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Our top tips for a successful clothing swap.

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Managing Stormwater on Your Property

The Clean Foundation's guide to preventing flooding in your yard and harvesting rainwater for your gardens.

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Quiz: Find Out How your Shopping Style Affects the Environment

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Are You a GINK? The Case for "Green Inclinations, No Kids"

Having a child more than quintuples your carbon legacy. That gives a whole new meaning to the concept of "green sex."

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GREENBELT Event: Kitchener-Waterloo (March 21, 2018)

Mar 21 2018 | IN Musicians | BY Yasmeen Abu-Obaid

On March 21st Alternative Journals is coming together with the Waterloo Region Environmental Network and Kitchener Waterloo Innovation Centre at 283 Duke St West in downtown Kitchener.

Our Greenbelt - Celebrating Wellington County and Waterloo Region

Dec 1969 | IN | BY David McConnachie

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Alternatives Journal and friends are celebrating our Greenbelt with fun-filled events in Kitchener and Guelph this month.

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A Stitch in Time (wastes less)

Dec 1969 | IN | BY Sabine Weber

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The textile circular economy is stepping into the limelight.

Could your house hold carbon?

Jan 11 2018 | IN Technology | BY Kristi Mahy

Sustainable housing doesn't go far enough. It's time for net zero housing: where more carbon is sequestered than released in a finished building.

Can't Buy Me Bugs

Nov 2017 | IN 43.2 Food and Resilience | BY David Waltner-Toews

Full article available online

Why exterminate them when you can eat them?

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The Concrete Garden

Nov 2017 | IN 43.2 Food and Resilience | BY Kaeleigh Phillips

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How to start growing your own in the city.

Nov 2017 | IN 43.2 Food and Resilience | BY Jacqueline Ouellette

Improving the Fabric of Sustainable Fashion

Web Exclusive: DIY Pop-Can Solar Heater

Jan 2013 | IN Lifecycles 39.1 | BY Julie Bélanger

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Our 'Canned Heat' article shows you how aluminum-can solar heaters work – now learn more about building one yourself!

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Is There Formaldehyde in Your Shampoo?

May 15 2013 | IN Health | BY Jessica Burman

We wrap up our series on toxins in every day products with this scary carcinogen and allergen.

DIY homemade deodorants with baking soda and cornstarch

Stop Buying Deodorant

Apr 17 2014 | IN Health | BY Laura McDonald

Mix up a DIY version in just five minutes that will keep you dry and stink-free using ingredients you already have in your kitchen.

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Guide to Natural Spring Cleaning

Mar 26 2014 | IN Waste | BY Green Living Online

Ditch the chemicals and deep clean your home the healthy way.

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How Not to Contribute to Palm-Driven Deforestation

Aug 11 2014 | IN Food | BY Jessica Burman

Our demand for this cheap oil is devastating ecosystems around the globe. Here’s how to look for it on food and household product labels.

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The Green Athlete: Where Do Old Shoes Go To Die?

Jul 10 2013 | IN Waste | BY Jessica Kuepfer

Learn how to recycle or donate your worn-out runners through these helpful organizations.

The Problems with Parabens

Mar 08 2013 | IN Health | BY Jessica Burman

In the first of a series on troublesome chemicals in everyday products, Jessica Burman gives the low-down on parabens.

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