Should you be keeping that plastic water bottle your child gets from Summer camp? Like many kids, my daughter goes to Summer camp for various activities including soccer. At the end of the week, she’s issued a soccer ball, a t-shirt and a plastic water bottle. Being in the business of selling stainless steel water […]
Reduce, reuse, recycle. With things like music, where you listen to songs again and again, it is obvious that not shipping around plastic disks, packaging, wrappers and more lowers the footprint of your purchase. Buying digital wins every time. In the case of books vs. eReaders, the argument is a little more mixed. If you […]
When my first daughter was born, I was anal about keeping everything clean and non-toxic because like many babies, she crawled around and then sucked her thumb seconds after. I only used many cleaners, detergents, soaps, disinfectants, etc for everything in our household. Not to mention that I cleaned every other day, top to bottom. […]
Plastic has been a significant part of our daily lives for the past fifty years and it’s likely that we cannot completely do without it, at least not for the next little while. The trouble with plastic is that it’s a petroleum based product and takes about 1000 years to breakdown. Plastic never really decomposes […]
Did you know that 1 in 4 kids in Canada are either overweight or obese? In the United States is 1 in 3. There’s an 80% chance of these kids becoming an obese adult. Health implications include increased risk of heart disease (the number one killer in North America), high blood pressure, diabetes, breathing problems, […]
There are many ways to save water…. brush you teeth with a cup of water and don’t leave the tap running, use water efficient appliances and shower heads, hand wash dishes, run your dishwasher full and the like. Everyone has heard something similar. I went in search of finding something more unique and creative, new […]
Canadians consume more than 60 litres of bottled water per person each year while the Americans consume about 109 litres (second highest in the world). Canada boasts 20% of the world’s fresh water and our water quality is one of the best in the world. Why are we wasting our money and resources on bottled […]
There are many benefits of drinking through a straw, health and usage, and we’ve listed our favourite EIGHT below. It’s no coincidence that we also offer a straw cap with our stainless steel water bottles. For moms like me, this is icing on the stainless steel cake. #1 Fun: For kids and adults, drinking through a […]
I’m all for buying local however some times, it’s just not possible especially when it comes to stainless steel water bottles. The unfortunate truth is that there are NO stainless steel water bottles made in Canada or the United States for three reasons. One, the bottle would cost about $50 to make if it was […]
Yesterday was Family Literacy Day in Canada, and my daughter’s school encouraged all the kids to bring to books they wanted to trade-in. I loved it! My daughter brought in one book yesterday and decided afterwards that she wanted to trade more. So today, she took in 3 more books. I can hardly wait to […]