Carbon Slim - a guide to sustainable living

Feeling a little carbon logged? Need to lose a few carbon tonnes? This blog is for you! Each week I offer tasks and tips to help you and me reduce our carbon footprints. The goal: to be 60% carbon slim by 2015, a little less than 10% per year.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Vote Out Carbon Fatties

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The federal election is upon us and I can hardly stand the suspense! Looks like Harper and his carbon obese entourage are stalling in their ...

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Lights Out and Coalition Now!

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Earth Hour begins at 8:30pm today! Remember to turn off all lights, power bars and other electronics. Light some candles and enjoy! Jane an...

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Our Oily Video on Oil Subsidies

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This is the last week to ask Harper and Flaherty to end subsidies to fossil fuel companies, some of which are the largest companies in the w...

Thursday, March 03, 2011

The Conservative's Extraordinary Priorities

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The Conservative Party has such extraordinary values. They're so funny. It's budget time and they have to chip away at the deficit. ...

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Heatless in Toronto

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I have been terribly remiss with my Carbon Slim blog. There has been nary an installment in weeks. No, I haven’t been suffering from Writer’...

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Thursday, December 16, 2010

Writing a Storm to Quell the Storms

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These past few weeks have been busy, what with the climate conference in Cancun. Many seem cheered that world leaders are back negotiating a...

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Buy Nothing Day this Friday

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Friday, November 26th is Buy Nothing Day. It’s a day of non-action action to give us pause before launching into the buying frenzy that is k...

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Cheryl McNamara: In 2001, I witnessed first hand massive clear cutting in Panama coupled with large advertisements for pesticides. It was only after reading Ronald Wright's A Short History of Progress during the summer of 2005 that the penny finally dropped. I decided to actively do something in my own little way to help protect the environment.

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