A versatile and popular dairy product, yogurt is used around the world. With some overlap, its applications are varied across the Mediterranean, Central Asian, South-South East Asian and Eastern European culinary cultures. Yogurt can make a daily healthy snack or can be included in everyday cooking. The probiotics in yogurt are beneficial for gut health…
Scrub-a-dub-dub, natural sea sponge in the tub
We’re halfway through the fall season and the ground is beautifully carpeted with red, orange, and golden leaves. As winter approaches, trees start preparing by shedding their leaves. Similarly, our bodies need to adapt to the cold. And just like trees, our skin is the first to feel the dryness from harsh weather. You make…
Beeswax Plastic-free Luv
Ahhhh, beeswax! Can’t you just smell that rich, honeyish aroma when you read the word?! We’ll get more into why we love beeswax — and our beeswax wrap products. But let’s start with a substantive nod to the industrious beeswax makers, and acknowledge the power and importance of bees for life on Earth. A Triad of…
What’s in your Freezer? Realities of Freezing Plastic, and Healthy Popsicle Alternatives
Think of your kitchen and all the nooks and crannies filled with plastic products, whether you use them every day or once a year. Think of all the places where plastic is present without you being fully cognizant of it. Have you thought about those plastic popsicle molds? Lots more on those below… The sellers…
Is Silicone Good for the Planet?
When doing a quick search on Google, you might find some websites and blogs recommending silicone as a safe alternative to plastics. The silicone food bag made its entrance into the market a few years ago under the pretence that it is ocean-friendly. How so? Semantically, it would seem to make sense because the word…
Reusable Bottles May Help Us Drink Less Plastic
Reusable bottles, the healthier option Reusable bottles are a well known eco-friendly staple that help avoid waste, but did you know that they are also much safer for your health too?! Disposable plastic water bottles can actually leach hormone disrupting chemicals into the water we drink. Plus, they can impart microplastics that break off from…
Does This Lunch Bag Symbolize Where Product Design is Heading in This Climate Change Era?
Does This Lunch Bag Symbolize Where Product Design is Heading in This Climate Change Era? As environmentalists, business owners and worried citizens, we believe the foundation of solutions to climate change and this environmental crisis will consist of small, simple changes by everyday individuals and businesses, coupled with broad systems change. In her recent speech…
Periods Without Plastic… All Questions Answered
Let’s break the period taboo and talk plastic-free menstrual products! This is an important topic to explore because these monthly visits from ‘Aunty Flo’ can have a large impact on our bodies and our environment. Did you know that companies who create these products aren’t required to disclose all of the ingredients in their products…
Microplastics Testing on the Gatineau River: Citizen Science in Action
You’re going to be hearing more and more about microplastics all over the world in the coming months and years. That’s because they are literally all over this Earth. And they are a problem that ranks right up there with climate change. Yup, our beloved Earth is overheating and simultaneously becoming layered in plastic. Warm plastic…
Stainless Steel Dishes: The Best Plastic-Free Option for Children
How we got our first stainless steel dishes is an interesting story. When we started Life Without Plastic in 2006, our son was only 3 years old. I had heard about the dangers of plastics from a magazine called Mothering created by the wonderful Peggy O’Mara who was my hero at the time and still…