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My environmental passion is lowering mine and my family's carbon footprint by making small lifestyle changes.  Since the pandemic, my children and I are very into recycled art, games, and other things. We have made a ball game, a Barbie doll closet, a bouquet of flowers, pencil holders, flash card holders, vases, and more out of boxes, egg...

It is so important to support local organizations and businesses, Local businesses are the heart and soul of communities. The more of them that stay in business and thrive, the more the community stays together and thrives. They are often the ones that help and support individual community members when the need arises. We need them to come back...

It's so great to know the difference and what everything really means. I feel more educated to save some of my $1,500 each year, as well as buy smarter form the outset. :)

This doesn't surprise me, except when I think about how much my whole neighborhood of 21 houses could save a year! We could build a neighborhood in-ground pool if we saved this money. That would be fun!! :) 

For the past two years, we have had people over for dinner every Friday night. Now, no one is able to go out. I  miss our friends. This week, we made Peach Crumble in individual serving containers so we could seal them hot and deliver them to our usual dinner guests. They were ecstatic! Now, I get to each Peach Crumble and don't have to worry...

I have a family of squirrels living nearby. I watch them run back and forth on the fence many times per day. Today I learned more about them: They are an alien species - Eastern Squirrels living on the Vancouver Island. They are not good for our Garry Oaks because they typically damage the nut when they bury them, preventing them from...