Green Wash
Want to make a real difference when you wash your clothes? Buy the cold water detergent, and wash your whites in cold water. You will save energy and money, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the same time. Also, use half of the recommended amount of detergent. You will reduce the amount of surfactants that […]
April Training Sessions with Doug McKenzie-Mohr
Just a quick note to make sure readers are aware that Doug McKenzie-Mohr is holding a CBSM workshop in Toronto on April 7-8, 2010, and then in Halifax April 12-13. Details and registration are at www.cbsm.com. I highly recommend these workshops. They are awesome!
Job Creation in Waste Management
Lura Consulting (http://www NULL.lura NULL.ca) (my employer) recently produced a report for Zero Waste Simcoe, an organization in Simcoe County, Ontario. The report estimates the number of jobs that could be created through responsible waste management. Simcoe already has an impressive waste diversion record, but there are more opportunities available to divert waste, and that […]
Why We Need to Focus On Behaviour
Thinking is easy, acting is difficult, and to put one’s thoughts into action is the most difficult thing in the world. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Don’t Attitude and Awareness Matter?
In my last post I wrote that mass-media campaigns are unnecessary for blood donation if the purpose is to convince us that giving blood is a good idea. Why spend money on something we already know? Instead, it should be spent on getting us into the blood clinics and rolling up our sleeves, because that […]