Have a GREEN Christmas Holiday and a Happy New Year!
During the year, Canadians generate more waste per capita than any other country in the world, with a significant increase during the holiday season.
It is known that our choices have the biggest impact on the environment in 3 areas: transportation, energy use and food choices. Christmas is time for excess – more traveling, more consuming and more eating. For the occasion, Hilltrip thought educating people about how making informed choices during the holiday season could reduce their environmental footprint and be good for their own body environment by organizing a Sustainable Food Session in Whistler on December 22nd. The session covered the concepts of SLOW food, RAW food and SUPER food and there was a slide show to give ideas to people on how they can green their holidays. Those ideas have been posted bellow so that YOU too can learn about how you can GREEN Christmas Holiday and a Happy New Year!
GREEN Gift Ideas
• Give gift certificates such as dinner out, massage, yoga, movie passes and theatre tickets
• Donate in somebody’s name to a local charity or non-profit
• Adopt an animal or a wild space though the World Wildlife Fund
• Make your own gifts from the kitchen such as cookies in reusable containers
• Make you own crafty gifts such as pictures frames, necklaces or beanies
Change your Buying Behaviors
• Buy less! Pick names this year instead of buying for everyone on your list
• Buy used, buy secondhand , buy recycled
• Buy local…food that has traveled less is fresher, tastier and contribute less to global warming.
Wrapping it Up
• Wrap your gifts in reused gift bags, newspaper, towels, or cloth bags instead of gift wrap...it’s the intention that counts right!?!
• If you buy wrapping paper, make sure it’s made of post-consumer paper
GREEN Decorating
• Use LED Christmas lights
• Use material that can be composted
• Make your own wreathes of tree branches and pinecones
Planning Ahead
• Plan your shopping trips…drive less and fight global warming.
• When traveling, take the bus, organize car pooling and use a fuel-efficient car…offset the emissions you produce by buying carbon credits.
• Plan your menu to avoid leftovers that end up in the garbage.
Food Choices
• Informed food choices can be a good way to reduce your impact during Christmas and throughout your entire life
• Buy locally and buy organic
• Cut back on meat
• Compost your organic waste
• Learn about SLOW, RAW and SUPER foods.
Resources:
www.slowfood.com
www.slowfood.ca
www.winningteamsolutions.com
www.hilltrip.com
For more info on Hilltrip’s Sustainable Food Session please read the Press Release by clicking here.
It is known that our choices have the biggest impact on the environment in 3 areas: transportation, energy use and food choices. Christmas is time for excess – more traveling, more consuming and more eating. For the occasion, Hilltrip thought educating people about how making informed choices during the holiday season could reduce their environmental footprint and be good for their own body environment by organizing a Sustainable Food Session in Whistler on December 22nd. The session covered the concepts of SLOW food, RAW food and SUPER food and there was a slide show to give ideas to people on how they can green their holidays. Those ideas have been posted bellow so that YOU too can learn about how you can GREEN Christmas Holiday and a Happy New Year!
GREEN Gift Ideas
• Give gift certificates such as dinner out, massage, yoga, movie passes and theatre tickets
• Donate in somebody’s name to a local charity or non-profit
• Adopt an animal or a wild space though the World Wildlife Fund
• Make your own gifts from the kitchen such as cookies in reusable containers
• Make you own crafty gifts such as pictures frames, necklaces or beanies
Change your Buying Behaviors
• Buy less! Pick names this year instead of buying for everyone on your list
• Buy used, buy secondhand , buy recycled
• Buy local…food that has traveled less is fresher, tastier and contribute less to global warming.
Wrapping it Up
• Wrap your gifts in reused gift bags, newspaper, towels, or cloth bags instead of gift wrap...it’s the intention that counts right!?!
• If you buy wrapping paper, make sure it’s made of post-consumer paper
GREEN Decorating
• Use LED Christmas lights
• Use material that can be composted
• Make your own wreathes of tree branches and pinecones
Planning Ahead
• Plan your shopping trips…drive less and fight global warming.
• When traveling, take the bus, organize car pooling and use a fuel-efficient car…offset the emissions you produce by buying carbon credits.
• Plan your menu to avoid leftovers that end up in the garbage.
Food Choices
• Informed food choices can be a good way to reduce your impact during Christmas and throughout your entire life
• Buy locally and buy organic
• Cut back on meat
• Compost your organic waste
• Learn about SLOW, RAW and SUPER foods.
Resources:
www.slowfood.com
www.slowfood.ca
www.winningteamsolutions.com
www.hilltrip.com
For more info on Hilltrip’s Sustainable Food Session please read the Press Release by clicking here.
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