As a Goodfood Ambassador, I have been able to help out some families with free meals. At a time when prices seem to just keep going up, helping people lower their grocery bills is absolutely amazing. Like all the meal plan programs out there, Goodfood touts sustainability through recyclable packaging, customizable plans and delivery dates, […]
Toronto Zoo educates visitors on responsible plastic use with new interactive experience
The Toronto Zoo, in partnership with Pollution Probe and GreenMantra Technologies, has introduced a new and interactive way to educate visitors about sustainability and plastic pollution. The Plastics Pathway is a dynamic learning experience at the Zoo that now features a new app developed with SSA Group and Attractions.io. According to the Zoo, this app […]
10 easy and creative screen-free activities to stimulate growing minds
Your kids spend too much time on screens. Go ahead, tell me I’m wrong. It can be distressing for parents, watching their children spend hours in front of screens mindlessly scrolling content. You know there are better things they can do with their time, but how do we get our kids to do them? While […]
How parents can keep teens safe in the online world
Parents and teenagers are always learning from each other, and this generation is no different. But parents of teenagers today have a very unique and interesting set of experiences when it comes to the online world. We are bringing up our kids in a completely different world than the one we grew up in. Parents […]
‘Focus. Click. Wind.’ explores political unrest through the eyes of a teenage photographer
*This article was originally published on Kingstonist.* Amanda West Lewis’ new Young Adult novel, set in Toronto in the late 1960s, asks hard questions about political engagement, trust in governments and police, and the human cost of war, according to Groundwood Books, which provided Focus. Click. Wind. to me, through Kingstonist, free of charge, to allow […]