I am passionate about supporting small, Canadian owned businesses. Over the past couple of years, I’ve been making an effort to shop more BIPOC owned, small, Canadian businesses. There are some incredible small Indigenous owned brands that I have shopped with and so many more I keep discovering. If you are looking to shop Indigenous shops, but aren’t familiar with many, I have created a list as a starting point. The list includes apparel brands, beauty and wellness items, home…
I’m often asked for suggestions of where to shop when it comes to secondhand. Yes, I shop the big, well known thrift shops as that is what is closest to me. However, I also love to support the small, independent shops whenever I can. Months ago, I asked you to help me create a list of the secondhand shops you go to in your communities here in Canada. I received an amazing list of small shops for clothing, kids clothes,…
This is a long one, so grab a cup of coffee, settle in, and just keep scrolling down. If you’re looking for a way to give lovely gifts this holiday season, all while keeping the planet in mind, look no further than this year’s sustainable gift guide. With us now into our Holiday Challenge with Canadian Geographic and our Live Net Zero Challenge, (you can read morehere), I thought I would share some gift ideas to help you cut back…
I read recently, in Forage and Sustain‘s Sustainable Gift Guide, that 90% of products that are returned during the holiday season get trashed. Trashed! It’s more expensive for the big box stores and giant fast fashion chains to dispose of these items rather than try to resell them. That’s a lot of waste. Our goal should be to try to avoid returns at all costs. Returns hurt small shops bottom line, and the big guys send it to landfill. I’m…
Shorts! I never wore them until a few years ago. I have had a bad relationship with my legs for as long as I can remember. Even as a slim, size 6 Gal of only 15, I had idiot boys telling me how HUGE my legs were. I’ve have moles, stretch marks, bumpy skin, varicose veins, spider veins, cellulite, hair, dry skin, chubby knees (as an ex-boyfriend teased me about for years), and all the things we’re told to be…
