Water is Life and women are life givers, and so it is a traditionally recognized responsibility for women to take care of that which is necessary for Life.
Show Your Love for Water with a Zero Waste Valentine's Day
Like any consumer-driven Holiday in the west, Valentine's Day has become an excessive and wasteful celebration. While trying to express our love for friends, family and partners, we litter the planet with non-recyclable candy wrappers, take away containers carrying the dinner we couldn't finish and stock the shelves of our landfills by purchasing unnecessary cheap trinkets that will inevitably fall apart. And the consequences of our wasteful celebrations are felt intensely by the planet's waterways.
This Valentine's Day, let's show our love for the water by making an effort to waste less. Here are some tips for a waste-free Valentine's Day:
Is Toronto Finally Ready to Break Up with Plastic Bags?
It's a different world now than it was back in 2012 when former mayor Rob Ford put the "final nail in the plastic-bag-ban-coffin" and opinions on bans are not such a mixed bag, now being put firmly in place around the world. Following on the heels of Montreal and Victoria, Toronto city councillors Mike Layton and Mary-Margaret McMahon have finally reignited the conversation here.
12 Actions to Take in Defence of Water
Let's make 2018 a year of action in defence of our most precious resource - WATER.Water is under threat and facing abuse from all sides: from giant corporations stealing groundwater to bottle and sell it for profit to unsustainable fishing practices that are destroying the balance of life under the waves to excessive plastic waste choking our oceans. Here are 12 actions you can take - one for every month of the year if you like! - in defence of water.
10 Single-Use Plastics you can Quit Right Now (and What to use Instead)
10 Holiday Gifts for the Water-Lover on Your list
The Holidays are fast approaching, and like you, we have some passionate water warriors on our list! What are the best gifts of 2017 for water-lovers, you ask? We've saved you some time and compiled a list below of gifts that will not only inspire, but also support water awareness and preservation initiatives.
Make waves under the Christmas tree with these 10 gifts that will make a splash with the water-lover in your life: