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I am a Canadian mother who wants to secure a sustainable future for her children - and for all children. I have been inspired by Gandhi's quote: "You must be the change you want to see in the world". So here I am. We all need to change. For me, it starts right here.
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Category Archives: Reduce Energy Use
Laundry Time
It has been a while since I wrote about laundry. One of my first green changes was to stop using my dryer. I figured that it took a lot of energy to roll that big drum thousands of times to … Continue reading
Posted in Reduce Energy Use
Tagged Air Dry, Cutting energy use, Electricity, Reduce Waste
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My Electric Kitchen
My small kitchen appliances are sucking up electricity when not in use and I didn’t even realize it. My toaster has an indicator light. My coffee maker has a clock. These are left on 24-7. I am not sure how … Continue reading
Air Dry II
So the results are in. Air dry was a success. Folding took less time as expected, due to the pre-sorting involved with hanging. After a short while, my four loads of kid’s clothes looked like this (minus the socks, underwear, … Continue reading
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Reduce Energy Use
Tagged Air Dry, Clothing footprint, Cutting energy use, Electricity
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Air Dry
I have never air dried my clothes. There is one exception – when I was pregnant I borrowed maternity clothes from a friend and didn’t want them to shrink. She air dried them, so I did too. All other clothes … Continue reading
Posted in Carbon Footprint, Reduce Energy Use
Tagged Air Dry, Carbon footprint, Clothing footprint, Cutting energy use, Electricity, Environment
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Urban Sprawl Y’all
I first started thinking about this topic when I heard that they were considering closing our neighbourhood elementary school. We live in an older area (my house is circa 1956) and there are demographically less kids (but more seniors!) here than … Continue reading
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Tagged Carbon footprint, Community, Environment, Urban Sprawl
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Turn it Off, Turn it Down
Today I plugged in all our chargers and electronics upstairs into one surge strip bar, so that I could turn the whole thing off at night. Apparently a lot of energy is wasted by leaving power converters plugged in, even … Continue reading
Turn Off the Light
I Nelly Furtato. Not only is she a Canadian girl with a cool sense of style, but she had it right. Ya gotta turn off the lights. Now she might have been singing more about holding up a rough and … Continue reading
Baby It’s Cold Outside
And I just turned down my thermostat. Go figure. It is currently -27°C (-17°F) and my furnace was running and running and running, working hard to keep us warm, and burning all sorts of natural gas for the privilege. So … Continue reading
