Stop Buying So Much Shit

My apologies for the expletive (this site is ”unofficial”, not on Sheridan servers) but I really wanted to get your attention! WWF has released its 2008 Living Planet report which concluded that reckless consumption of “natural capital” is endangering the world’s future prosperity, with clear economic impacts including high costs for food, water and energy. 
“If our demands on the [...]

One Million Acts of Green!

Here’s another cool initiative to encourage awareness and action. CBC’s one million acts of green lists a wide variety of acts organized by categories (transportation, home, community & everyday acts). You’re sure to find a few things you hadn’t considered doing. When you do something “green”, register it on the site to add to the [...]

Name just one thing (big or small)…

…you are doing differently, or thinking about differently, since we started the SheridanCares program in September. That was a brief request I made last week to staff in CoOp and The Career Centre. Here’s how they responded (click on Read More), in their own words, sorted into categories matching those on this site.
It’s great to see [...]

Reusable Shopping Bags: Stop buying, start using ‘em

Don’t get me wrong, I think that this whole reusable shopping bag thing is great. In fact, judging by how many I see around, it seems to have become an industry (marketing opportunity?) in itself! Some are made of recycled material, some are recylable, some are neither. Speaking for my own household, we are at [...]

Next Week is Waste Reduction Week

In the United States, between 1.9 and 2.2 million tons of electronics became obselete in one year and 90% of that was sent to the landfill (referenced in CBC article on electronics recycling)… and that was in 2005! In addition to the bulk of all this waste, electronics are also likely to leach various toxic substances [...]