Calgary Crushers

Thanks for hosting the challenge. It was interesting to track and keep accountable for the period of time. It will definitely be something I carry forward.

I haven't been able to advance this further, but I am going to do more research and see if I can get something installed soon. I

I have not installed a filter, but did read up a bunch about them, and found one that I thought might be a good option, but have read a bunch of complaints about it not being effective. Over the past few years, I have been trying more and more to only wash clothes that really need it. Will I always feel a bit weird sniffing my shirts/hoodies...

I have been keeping a small pail of wood shavings outside of our kitchen door for when we have excess cooking oils that I can put in the compost. It keeps it from creating a huge mess when we go to take out the compost and keeps the compost bin from having to be scrubbed clean of the oils and fats.

I have power raked and dethatched our lawn already this spring, and will be adding soil on top of it and will be over-seeding with a bee-friendly seed mix (not just a wildflower mix with potentially noxious weeds) as well as micro-clover and will try to keep my lawn as long as 5 inches this year to allow for a more drought resistant lawn as...

Have started buying eco-friendly degreaser cleaning product in concentrate and mixing it as needed in our re-useable spray bottle. This reduces packaging waste, our household exposure to chemicals, as well as reduces the energy waste from shipping large amounts of water with the cleaning agents. We have sampled buying eco-friendly toilet bowl...

Picked up a bag of trash at Minnewanka lake.

Going to pick up trash for a day with entire family including my 10 year old son. We are planning to clean +10 km of highway section with the help of community friends.

Food and transportation causes me to emit the most carbon. The amount of carbon emitted is shocking!

I have used reuseable bags for a number of years, so this one comes fairly easy to me. I always keep a stash by the door so we can grab them on the way out of the house, but I also keep some in my car.