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Ecojot

Mother Nature wants you to consume environmentally

April 22 by Melissact

What’s your take on consumerism and this world of planned obsolescence we now live in? CTV News Montreal had me on to talk about responsible consumption in time for Earth Day. To demonstrate my point, I had with me in the interview some locally-made, eco-friendly products by Ecojot, St.Geneve and Bio Spectra’s Attitude products.

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Adzuki beans

Homemade organic adzuki beans exfoliating scrub

November 14 by Melissact

So, since I can’t afford to restock on my usual (and expensive) skin care products, and also because I’m trying to get back to the basics in regards to what I eat and put on my body, I decided to take a stab at making my own. I’ve hesitated for so long because I could [...]

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Les Floralies Internationales de Montreal, 1980

It’s all coming back to me now… Living simply

November 1 by Melissact

It’s amazing how the more you have, the more you want and the less you have, the more you realize you don’t need that much. I know everyone says it in some form or another but for me it took something like this past recession to make me see that I have more than enough [...]

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Anchor Hocking Glass Storage Set, 8-Pc

I love… glass containers

September 15 by Melissact

I did it! I finally got rid of my last plastic food containers. Yay! Now all our lunches are packed in glass. My boyfriend winced when he saw me chuck them but after I showed him the insides and the melted plastic film, he understood it was time for them to go. These glass containers [...]

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Coupon clipping

Is it time to remove that "no junk mail" sticker from the mailbox?

September 13 by Melissact

Yep, seems official now: Clipping coupons is on the rise again. And I don’t think that’s a bad thing. It is said that you can cut your grocery bill by over half, just by redeeming discount coupons. That reason alone should be enough to get anyone to open-up that weekly specials bag that’s delivered to [...]

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Just one thing: reusable shopping bags… Bite the bullet already!

January 31 by Melissact

I discovered this cool lil’ site called Morsbags.com earlier this week and Tweeted about it, but I thought it deserved its own post. The site offers instructions on how to sew your own shopping bags instead of purchasing reusable ones. It also shares some well known, and not so well known facts about these bags [...]

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The river’s edge cleanup that changed my life forever

January 29 by Melissact

In our house growing up, my sister and I were constantly reminded to turn off the lights, to not let water run for no reason, to not turn the dishwasher on unless it was full and to not disturb it as it washed (to preserve the heat), to close the windows and doors if the [...]

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