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I carry a reusable mug with me whenever I know I am going, or think I might go, to a coffee shop. I do not have coffee coursing through my veins. In fact there are very few warm drinks I can have due to a sensitivity to caffeine. So perhaps this is not as virtuous … Continue reading
We’ve all seen it, the message at the bottom of emails that makes us think we are doing good things for the environment “Please consider the environment before printing this email”. But are we doing good things for the environment? When I was working on my master’s degree many of the readings were provided in … Continue reading
So my smart phone is supposed to make me more efficient right? I think it does, I make a lot of notes on it rather than on scraps of paper I might lose. And I can quickly check my email and social media without turning on a computer. But what can I do to make … Continue reading
I’m pretty green when I am commuting: I bike a lot and I use public transit. But in this automobile driven country, I do own a car, and I use it. This morning I watched a video of travelling along a cycling highway between two cities in the Netherlands that are connected by a cycling … Continue reading
Okay, I’ve been doing this for a while but I thought it was worth putting in here anyway. The smart strip is a current sensing power bar. They typically have three types of plug ins: always on, control, and controlled. The always on is for stuff that you don’t want to turn off – something … Continue reading
So two days ago I was at the Penticton Dragon Boat Festival lounging around in 28°C (82°F). Driving home through Banff National Park and Calgary we saw this: Although, every climate change aficionado will tell you that it is very difficult (i.e. impossible) to attribute a single weather event to climate change, extreme or non … Continue reading
Most of us have suffered the intense irritation of a mosquito. Is it more than their incessant buzzing and painful, itchy bites? Although this is a relatively recent concern for people in North America, mosquito-borne diseases cause millions of deaths around the world each year. However, when I was hiking at Elk Island National Park … Continue reading
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