Help Us End Period Poverty
Did you know that 1/3 of Canadians under the age of 25 who menstruate struggle to buy enough hygiene products every month? Period poverty is when people are unable to access or afford essential menstrual hygiene products. In celebration of…
What We Accomplished In 2019: Food Waste Recovery!
At Blush Lane, we know that good food is a terrible thing to waste. This is why we partner with Food Rescue to donate our surplus food to organizations that serve those in-need. In 2019, we were able to divert…
Blush Lane’s Pink Bag Takeback Program Re-Imagines Recycling
In our oceans right now there are 500 times more pieces of plastic than there are stars in our galaxy (1). We find plastic pollution all around us and yet very little is known about its effects on the environment…
3 SMALL WAYS TO ACHIEVE THE NEW FOOD GUIDE’S BIG CHANGES
You've probably heard by now that Canada's 12-year-old food guide received an update this week, maybe you've even taken a peek at the full report. Don't get overwhelmed by the guide’s sixty-two pages, they send home simple messages that all…
New Year, New Reusable Container Program for Blush Lane
2018: The Year of Waste Awareness Discovered in fish, in the compost we put on our gardens, in ninety percent of table salt- Is there anywhere on our earth that plastic has not been found?! This reality is connected to…
How Eating More “Meat” Can Save The World
If I told you that you could save enough water to provide four years of fresh drinking water to Canadians and save about 3 billion lbs of greenhouse gas emissions from warming up our planet every year only by…