Becoming Less

The Dress Library

Bizz chats with Allison about her business, The Dress Library, where you can rent dresses for special occasions, rather than buy something you will only wear once. She has also generously offered 20% off one rental if you mention you heard about her from Becoming Less! 
 
Check out The Dress Library
Website: dresslibraryrentals.com
Instagram: @thedresslibrary_yeg
Facebook: facebook.com/TheDressLibraryYEG
Email: thedresslibraryyeg@gmail.com
Places to donate old clothes that are BETTER than thrift stores:
Get the 211
Suit Yourself
Women's Shelters
Youth Shelters
Transition Houses
Emergency Relief
Donate to support waste reduction at wastefree.ca or on Patreon
Music by Vita Chino (@vitachino on Instagram, or find them on Spotify)

Jack 59

Bizz chats with Vanessa from Jack 59 about her company's bar shampoos and conditioners and then get into some other low waste swaps.
 
Find Jack 59:
Online - jack59.ca
HQ - 3620 98 St NW, Edmonton, AB
Store Locator - jack59.ca/pages/store-locator
Email - vanessa@jack59.ca
Phone - 780-270-0706
 
Other things we talk about:
Lush - lush.ca
Soap So Co - soapsoco.com
Plant Based Diets - Google It
Capsule Wardrobe - Google It
Reusable Menstrual Products - Google It
Donate to support waste reduction at wastefree.ca or on Patreon
Music by Vita Chino (@vitachino on Instagram, or find them on Spotify)

Bizz's Mom

Bizz's mom tells some embarrassing stories about her as a child and talks about some of Bizz's other childhood memories for Mother's Day.
 
Things we talk about:
Hoarding vs not wanting to throw things away that could still be useful
Buying new when you can't find the thing you know you have... somewhere!
Toilet paper rationing
Creating expectations and boundaries for gift giving
Gift wrapping
Letting things go
Memories about experiences rather than things, creating traditions
Donate to support waste reduction at wastefree.ca or on Patreon
Music by Vita Chino (@vitachino on Instagram, or find them on Spotify)

Seaspiracy

Sorry for the goofy sound in this one! Covid restrictions required an impromptu setup and it affected the sound. 
 
In this episode, Bizz and Emily discuss the documentary Seaspiracy. Watch it. Keep an open and critical mind. Do your research. Then decide what path works best for you.
Seaspiracy website: seaspiracy.org
Scientific review of the documentary: inverse.com
Cowspiracy website: cowspiracy.com
Cowspiracy stats: vegannews.press
Donate to support waste reduction at wastefree.ca or on Patreon
Music by Vita Chino (@vitachino on Instagram, or find them on Spotify)

Earth Day Clean Up

Bizz chats with Greg from the Westwood Community League about the Earth Day Community Clean Up.
 
Things we talk about:
Westwood Community League - westwoodcl.ca
Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues - efcl.org
Capital City Clean Up - edmonton.ca/programs_services/capital-city-clean-up.aspx
Big Bin Events - edmonton.ca/programs_services/garbage_waste/big-bin-events.aspx
 
Donate to support waste reduction at wastefree.ca or on Patreon
Music by Vita Chino (@vitachino on Instagram, or find them on Spotify)

You Don't Need It

Emily and Bizz discuss how buying new stuff is not necessary to do many activities and hobbies. 
 
Things we talk about include: 
Alternatives to buying new gear
Borrowing
Renting
Repairing old gear
Doing without
Earth Day Cleanup - @wastefreeyeg
Fast Shoe Repair - @fastshoe20
Lemon vinegar cleaner - @obtusata
Good Neighbour App - thegoodneighbourapp.com
Tool libraries
Jack 59 - jack59.ca
Portlandia clip "Get the gear!"  - youtube.com/watch?v=R3SFqV0hMyo
Donate to support waste reduction at wastefree.ca or on Patreon
Music by Vita Chino (@vitachino on Instagram, or find them on Spotify)

Zero Waste Fails Pt 3

Emily chats with her sister, Marianne, about more zero waste fails regarding hair care.
 
Things we talk about include:
No poo
PH
Bar Shampoo
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
Donate to support waste reduction at wastefree.ca or on Patreon
Music by Vita Chino (@vitachino on Instagram, or find them on Spotify)

Waste Statistics

Bizz and Emily talk about how Canada ranks on our waste habits and why it's important to become less.
 
For more information:
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10163-015-0355-1.pdf
https://www.conferenceboard.ca/hcp/details/environment/municipal-waste-generation.aspx 
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/22/microplastics-revealed-in-placentas-unborn-babies
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/12/canada-united-states-worlds-biggest-producers-of-waste/39534923/
http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2019/eccc/En4-366-1-2019-eng.pdf
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1168066/largest-waste-producing-countries-worldwide-per-capita/
Donate to support waste reduction at wastefree.ca or on Patreon
Music by Vita Chino (@vitachino on Instagram, or find them on Spotify)

Olivia Adams

Bizz chats with Olivia Adams on mental health, mindfulness, our connection to nature and more about each of our individual journeys to becoming less!
 
Find Olivia on Youtube at: youtube.com/user/oliviaadamsXD
 
Donate to support waste reduction at wastefree.ca or on Patreon
Music by Vita Chino (@vitachino on Instagram, or find them on Spotify)

Trash Audit

Bizz and Emily talk about becoming less by doing a trash audit to figure out what we can work on.
 
Things we talk about:
Trash audits (obviously), and what we tend to find in our own trash
Earth's General Store - earthsgeneralstore.ca
Blush Lane - blushlane.com
Boocha - boocha.ca
Downtown Farmer's Market - yegdtmarket.com
Patagonia - patagonia.com
Fast Shoe Repair - facebook.com/Fast-Shoe-Repair-448995635205/
Donate to support waste reduction at wastefree.ca or on Patreon
Music by Vita Chino (@vitachino on Instagram, or find them on Spotify)