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Guest post: Changing the way we shop

June 11 by Sarah - Made in USA Challenge

Products made in the USA are available in many of the stores you already frequent. As I make my way though the store directory, I am finding all kinds of hidden gems in typical stores that are American made. Buying more products made in the USA is just the beginning. The more we know about the implications of our actions, the better armed we are to become ethical consumers. Start by checking labels, asking more questions and educating yourself.

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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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Buying locally made changes lives

April 16 by Melissact

As far as consumer goods are concerned, I won’t lie and tell you it’s easy to only buy locally made, some products are really hard to find but believe me, once you start seeking out to buy Canadian or American intentionally, you will not be able shop like you used to ever again. As a Canadian, I still throw in a lot of made in the USA stuff simply because between our two countries, we manufacture more than enough of what I need and I never have to settle on anything “just because”.

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CredoBags

Wearing Made in Canada and Made in USA from head to toe: Totally possible

January 20 by Melissact

As I sat in my car today, driving to the office, it occurred to me that I was surrounded by – and wearing almost exclusively – made in Canada and made in USA goods. Unlike a lot of people out there, I actually practice what I… rant and rave about ;) Here are some of the different brands I buy. Most of these companies are on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as well. You can follow my made in Canada Twitter list here and my made in USA Twitter list here both of which I update on a daily basis.

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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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I’m not a writer… I just care a lot and I can’t sit idly by anymore

January 29 by Melissact

It never fails. Every time I return from vacationing in a part of the world that is developing or recovering economically, I feel like I could have done something more for the people while I was there, other than stimulate their tourism economy… But not being fluent enough in their native language, or not having [...]

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