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Adventures into green

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Sharing my first steps into becoming earth conscious and creating a better life for my family and me...

Added on: Mar 14th, 2009
Country: Canada
Language: English

Author: Yanic Arsenault
Listed in: Green Living Well
Tags: health environment climate change Eco-friendly green

Recent Posts

Taking a short break : Carpal Tunnel Syndrome acting up.

Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 04:56

Hello to all!I wanted to make sure you all knew I hadn't just dissapeared.I have been suffering from a bout of my CTS and have been unable to spend more than a minute or 2 typing away.I will be back in a couple of days to bring you up to speed with a...
Day 46 – 100-mile Diet : Halloween without candy is no fun - But week-ends in the woods are!

Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 20:51 in environment, carbon footprint, local food, green travel, 100 mile diet

So I didn’t really think about it until today. I had thought of the challenge finishing before the holidays and not having to sacrifice any of my favorites like pumpkin pies, cranberry walnut sauce and sweets. But I hadn’t given a thought to Hall...
Day 44 and 45 – 100-mile diet : Finding allies

Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 05:25 in environment, take action, carbon footprint, local food, 100 mile diet

Following a wonderful comment left by Elle on my post a few weeks ago, I decided to go on a hunt for information on a little town called Vernon in British Columbia that has been doing something pretty amazing with the challenge!On September 1st, 2009...
Day 40 to 43 – 100-mile diet : A week-end of fun and back to life as “normal”

Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 05:47 in environment, carbon footprint, local food, 100 mile diet

Sorry it may have looked as though I disappeared for a while. The week-end was a very hectic and fun one and it took a few days to catch up on sleep and get back in the swing of things.As I had mentioned in my last post, my parents-in-law were here f...
Day 38 & 39 – 100-mile Diet : Busy last few days and prepapring for a partial “break” off the challenge.

Posted on Friday October 23rd, 2009 at 05:33 in environment, recipe, carbon footprint, local food, 100 mile diet

So 2 weeks ago we received a very unexpected phone call from my mother-in-law announcing that they were planning a long week-end up in Quebec. Being from Pennsylvania, they would be driving up all day on the Friday (today), spending the whole week-en...
Change the World Wednesday Challenge - How recycled is your stuff?

Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 05:40 in global warming, environment, climate change, take action, carbon footprint, Green Living, ctww challenge

Hello to all.It's wednesday again and time for another Small Footprints "Change the World Wednesday Challenge" for you :For this week's challenge:Each time you shop for a non-food item, look to see whether a recycled version is available. If feasibl...