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1 month ago | 
leafscore.com | Leigh Matthews |BA Hons |H.Dip. NT
A nice cup of tea is best when free of carcinogenic herbicides. We’ve rounded up the best glyphosate-free oat milks, in case that’s your plant-based milk of choice. Just as oats can contain glyphosate, so can the oat milk made from those oats. Here’s the low-down on glyphosate and why it matters. Many farmers use glyphosate on oat crops to speed up the drying process before harvesting.
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1 month ago | 
montecristomagazine.com | Leigh Matthews
Three times a week, rain or shine, committed volunteers with the Dedicated Invasives Removal Team (DIRT) troop into Stanley Park to remove English ivy, Himalayan blackberry, and other invasive species. This Sisyphean and somewhat thankless task is all part of the Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES) mission to help the park thrive while providing social, educational, and conservation opportunities.
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2 months ago | 
leafscore.com | Leigh Matthews |BA Hons |H.Dip. NT
Wirecutter updated its non-stick pan recommendations recently and, guess what? It’s a toxic list of PTFE pans. When I tell people I’m Head of Research at Leaf Score and they ask what we do, I sometimes refer to the site as the green Wirecutter, or Wirecutter with a conscience. Case in point, Wirecutter updated its non-stick pan recommendations recently and, guess what? It’s a toxic list of PTFE pans.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
montecristomagazine.com | Leigh Matthews
When the patrons of the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House sit down to their free festive turkey dinner this year, some might be feasting on veggies they grew themselves. That’s thanks to Sole Food Street Farms, a nonprofit social initiative celebrating 15 years of providing “good food and good jobs” to residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. “Every season we try to donate a third of what we produce,” says Kaum Kulatilake, Sole Food’s co-manager of community and administration.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
cityfarmer.info | Leigh Matthews |Michael Levenston
Over the past 15 years, she says, “we’ve been moving throughout the city and trying to stay close to the Downtown Eastside.”By Leigh MatthewsMontecristo MagazineDec 20, 2024Excerpt:When the patrons of the Downtown Eastside Neighbourhood House sit down to their free festive turkey dinner this year, some might be feasting on veggies they grew themselves.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
leafscore.com | Leigh Matthews |BA Hons |H.Dip. NT
Our readers are always on the lookout for non-toxic non-stick pan recommendations. We tested the Made In CeramiClad Pan and came away impressed. Risotto, pancakes, stir fry – whatever we’ve thrown at it, the Made In CeramiClad Non-Stick Pan has handled with aplomb. Here’s our review of the pan my wife declared “Beautiful! Impressive!” on day one and still loves weeks later. Made In has been looking to introduce a non-toxic ceramic coated non-stick cookware line for a while.
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Aug 14, 2024 | 
leafscore.com | Leigh Matthews |BA Hons |H.Dip. NT
Here’s my top pick for an eco-friendly, non-toxic mattress for kids, plus four runners up which are also strongly worth considering. We recently made the switch from a toddler bed to a twin, which meant I needed to find a non-toxic, sustainable mattress for a safe, comfortable sleep. Like Goldilocks, it took three mattresses to find the one that was juuuuuust right. Here are my top picks for the best non-toxic and genuinely eco-friendly kids’ mattresses.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
leafscore.com | Leigh Matthews |BA Hons |H.Dip. NT
Aluminum foil is a kitchen staple for many, but it’s also a major health hazard. Here’s how to minimize risk and some great alternatives to aluminum foil. Aluminum foil has a lot of fans, and no wonder. This stuff is:Very convenient for cooking and storing foodLightweightVersatileEffectiveEasily recyclable, over and over again. Aluminum foil may have a lot of pluses, but the cons are definitely worth considering.
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May 15, 2024 | 
leafscore.com | Leigh Matthews |BA Hons |H.Dip. NT
Mercurial Tesla CEO Elon Musk fired his entire EV supercharger team at the end of April. Now he’s hiring some folks back. What does all this mean for the US supercharger network and Tesla rivals BP Pulse, EVGo, Ionna and others? Tesla’s Supercharger network is arguably Musk’s major accomplishment.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
leafscore.com | Leigh Matthews |BA Hons |H.Dip. NT
It’s impossible to completely avoid microplastics, but you can reduce your exposure. Here’s how. Microplastics are everywhere. In oceans, rivers, lakes, and streams, as well as in the air, arctic sea ice, and soil. That means there are microplastics in the water we drink and the food we eat. Nice work, humans. From surface water to deep-sea sediment, from mussels to muscles, these tiny pieces of plastic wreak havoc on human health and the environment. Microplastics are less than 5 mm in size.
