The Blooming Human

In this episode we talk to Marco Gartenhaus, Founder & CEO of Cano, a Montreal based company that offers a reusables program for all types of business that is reducing packaging waste. 

The concept is simple. You borrow a Cano reusable cup or lunch boxes. You enjoyed your coffee and meal, then you return the container to a Cano collection bin and you win points and rewards for your next purchase. Everything with an interactive app for your cellphone.

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In today's episode we have a very casual conversation with Drew DeCoste, a Master's Candidate in resource and environmental management at Dalhousie University and ambassador at Stop Trashing It, and online platform and network based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that wants to turn awareness into action when it comes to waste habits, by hosting workshops, event, creating social media content, and sharing inspiring information through their blog.

Being sustainable doesn't mean being perfect and Drew give us some sustainable tips and ideas to implement in our daily life.

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Do you know that a lot of the plastic waste Canada generates is sent abroad to be recycled? Or that putting your organic waste on the trash bin is doing a lot more harm to the planet than it seems? 

In today's episode we talk to Keroles Riad, PhD candidate at Concordia University  and the leader of Waste Not, Want Not compost initiative at the same University, which aims to increase composting and reduce waste on campus. We talk about why compost is important, how plastics are ending up across the world to be recycled, government policies, the importance of regulations, infrastructure and education to help people break some negative habits, and everything related to waste.

Listen to this 101 episode about how YOU can do better while composting and recycling, not only for the environment, but for your health and the communities around you.

Learn more about Waste Not, Want Not: http://www.concordiacompost.ca 

Follow Waste Not, Want Not on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CUcompost

Follow Keroles on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kerologist

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Do you want to save the planet? Plant trees! In today's episode with talk to Diana Chaplin, Marketing Director at One Tree Planted, US based non-profit organisation that is focused on global reforestation. What do they do? They plant trees across the world to fight environmental and social issues.

Plant a tree for 1 $ with One Tree Planted: https://onetreeplanted.org/collections/where-we-plant

Learn more about One Tree Planted: https://onetreeplanted.org 

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Indigenous Communities are often in the back of the climate change debate but are the first ones to experience it. In this episode we talk to Bianca Pedro, Regional Coordinator for Asia Pacific at the People's Planet Project, a non-profit organization in The Netherlands that is empowering indigenous communities to protect our forests and its biodiversity through videos and geospatial data. 

Want to know more? Listen to this eye-opening episode and visit People's Planet Project website at  https://www.peoplesplanetproject.org

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In today's episode, we talk with Cassandra Lamontagne, Sustainability Coordinator at Concordia University here in Montreal, Quebec, and she is part of the Office of Sustainability at the university. We discussed about the power of collaboration between the university's stakeholders to promote change, social justice and sustainability and how these actions led to the creation of Concordia’s Sustainability Action Plan.

Check Concordia’s Sustainability Action Plan: https://www.concordia.ca/about/sustainability/action-plan.html 

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Have you ever thought about what happens to your yoga mat when you stop using it?  In today's episode we talk with Sophie Zepnik,  co-founder of hejhej-mats, a German brand that creates closed-loop yoga mats, which means that at the end of their life cycle, the mats are collected, recycled and use to produce new mats. That's the way it should be!

Check out hejhej-mats website: https://www.hejhej-mats.com/the-mat/?lang=en 

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In this episode, we talked to Nikki Schiebel, the coordinator at the eco-quartier at the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce sector in Montreal, Quebec. The eco-quartier is a program founded by the city of Montreal that aims to promote environmental citizenship and to give Montrealer’s’ tools to improve their living environments through environmental education and civic engagement.

More about the eco-quartier program 

More about the eco-quartier NDG (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce sector)

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Yesterday, we celebrated Thanksgiving here in Canada. In today's episode, the co-founders of The Blooming Human Podcast share what they are grateful for regarding sustainability policies, products and activities... And you, what you are grateful for?

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In times where fast-fashion is harming not only the environment but vulnerable communities across the world and also our health, brands like Charlie are trying to be mindful about the process of creating clothes starting from sourcing the materials to the whole lifecycle of the product. In this episode, we talked to Charlotte Hulin, Founder and CEO of Charlie, a slow fashion and eco-friendly clothing brand.

Visit Charlie's instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/charlie.hulin/ 

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