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So who won? (the Interhospital Challenge, that is)
As we stare down Black Friday (now a thing in Canada too), lots of people are gearing up for some serious sales. Those serious sales can turn into serious spending, consumption and a whole lotta waste. What a perfect time to talk about our Waste Reduction Week Interhospital Challenge :).
The Royal Highness of Reusable Mugs! The Silver Stein of Sustainability! The Interhospital Winner’s trophy!
Hey SickKids, UHN & Sinai Health Systems! The WRW Interhospital Challenge is On!
Time to throw down the reusable/recyclable gauntlet … Continue reading
See It Shine … around the world
Spring and fall … perfect times to take stock and tidy up. As we trade t-shirts and flipflops for scarves and sweaters, some bits might not seem up for the trip. Is it time to find them a new home? (one that could really use them?)
image credits: whiskeyriff.com and centenial arts.com
9 Tiny Ways to be a Big Hero
2015 has come, and its shiny new and improved glory can bring hope and promise … and cast a shadow of frenzied panic for perfection. Turn over a new leaf! Make those major changes you swore up and down you’d finish last year or the year before or in 1999! Make a list, check it twice, gonna find out who’s … sorry, wrong holiday.
image credit: bengallagher.com
There are all sorts of resolutions we usually tackle: from getting healthy to getting organized, butting out to Continue reading
There’s poetry (and a winner) in your #WasteFreeUHN soul
On this wonderful week of Waste Reduction across Ontario, we here at UHN celebrated by challenging our staff, and especially our green team, to share actions and ideas that cut waste down to a teeny-tiny size. They could email us, facebook or tweet, like UHN Volunteer services did below.
We lured staff with nothing more than Continue reading
Inflation and the Art of Garbage – Talkin’ Trash, October 2014
The Environomics of Garbage
Inflation is defined as a “sustained increase in the general level of prices for goods and services” (thanks investopedia.com). In other words, your money just don’t buy what it used to.
For example, back in the day, I could walk up to the soda counter of my favourite drug store, a dime burning a hole in my pocket, order a double tall extra skinny soypuccino (with two straws if I was with my sweetie, of course) and a couple of free range anchovy filets…and still have enough change to go to the pictures after.
These days, that dime barely covers the Continue reading
