Becoming Less

Wanna get into sewing? Opt for a used machine instead of buying new. The oldies are often hardier and simpler than new machines and you'll be giving it a new life, rather than see it go to landfill! 

Find Paul and take advantage of his services at https://www.facebook.com/PDHSewing/

As always, you can donate to help reduce waste at wastefree.ca

You're an environmentalist, Harry! And we perform magic! Sometimes, though, we have to walk among the non-treehuggers and can't risk exposing our world, lest we start a conflict. 

Pretty proud that I kept my waste down to four tea bags and a bandaid for the two-night back-country trip. But I also watched other campers throw their individual plastic meal packets directly into the fire. 

Donate to help reduce waste at wastefree.ca

Find all the ways to listen and connect at linktr.ee/becominglesspod

You're an environmentalist, Harry! And we perform magic! Sometimes, though, we have to walk among the non-treehuggers and can't risk exposing our world, lest we start a conflict. 

Pretty proud that I kept my waste down to four tea bags and a bandaid for the two-night back-country trip. But I also watched other campers throw their individual plastic meal packets directly into the fire. 

Donate to help reduce waste at wastefree.ca

Find all the ways to listen and connect at linktr.ee/becominglesspod

One of the most frustrating things about COVID-19 (you know, other than the disease itself) is the fact that we can't use reusables such as mugs, grocery bags and bulk containers. This is having a terrible impact on the waste reduction movement. We are trying to protect ourselves from a current crisis, only to be contributing to a possibly even more threatening crisis in the future. 

Support Waste Free Edmonton here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DC8U8JHCPFCVC&source=url

Read the document about resuables being safe here: https://bioplasticsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Reusable-Safe-Statement.pdf

Write to businesses you [want to] patronize regularly and let them know you want reusables back! Leave reviews! Call them out on social media! Let's not get through one emergency just to create another.

Do your best with what you have available. I may not be eating a lot of chocolate or drinking a lot of lattes right now, but self-care is important, however that looks to you! (I have spent a lot more time exercising. Hmmm... maybe this has been good for me...)

One of the most frustrating things about COVID-19 (you know, other than the disease itself) is the fact that we can't use reusables such as mugs, grocery bags and bulk containers. This is having a terrible impact on the waste reduction movement. We are trying to protect ourselves from a current crisis, only to be contributing to a possibly even more threatening crisis in the future. 

Support Waste Free Edmonton here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DC8U8JHCPFCVC&source=url

Read the document about resuables being safe here: https://bioplasticsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Reusable-Safe-Statement.pdf

Write to businesses you [want to] patronize regularly and let them know you want reusables back! Leave reviews! Call them out on social media! Let's not get through one emergency just to create another.

Do your best with what you have available. I may not be eating a lot of chocolate or drinking a lot of lattes right now, but self-care is important, however that looks to you! (I have spent a lot more time exercising. Hmmm... maybe this has been good for me...)

Plastic Free July is a global movement to reduce plastic pollution. We talk about the challenge, changes we've made in our lives, how to find more information and some other little random tidbits.

Support Waste Free Edmonton at wastefree.ca or becominglesspod.podbean.com

Things we talk about include:

Plastic Free July - plasticfreejuly.org

Atomic Habits - jamesclear.com/books

Adidas FutureCraft: www.adidas.ca/en/futurecraft?consent-level=2

Plastic Free July is a global movement to reduce plastic pollution. We talk about the challenge, changes we've made in our lives, how to find more information and some other little random tidbits.

Support Waste Free Edmonton at wastefree.ca or becominglesspod.podbean.com

Things we talk about include:

Plastic Free July - plasticfreejuly.org

Atomic Habits - jamesclear.com/books

Adidas FutureCraft: www.adidas.ca/en/futurecraft?consent-level=2

10 years ago getting an eco-friendly business off the ground may have been much more difficult. Karina tells us her story and talks about how her passion hasn't died, regardless of the obstacles she faced. There is a shift happening... slowly. It's so nice to see some green businesses flourishing now, even through a pandemic. 

Donate to support Waste Free Edmonton by going to wastefree.ca or visit us at becominglesspod.podbean.com for more episodes and other ways to reach out!

Greenaholic: https://www.facebook.com/Greenaholics/

10 years ago getting an eco-friendly business off the ground may have been much more difficult. Karina tells us her story and talks about how her passion hasn't died, regardless of the obstacles she faced. There is a shift happening... slowly. It's so nice to see some green businesses flourishing now, even through a pandemic. 

Donate to support Waste Free Edmonton by going to wastefree.ca or visit us at becominglesspod.podbean.com for more episodes and other ways to reach out!

Greenaholic: https://www.facebook.com/Greenaholics/

When we think "reuse" most of us think of reusable items like water bottles and grocery bags, but let's talk about the impact of those reusable items and how the "reuse" branch of sustainability can be applied in other ways.

Things we talk about:

Donate to Waste Free Edmonton at becominglesspod.podbean.com or wastefree.ca

Single-Use Plastics Ban, Edmonton: https://wastefree.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/WFE-SUP-Bylaw-Provisions.pdf

Single-Use Plastics Ban, Canada: https://globalnews.ca/video/rd/1534921795978/?jwsource=cl

Embedded energy in reusable straws: https://www.appropedia.org/HSU_straw_analysis