Assiniboine Park Conservancy

Here’s to plastic-free beyond July! - Plastic Free Ecochallenge Planning Team

Yes, I have changed the way I decide when food is ready to be thrown away. I now check the expiration date and give it a few more days, depending on the type of food and its components. I also take into account the organoleptic conditions.

I love this idea! I’ve never liked the smell of highlighters, and I have a ridiculous number of coloured pencils. There are SO many colours to choose from and no bleeding through the paper - highlighting with coloured pencils could turn even the most boring books into works of art!

My circle of friends and family have always been very aware of the importance of avoiding the use of single-use plastics, so, fortunately, they have continued in that same way.

The truth is that when I go to the supermarket to buy groceries, I always go on foot and take my cart, this way I never use plastic bags to pack the groceries.

Construction materials, large artifacts, and practically everything that cannot be disposed of does not go to the landfill, there is an option to give it a more sustainable destination.

The ecological footprint calculator said we would need 3.1 earths if everyone lived like me and my personal Earth Overshoot day was April 25. That’s a little better than Canada’s date of March 15th, but there’s plenty of room for improvement. I was surprised that my shelter consumption category was more than double the others - that’s a...

A while ago I even saw a movie where people were affecting a company's sales just by collecting rainwater, purifying it and consuming it. Then the state tried to stop people from collecting rainwater just to protect the company.

I washed and decorated an empty jam jar to store colored pencils.

It helps me put less pressure on myself to always be plastic-free, but by just being aware of it and taking steps to reduce it (such as getting refillable liquid soaps for my house instead of buying a new soap every time) will help in the long run.