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by Janelle Rolke @sustainablestepswithjanelle As children we were taught a fluffy version of an ugly reality happening in the world; “If you Reduce, Reuse and Recycle you are being a superb environmental steward.” However, as adults, we learn that it is far more complicated than that. For instance, the recycling industry is broken, food insecurity continues to be a growing issue, meanwhile food waste is higher than ever, plastic is toxic to produce, consume and recycle, and the concentration of CO2​​​​​​​ in our atmosphere is the highest it has been in human history. The current state of the world is unsettling,...

FOR 2021 UPDATE SCROLL DOWN People say it's hard to get rid of plastic. Tell me about it! Hi, I am Sabrina Auclair, the ower of Unpacked Living and this is my plastic-free journey. When I decided to cut plastic out of my life, I knew it was going to be a long process and I had very realistic goals about it. I knew it wasn't going to happen over night, I knew I needed to know exactly how much plastic I had to begin with, and I knew I was not going to buy any new plastic unless absolutely...

UPDATE: This blog has been edited to fit the current COVID situation we are experiencing so basically all outdoor activities, concerts, and experiences had been changed.     Sometimes buying presents feel like a burden and you find yourself going around malls, searching online for hours and still have no idea what to give to someone either for graduation, kids' birthday parties, baby showers, and most importantly, the holidays.   Everyone loves presents. I know I love to give presents to my family and friends but most of the time we don't have in mind the "waste factor" of a...

UPDATE 09/17/2020 MDF Italia, another brand we work with, just shared this amazing change they decided to do in their own offices. So MDF Italia has chosen to show its green side and give employees and collaborators a sustainable bottle branded 24Bottle, with the aim of reducing the environmental impact of each individual. Over 30,000 plastic bottles were purchased by employees within a year: the company thus decided to replace bottles with a water dispenser, providing each person with an Urban Bottle, in steel and extraordinarily light, thus reducing the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere. Some of you...

There’s only one thing we’re more passionate about than our business… the planet! This is why we’re making an effort to use sustainable practices in every part of our business. We’ve teamed up with CarbonClick, a New Zealand company making it easy for people and businesses to help fight climate change. CarbonClick looks like a green button at checkout. When you click it, a small contribution is added to your basket which purchases carbon offsets. These offsets reduce the environmental impact of the carbon emissions related to the purchase. CarbonClick's offsets fund forest restoration, tree planting, and renewable energy projects around...