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Our local weekly newspaper, The Chief, recently published an article about what our local environmental group, Squamish CAN, will be doing for the International Day of Climate Action on October 24th. In the same article, the author highlighted Ethical Expeditions and included a wonderful student quote that perfectly summarizes the type of educa… Continue

In Paul Hawken's book, Blessed Unrest, he speaks of the ever growing environmental movement; a movement with a small "m" because there is no official leader, but rather over ten million organizations world-wide working toward a similar goal. Today our local wonderful and budding environmental group, Squamish CAN (Climate Action Network), went on a day long field trip to explore our community wetlands, recycling center, solar water heater installation, an outdoor school, and farmer's market, all… Continue

When we visited friends a few months ago, they inspired us to completely get rid of paper napkins and paper towels in our home. It has been an amazingly easy switch to use cloth instead. They are easily used for a few days and then hand washed or tossed into any load of laundry. It also just feels nicer. I highly recommend it to everyone! And thanks to Renata and Chance for the inspiration.

I generally bike or walk into town and if I do drive, I combine as many errands as possible to fully take advantage of using the car.

Magic. Pure and simple magic. I helped baby sea turtles make it to the ocean yesterday and two nights ago and I am still basking in the experience. I felt like I was experiencing the miracle of life for the first time. The fact that these green sea turtles are highly endangered and our actions helped to increase the chances that a few more may survive wasn’t even on my mind as we watched the babies emerge through the sand from their underground nest; I was just in pure and simple awe. They were… Continue