Category: Sustainable

  • Tips on how to use your car in a green society

    On-road vehicles contribute up to 35 percent of the emissions that are involved in smog formation and up to18.5 percent of Canada’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Between 10 and 15 percent of Canada’s fleet are older, pre-1988, or poorly maintained vehicles that generate Reduce warm-up idling – start driving after no more than 30 seconds…

  • Choose Fair Trade Bananas

    There are bananas, and there are bananas. The banana market is controlled by five large corporations – Chiquita (25%), Dole (25%), Del Monte (15%), Noboa (11%) and Fyffes (8%).  When you shop at the supermarket, how often do you think about where the food you eat comes from or how it was grown? Supermarkets today…

  • Choose organic, choose local, choose fair trade

    Try to incorporate as much organic food as possible in your holiday meal. Organic food is GE-free and grown without synthetic pesticides and fertilizers. There are a number of third-party certifiers in Canada that certify products as organic. Look for certified organic food at the grocery store, at your local co-op, and at farmer’s markets.…

  • 4 simple tips to save money at home and help the environment

    Here are 4 tips to save money and reduce climate change. These are simple changes for your home to save money and live environmental friendly: Avoid standby-mode, can save up to 70 dollars/year. A TV, Computer or other electronics with standby mode, can consume 50% of power consumption. To switch off the TV completely, you…

  • A ship sank in high seas – A question of nationalities

    A ship sank in high seas and the following people got stranded on a  beautiful deserted island in the middle of nowhere: A. 2 Italian men and 1 Italian woman B. 2 French men and 1 French woman C. 2 German men and 1 German woman D. 2 Greek men and 1 Greek woman E.…

  • Avoid genetically engineered ingredients

    Genetic engineering (GE) involves inserting genes from one organism into another, unrelated organism. The results are not found in nature and cannot be achieved by traditional cross-breeding techniques. GE crops are usually sold by multinational corporations and are most often designed to survive repeated applications of specific, patented weed or pest killing chemicals. While there…