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Climate911- Episode 42 Getting to Zero Waste Kelli Etheridge

In this episode, our guest, Kelli Etheridge, talks about her journey to becoming a zero-waste entrepreneur, tells us about Reusables Vancouver Island (which offers reusable take-out containers at participating restaurants) and Zilch Boutique (which offers zero-waste personal care products), and shares what she loves to do in her “spare” time.

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Zero-Waste Coffee

Changing small habits in our daily life can have a tremendous effect on the environment.  With 2.25 million cups of coffee consumed daily around the world, we have to choose the most environmentally friendly options to limit the impact on our planet.  Every little bit helps and being imperfectly zero waste, is better than not trying at all.  

Sustainable Gift Wrapping

Christmas is one of the most wasteful time of year.  From wrapping paper to ribbons, an immense amount of waste is created each year during the holidays.  An average of 25 million tons of garbage is thrown away from Thanksgiving to New Year’s, which is an extra 25% more trash than any other time of year.  Thankfully there are many beautiful and eco-friendly alternatives for wrapping up your Christmas gifts this year.

Climate911- Episode 42 Getting to Zero Waste Kelli Etheridge

Climate911- Episode 42 Getting to Zero Waste Kelli Etheridge

In this episode, our guest, Kelli Etheridge, talks about her journey to becoming a zero-waste entrepreneur, tells us about Reusables Vancouver Island (which offers reusable take-out containers at participating restaurants) and Zilch Boutique (which offers zero-waste personal care products), and shares what she loves to do in her “spare” time.

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Zero-Waste Coffee

Zero-Waste Coffee

Changing small habits in our daily life can have a tremendous effect on the environment.  With 2.25 million cups of coffee consumed daily around the world, we have to choose the most environmentally friendly options to limit the impact on our planet.  Every little bit helps and being imperfectly zero waste, is better than not trying at all.  

read more
Sustainable Gift Wrapping

Sustainable Gift Wrapping

Christmas is one of the most wasteful time of year.  From wrapping paper to ribbons, an immense amount of waste is created each year during the holidays.  An average of 25 million tons of garbage is thrown away from Thanksgiving to New Year’s, which is an extra 25% more trash than any other time of year.  Thankfully there are many beautiful and eco-friendly alternatives for wrapping up your Christmas gifts this year.

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Five Ways To Reduce Your Plastic Use

Five Ways To Reduce Your Plastic Use

As we know, very little of our intended recycling actually finds its way through the recycling process; most ends up in landfills.  Fortunately, there are many ways to reduce our plastic consumption.  Just start by choosing one, then adding another; you don’t have to be perfect, you just need to try.

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6 Tips for a Low-Waste Halloween

6 Tips for a Low-Waste Halloween

With Halloween just around the corner, I thought I would shed some light on the amount of unnecessary waste this holiday can create, but making it a sustainable holiday can be easy. So just to throw a couple facts out there, an average of 15 million pumpkins are...

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Welcome

The idea to open this shop began when I realized how little people knew about being low-waste and sustainable.

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