Posts Tagged ‘giveaway’

I thought it was spring! I was a bit shocked to wake up this morning to snow. My dog and I had a nice, early-morning walk in the park and we were both slipping and sliding around, totally unprepared for the weather. I guess Mother Nature is giving us one more taste of winter so we appreciate the spring that much more. I promise I will!

I have two great books to giveaway to a lucky Green Living blog subscriber. One of you will receive True Green @ Work: 100 ways you can make the environment your business AND Sara Snow's Fresh Living: The Essential Room-by-Room Guide to a Greener, Healthier Family and Home.

All you have to do is subscribe to me blog and you'll be eligible to win. I'll pick a subscriber at random on Tuesday April 14, so look out for your name!

Cherish winter sports!

Here we are wishing winter away, and there's breaking news reports that we here Canada will have less and less time to enjoy our winter and all those wonderful things that come with it - like skiing, skating, hiking, snowshoeing and other winter sports.

I woke up to the CBC yesterday explaining that the impact global warming will have on Canadian winters could be detrimental. Someone from the David Suzuki Foundation was quoted in the Globe and Mail saying that our ski season could be cut in half towards the end of the century. It certainly is a scary thought that my (imaginary) baby's baby's baby's won't enjoy the snowshoeing or downhill skiing that I have.

On a more positive note, Earth Hour proved to be a huge success this year. About 80 countries, and close to 4,000 cities, participated in this awareness-raising cause. It would be great if this event could take place more than once a year so it could make more of a difference. I know people are catching on, and I can only imagine how much better next year's response will be.

A Good Catch, by Jill Lambert

I have two books to giveaway. If you're a subscriber (or become a subscriber) to my Green Living blog you are automatically eligible to win a copy of Jill Lambert's A Good Catch. This book is a guide on how to choose properly when shopping for seafood. With concern over the amount of seafood our ocean’s can produce, endangered species, and fish that are inhumanely caught, it’s important that eating sustainable seafood becomes a priority. This book helps to explain why, what the most responsible choices are, what sort of questions to ask at your local fish market and how to cook all sorts of seafood. Lambert’s book includes 70 recipes from celebrity chefs across Canada – including a couple recipes from Canadian Living’s very own test kitchen.

Just subscribe to my blog and you could win. I'll randomly select two subscribers and announce the winners here on Monday, April 6.

I want to thank you all for giving me such sound advice about starting my little garden. You all obviously know a great deal about gardening - far more than I do. What I would give to walk around your vegetable patch, selecting things for a fresh summer salad! Without further ado, the winner of Marjorie Hariss' Ecological Gardening is (more...)

Canadian Living makes going green easy!

Of late, the weather has been warmer, the days are getting longer, the sun has been shining and I'm starting to look out for signs of budding crocuses and tulips – spring must be just around the corner. Spring is always such a refreshing time for me – a time when I come out of hibernation and make some small changes to my life. I eat healthier, get more exercise, clean out my house and explore the outdoors. For all those who tend to do the same, now's the perfect time to find motivation to go green. I guarantee you'll get a fresher and lighter start to this exciting season.

Canadian Living's April 2009 issue hit newsstands just this past Monday, and for those of you who avidly read CL know that April is our annual green issue. Though I love all the issues, I obviously really love the green issue. The April issue is the perfect companion for you new, greener lifestyle. Among many great pieces, there's great advice on green decor and outdoor design, green beauty companies the style editors love, easy tips on how to green your home, a how-to on navigating the liquor store when you're in search of organic wine and a humorous account of a family who tries to give up shopping for 30 days.

On another note, I have a little secret for my regular readers. In honour of spring, and of course Earth Day (which is April 22), I'll be encouraging you to go green even more. Over the next five weeks (up until Earth Day) I'll be having lots of exciting green-themed giveaways and contests, so be on the lookout. You'll have to be a subscriber to the blog to participate, so get a head start and sign up to receive my blog to your e-mail inbox. I'll announce the first giveaway on Friday!