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how easy it is to change your stripes!
Green Zebra guide offers more than savings. It’s all about simple things you can do today for a greener tomorrow. Check out the informative articles from our 2010 guide.
Farmers' market listings
Before you trash it...search it!
Creative planting...your coffee bag solution
Recycle your money
What's the Green Deal at London Drugs?
Make smart travel choices
A healthy workplace, one pen at a time
Love in your own backyard
Citizen-powered media
Detox your home
Organic cotton
Smart choices for a green pregnancy
Science matters
Healthy sleep starts with a healthy bedroom
Green Zebra goes mobile
Follow our simple action steps below with links for additional info, ideas, and inspiration.
Food
1. Visit a Farmers' Market.
www.bcfarmersmarket.org
www.eatlocal.org
www.landfood.ubc.ca/ubcfarm
www.artisanmarkets.ca
www.makebakegrow.com
www.farmersmarketonline.ca
2. Eat local produce and dairy products.
www.farmfolkcityfolk.ca
www.kitsilanofarms.com
www.cityfarmboy.com
www.klippersorganics.com
www.avalondairy.com
www.cookingwithcream.com
www.donaldstreetfarms.com
www.eatrealeatlocal.ca
3. Serve seafood that promotes the health of our oceans.
www.oceanwise.org
4. Choose SPCA certified meat products.
www.spca.bc.ca/farm
5. Dine at a Green Table restaurant.
www.greentable.net
Home and Garden
6. Use less toxic household cleaning products.
www.greenofgreen.ca
7. Green your home improvement projects.
www.sustainablebuildingcentre.com
8. Employ more eco-friendly pest control techniques.
www.spec.bc.ca
www.wcel.org/wcelpub/2007/14256.pdf (PDF)
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle
9. Stop getting junkmail.
cornerstonewebmedia.com/cma/submit.asp
10. Find out how to dispose of or recycle just about everything. www.metrovancouverrecycles.org
www.rcbc.bc.ca
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