You buy new tires, you take care of them as well as you can, you switch them at the appropriate tire-changeover times, but like so many other things, they eventually wear out and it's time to get rid of them and buy new ones. But after you are done with your old tires, what do you do with them?
Throw them in a landfill? No.
Store them in your garage because you don't know what to do with them? No way.
Leave them on the side of the road? Please don't do that.
Walking down the cleaner aisle at the store is quite the experience. The first thing that hits you is the strong smell of artificial fragrance; the second thing is the large amount of brands to choose from. If you are looking for a more natural dishwasher detergent, I’ll share info on why you should consider them and what my recommendation is, so you don’t have to sift through the endless options in the detergent aisle to find a great one.
Blueberry muffins have always been a favourite of mine, but with all the modifications I usually make to my recipes, I had not found one that worked for me—until now.
If you read my blog regularly, you know that coconut is one of my favourite ingredients, so when I found a blueberry muffin recipe that contained coconut, I was all over it. I made a few changes to the original recipe and came up with these delicious gems. They don't last long when I make them, and I'm pretty sure it will be the same when you make them.
Every day heroes are all around us. They do amazing things through their work each day and likely, they do it quietly seeking no recognition. Earth Day Canada’s Hometown Heroes Award Program 2014 is giving us the chance to recognize local environmental heroes for their extraordinary efforts in creating greener communities across Canada.
Not long ago, I wrote a post about Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT), why it may be in your favourite cereals, and how to avoid it. Since then, I have received a few messages from readers saying that they would like to start buying cereals that do not contain this and other artificial preservatives but they weren’t sure where to start or how to find versions of their children’s favourites (and theirs!) that were BHT-free.
What if you could give back to a charity that has special meaning to you each time you buy groceries? Thanks to DonateNaturally.com, this is now a reality.
I bought my first car when I was 19 and I live in Ottawa. Based on those two facts, you would think that I am an expert when it comes to winter driving and snow tires—I sure did. But, after attending a day at the Bridgestone Winter Driving School, I felt how Game of Thrones’ Jon Snow must have felt after Ygritte chewed him out that first time...because coming in, when it came to winter driving and snow tires:
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) releases their Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 List of produce each year and this is one of the main things they are known for, but they also do a lot of other work educating people on ingredients—helping us to understand what is safe and what is not.
Valentine's Day is just around the corner and if you struggle each year to come up with gift ideas that are a little bit different from the ordinary, look no further. These eco-friendly Valentine's Day gift ideas will give you some inspiration when you are ready to shop for your Valentine.
Most of our children have done this experiment in school — the experiment where a seed or a plant is placed in water and they observe the roots growing. Elise, an elementary school student tried to sprout three different types of sweet potatoes in her experiment — a non-organic sweet potato, a store-bought organic sweet potato, and a local organic sweet potato. Take a look at what happened:
Ahh, cereal. The yummy, sweet breakfast most of us grew up eating daily and the quick, convenient breakfast most parents feed their kids on a daily basis. But did you know that there may be something in those cereals that may be doing more harm than good?
If you’re like me, before you buy any new product, even cereal, you scan the ingredients for any no-nos…
2013 was my first full year blogging for YMC about all things green and eco-friendly. I started in January with a post called 25 Ways to be Green in 2013 and the goal to share information with you throughout the year about how you could do simple things to be more eco-friendly in your every day life. I'm pretty confident that I met that goal and I hope you agree!
For me (and you too, I'm sure) the holidays are one of the times during the year when I (mindfully) indulge in almost anything I want to eat. I also indulge during vacations. On my birthday. Friends' birthdays...bottom line is, I like to eat, but I try my best during these times to not let what I can't eat too much of get in the way.
Each year, stocking stuffers somehow always end up as an afterthought, despite my best intentions to get all of my Christmas shopping done before December—note that this has never happened to date...but I'm confident it will happen someday! Because it's always an afterthought, everyone always ends up with a stocking full of just Christmas chocolates. Not that there's anything wrong with chocolate, no one has every complained, it's just nice to have a little variety.
Each time I have a piece of trash to throw out, it ends up in one of four places: the compost bin, the paper product recycling bin, the plastic recycling bin, or the trash. But there are times when I have something and I'm not quite sure where it should go because I'm not certain it can be recycled. Is this for the paper bin? The plastic bin? Ummm...help?!...
Ghosts, goblins, witches, and zombies—it’s that time of year again when all things scary come out to give us a fright. But did you know that the ingredients in the Halloween makeup your kids (and you!) use may really be the scariest things about Halloween?
