Bizz and Cara go over their biggest eco-wins from 2021 and discuss their goals for the upcoming new year.
What happened in 2021:
- Moved to new home
- Small means lower impact, close to work and amenities to reduce travel
- Reusable diapers
- So many diapers go to landfill every year, then the diapers can be passed on to someone else
- New Bike
- Purchased from small local business, had used bike first to see what features were good and bad before buying new, can now bike all winter
- Woodstove pellets for cat litter
- Bizz and Cara both do this!
- Composting
- Bizz takes compost to a friend's and Cara has the cart system in her new home
- Edmonton Cart Rollout
- Edmonton now provides pick up to detached homes for compost
- Bizz is now treasurer for Waste Free Edmonton
- WFE has SUPs bylaw in progress with the city
- Cara is now Climate Action Champion for her ward
- Begins her new role in 2022
- Switched to reusing growlers instead of recycling bottles and cans
Goals for 2022:
- Cara hopes to keep close tabs on what goes into her garbage and recycling with regular trash audits
- Bizz wants to start getting her chicken from a local butcher and plans on starting a side hustle that will reduce textile waste
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Music by Vita Chino (@vitachino on Instagram, or find them on Spotify)
