Since the boyfriend and I are away on a 5-day hike, I figured I'd write a post about the food that we're eating. Food is essential in everyday living, but it is especially important to have a steady fuel intake when you're back-country camping. This particular hiking trip is over…
Today the boyfriend and I are heading out for a back-country camping trip to Sleeping Giant. We're going to be hiking for hours every day until Sunday! I'm really looking forward to our first big hiking trip this summer :) This post is in honour of our favourite shared activity,…
I have been reading the amazing book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life by the very talented Barbara Kingsolver. Her book is about how she and her family spent an entire year living on a farm, growing their own food and eating local. It's fascinating to be able…
A couple years ago, the sistertraveller and I were sitting on the floor of our apartment on New Year's Eve, wondering if anyone was actually going to show up to the party we were throwing*. While we waited, somewhat nervously, we talked about (what else?) New Year's resolutions. Neither of…
We all know that it's important to conserve energy, but sometimes we don't really think about all of the little things that we can do to conserve energy and save on electricity. The notion of Earth Day (in April) is great, but unfortunately I think that a lot of people…
Last week I shared with you all the very exciting project that I'm a co-organizer for: The Food Label Movement. Read last week's article to find out more information about what the consumer advocacy group is all about. This week, I want to let you know how you can get involved…
Are you participating in the Commuter Challenge? From June 5 to 11 it's Environment Week in Canada, and the challenge is to walk, bike, roller blade, run or skip your way to work (or any other form of transportation which is good to the environment and healthy for your body!).…
For all you bloggers out there, you may have noticed lately that I haven't been commenting on blogs nearly as much as I used to. A few of you have even asked me if I'm still reading your blogs. The answer is yes. Not as regularly as before, but I…
Although I know a fair amount about nutrition and general health and well-being, my knowledge of the chemistry behind it all is rather lacking. That's why I asked Mr. Science (aka the boyfriend) to share his scientific knowledge of antioxidants with us last week. Antioxidants are talked about a lot,…
I am delighted to share this guest post with you all, written by the boyfriend! He has a background in biology and geography and is excellent at understanding and explaining science. Today he's written this article to give us some information of exactly what's going on with free radicals and…
