The Morning Show Green Guide
Listen every morning at 6:30 am and 8:30am for The VIBE Morning Show Green Guide, helpfull tips to make your life a little bit greener. If you have any 'green" tips email: morningshow@vibe985.com
Missed a day? Click Here for more of The Morning Show's Green Guide:Friday October 10th:
'Green' your Thanksgiving
Make your Thanksgiving celebration environmentally friendly when choosing cleaning supplies, cutlery, and decorations
With Thanksgiving fast approaching, Canadians are honing their appetites and preparing their palates for turkey, pumpkin pie and stuffing. Though overindulging is common during the holiday season, this excess consumption can be harmful to the environment. Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, Canadians produce an extra 900,000 tonnes of garbage. Canadian families can do their part to reduce this excess waste by adopting a few new traditions during the holiday season.
Here are a few ways to 'green' your Thanksgiving.Thursday October 9th:
Do you send or receive a lot of faxes?! If so, think of all the paper your wasting. I know it's not a good feeling. Well, that can change. Check out this website for tips on how to send faxes via email. The trees will thank you!
http://www.faxtoemailguide.com/
Wednesday October 8th:
Keep This Candy Handy for Halloween
While it may take a stretch of the imagination to call candy in any shape or form "healthy," you can feel a bit better about indulging with this Halloween goody bag packed with treats from the Natural Candy Store. Each bag includes an assortment of organic fruit lollipops, naturally flavored cinnamon gum, natural chocolate bites (sort of like M&M's without all the funny chemical stuff), organic root beer float candies, and even gummy worms made with organic flavors. Delish, if not exactly nutrish. But if you're looking for healthy alternatives to the usual trick-or-treat fare, this is much less likely to produce exasperated eye-rolling than, say, dropping a toothbrush into their little plastic pumpkins. Halloween natural goody bag, $8 at NaturalCandyStore.com.Tuesday October 7th:
WORST ITEMS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT: Although the term 'carbon footprint' seems to pop up a lot these days, how many people know what it really means? An item's footprint is actually the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that get coughed into the air when the goods are made, shipped and stored, and then used by consumers. Here are some surprising, and not-so-surprising measurements, courtesy of the Wall Street Journal:
- A Car (Toyaota Prius): 97,000 pounds
- Pair of hiking boots (Timbaland Winter Park Slip On Boots): 121 pounds.
- Fleece jacket (Patagonia Talus jacket): 66 pounds.
- Laundry Detergent (Non-Biological Liquid Wash): 31 pounds.
- Half-Gallon of Milk (Organic Dairy): 7.2 pounds.
- Six-Pack of Beer:7 pounds.
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Friday October 3rd:Our good friend Emma from the Calgary Heralds "Green Guide", has a list of all the eco-friendly stores in our city. Check em out!!
Thursday Oct 2nd:
Sony Ericsson unveiled a new green concept phone called the ‘GreenHeart'.
A company that places environmental sustainability at the heart of its product development, Sony Ericsson wanted to explore new ideas in this area through a concept design study.
Wed October 1st:
Now that we know about the health hazards associated with plastics, what's happening to the Tupperware party? Thanks to an innovative women's group from Missoula, Montana -- those parties have gone green.
Tuesday Sept 30th:
Non-Toxic Shoes for Sweet Little Feet
Who can resist baby shoes? They're so precious and stubby and cute. But if you're a new mom trying to make healthy, green choices for your baby, those weird white "pleather" booties are not for you. Daisy Dumpling offers adorable baby shoes handmade from 100% organic cotton (we heart the gingham buttons, too), and they come in a lovely gift pouch with sweet-smelling lavender sachets. That's a good first step. $24 at DaisyDumpling.co.uk.
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