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Adventures into green

http://greentobe.blogspot.com

Sharing my first steps into becoming earth conscious and creating a better life for my family and me...

Added on: Mar 14th, 2009
Country: Canada
Language: English

Author: Yanic Arsenault
Listed in: Green Living Well
Tags: health environment climate change Eco-friendly green

Recent Posts

Days 47 through 62 – 100-mile Diet - Last day came earlier than planned, but crossroads are always hard to come to…

Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 11:19 in environment, carbon footprint, local food, 100 mile diet

It has been a while. My carpal tunnel having gotten the better of me, all little energy I had was used up at work and rest in the evenings was a must.Although honestly, it would have been hard to get inspiration the last 15 days : Markets having clos...
Sustainability In The Workplace - A Survey by Brighter Planet

Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 06:29 in office, take action

Hey everyone, A quick hello this morning to share a site for a survey on "Sustainability In The Workplace" by the Brighter Planet team.Please take a few minutes to fill it out: You may win 200$ in the process.Just follow this link and voice your opin...
Taking a short break : Carpal Tunnel Syndrome acting up.

Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 04:56

Hello to all!I wanted to make sure you all knew I hadn't just dissapeared.I have been suffering from a bout of my CTS and have been unable to spend more than a minute or 2 typing away.I will be back in a couple of days to bring you up to speed with a...
Day 46 – 100-mile Diet : Halloween without candy is no fun - But week-ends in the woods are!

Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 20:51 in environment, carbon footprint, local food, green travel, 100 mile diet

So I didn’t really think about it until today. I had thought of the challenge finishing before the holidays and not having to sacrifice any of my favorites like pumpkin pies, cranberry walnut sauce and sweets. But I hadn’t given a thought to Hall...
Day 44 and 45 – 100-mile diet : Finding allies

Posted on Thursday October 29th, 2009 at 05:25 in environment, take action, carbon footprint, local food, 100 mile diet

Following a wonderful comment left by Elle on my post a few weeks ago, I decided to go on a hunt for information on a little town called Vernon in British Columbia that has been doing something pretty amazing with the challenge!On September 1st, 2009...
Day 40 to 43 – 100-mile diet : A week-end of fun and back to life as “normal”

Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 05:47 in environment, carbon footprint, local food, 100 mile diet

Sorry it may have looked as though I disappeared for a while. The week-end was a very hectic and fun one and it took a few days to catch up on sleep and get back in the swing of things.As I had mentioned in my last post, my parents-in-law were here f...