2021 Year In Review

<p>Bizz and Cara go over their biggest eco-wins from 2021 and discuss their goals for the upcoming new year.</p> <p> </p> <p>What happened in 2021:</p> <ul><li>Moved to new home <ul><li>Small means lower impact, close to work and amenities to reduce travel</li> </ul> </li> <li>Reusable diapers <ul><li>So many diapers go to landfill every year, then the diapers can be passed on to someone else</li> </ul> </li> <li>New Bike <ul><li>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</li> </ul> </li> <li>Woodstove pellets for cat litter <ul><li>Bizz and Cara both do this!</li> </ul> </li> <li>Composting <ul><li>Bizz takes compost to a friend's and Cara has the cart system in her new home</li> </ul> </li> <li>Edmonton Cart Rollout <ul><li>Edmonton now provides pick up to detached homes for compost</li> </ul> </li> <li>Bizz is now treasurer for Waste Free Edmonton <ul><li>WFE has SUPs bylaw in progress with the city</li> </ul> </li> <li>Cara is now Climate Action Champion for her ward <ul><li>Begins her new role in 2022</li> </ul> </li> <li>Switched to reusing growlers instead of recycling bottles and cans</li> </ul> <p>Goals for 2022:</p> <ul><li>Cara hopes to keep close tabs on what goes into her garbage and recycling with regular trash audits</li> <li>Bizz wants to start getting her chicken from a local butcher and plans on starting a side hustle that will reduce textile waste</li> </ul> <p style="text-align:center;"><a href='https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DC8U8JHCPFCVC&source=url'>Donate</a> to support waste reduction at <a href='https://wastefree.ca/'>wastefree.ca</a> or on <a href='https://www.patreon.com/becominglesspod?fan_landing=true'>Patreon</a></p> <p style="text-align:center;">Music by Vita Chino (<a href='https://www.instagram.com/vitachino/?hl=en'>@vitachino</a> on Instagram, or find them on <a href='https://open.spotify.com/artist/0eWR7cPaT4dSLec3dI4z8u'>Spotify<