Becoming Less

2021 Year In Review


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Bizz and Cara go over their biggest eco-wins from 2021 and discuss their goals for the upcoming new year.

 

What happened in 2021:

  • Moved to new home
  • Small means lower impact, close to work and amenities to reduce travel
  • Reusable diapers
    • So many diapers go to landfill every year, then the diapers can be passed on to someone else
  • New Bike
    • Purchased from small local business, had used bike first to see what features were good and bad before buying new, can now bike all winter
  • Woodstove pellets for cat litter
    • Bizz and Cara both do this!
  • Composting
    • Bizz takes compost to a friend's and Cara has the cart system in her new home
  • Edmonton Cart Rollout
    • Edmonton now provides pick up to detached homes for compost
  • Bizz is now treasurer for Waste Free Edmonton
    • WFE has SUPs bylaw in progress with the city
  • Cara is now Climate Action Champion for her ward
    • Begins her new role in 2022
  • Switched to reusing growlers instead of recycling bottles and cans
  • Goals for 2022:

    • Cara hopes to keep close tabs on what goes into her garbage and recycling with regular trash audits
  • Bizz wants to start getting her chicken from a local butcher and plans on starting a side hustle that will reduce textile waste
  • Donate to support waste reduction at wastefree.ca or on Patreon

    Music by Vita Chino (@vitachino on Instagram, or find them on Spotify)

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    Becoming LessBy Bizz McKilligan

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