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Let’s Talk Trash: Heating rebates increase energy efficiency

Let’s Talk Trash: Heating rebates increase energy efficiency

Nothing is so quintessentially west coast in the winter as cuddling up on the couch with a book next to a roaring fire. The dreamy picture can go up in (black) smoke, however, when we notice how inefficiently our wood stove is burning.
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You’re doing great: A love letter from Let’s Talk Trash

You’re doing great: A love letter from Let’s Talk Trash

To earth guardians, what an incredible trip you’ve been on for the past while. Jobs lost, or not. More time to yourself, or not. Less stress, or not. You’ve all been riding this pandemic recalibration with as much grace as you can.
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Let’s Talk Trash: No such thing as waste

Let’s Talk Trash: No such thing as waste

The Aborigines of Australia have no word for trash. Neither do the Ojibwe of North America. Tagalog, a native tongue of the Philippines, had to borrow the Spanish term for garbage because they had no such concept themselves.
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Let’s Talk Trash: Sort it, then store it

Let’s Talk Trash: Sort it, then store it

If you find yourself doing a major spring clean of your entire house and yard, you are not alone. Well, maybe you literally are alone, but you know what we mean.
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Let’s Talk Trash: Eco guilt

Let’s Talk Trash: Eco guilt

This is a time in global history when we are overwhelmed with messaging about all the ways we are hurting the planet
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Let’s Talk Trash: Fun for faeries; nature-based trail art

Let’s Talk Trash: Fun for faeries; nature-based trail art

“Come on kids, let’s go litter in the woods,” said no one ever. Still, though, sometimes we can’t see the litter for the trees when we encourage placing plastic tokens on trails.
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Let’s Talk Trash: Soil, the cornerstone of life

Let’s Talk Trash: Soil, the cornerstone of life

Even if you look a lot like someone in your family, are a twin, or have a true dopplegänger out there, you’re your own person.
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Let’s Talk Trash: Get down with the lockdown

Let’s Talk Trash: Get down with the lockdown

While technically not in a lockdown, our social circles and movements have likely contracted significantly. Amid this swirl of changes, we are surprisingly in the natural position to successfully start new habits.
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Let’s Talk Trash: What goes where when recycling?

Let’s Talk Trash: What goes where when recycling?

Lingering new year resolutions combined with lineups at recycling depots may have you determined to start taking advantage of curbside recycling service if you live in the city. If you’re confused about what goes where, you’re in good company.
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Let’s Talk Trash: How clean is too clean?

Let’s Talk Trash: How clean is too clean?

Never before have we been so obsessed with cleanliness. Bleached white shirts, sanitized countertops and daily showers have us calibrating to standards that were unthinkably high a century ago.
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