Bizz and Cara go over their biggest eco-wins from 2021 and discuss their goals for the upcoming new year.

What happened in 2021:

• Moved to new home
  • Small means lower impact, close to work and amenities to reduce travel
• Reusable diapers
  • So many diapers go to landfill every year, then the diapers can be passed on to someone else
• New Bike
  • Purchased from small local business, had used bike first to see what features were good and bad before buying new, can now bike all winter
• Woodstove pellets for cat litter
  • Bizz and Cara both do this!
• Composting
  • Bizz takes compost to a friend's and Cara has the cart system in her new home
• Edmonton Cart Rollout
  • Edmonton now provides pick up to detached homes for compost
• Bizz is now treasurer for Waste Free Edmonton
  • WFE has SUPs bylaw in progress with the city
• Cara is now Climate Action Champion for her ward
  • Begins her new role in 2022
• Switched to reusing growlers instead of recycling bottles and cans

Goals for 2022:

• Cara hopes to keep close tabs on what goes into her garbage and recycling with regular trash audits
• Bizz wants to start getting her chicken from a local butcher and plans on starting a side hustle that will reduce textile waste

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Music by Vita Chino (@vitachino on Instagram, or find them on Spotify)