“Life is for all poor creatures to enjoy. Good food helps.” If you’ve been to the new NorthLight Innovation Hub on 2nd Avenue you might have noticed a little corner cafe has set up shop. The Poor Creature opened its doors on December 3, 2018 and serves up delicious plant-based…
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Guest post alert! We asked the folks at Riverside Grocery to tell us about their Zero Waste efforts – here’s their story! Moving towards Zero Waste has been a work in progress for us. Beginning with single use plastic grocery bags, we continue to brainstorm ways to eliminate more…
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Maybe you have heard the buzz around Whitehorse lately about a certain salon doing things a little differently. Indeed, Chantelle Tarapaski and her team at Fahrenheit Hair are leading the way when it comes to waste diversion. Fahrenheit is the only salon in the Yukon to be designated a Green…
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The Yukon Soaps Company has been around for nearly 20 years. It is Indigenous owned and operated by Joella Hogan. Made with many locally grown ingredients, her soaps are a staple for Yukoners looking for a natural, handcrafted product. Joella lives in Mayo, the heart of the Yukon, where “people…
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Meet the biologist & business owner who sparked our Plastic Free July challenge. Lea Pigage challenges the need for single use plastics. She began ditching plastic in 2017 for her first Plastic Free July challenge. Since then, she has tried to reduce her use of single-use plastics such as plastic…
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