sunday Spark has a couple of solar energy good news stories, my new word of the week, and simplifying life by carrying less stuff.
The Sunday Spark – Let’s keep things in perspective
As a long-suffering Toronto Maple Leafs fan, I know disappointment. But hearing that a player feared for his family’s safety after this year’s playoff run was a reminder that we need to keep things in perspective. Learn more in this week’s edition of The Sunday Spark, along with toy trends, plant-based leathers, and simplifying life with vertical storage.
Celebrating 3 years of climate change awareness and environmental education
Three years ago today, I published the first post for the Climate Change Collective—a group of bloggers dedicated to bringing awareness to the impact of environmental issues on our lives. To celebrate three years of climate change awareness, today’s post looks back on the terrific content our group has published over the last year.