Youth Week: Cornerstone Music Café Live Music – May 2nd

A combination of great food and tasteful music can brighten anyone’s day or simply fulfill a craving for some yummy handmade foods. Calgary’s Cornerstone Music Café offers this great experience to all who step foot inside. The cozy, laid back atmosphere an attraction for young hipsters and elderly couples alike, and aside from the affordable food items, the café also serves customers…

Lifestyle changes: clean-eating

Ever since my trip to Las Vegas, the excessive food has really weighed me down. Literally. So to turn that around, over the course of February until now, I have been trying out “clean eating”. I don’t know how to define it, but I found this lovely bit of information from The Gracious Pantry  that…

The Conscious Consumer – Part II

  In Canada, consumers spend over $1.6 trillion each year on their purchases. In all of North America, we spend $26.4 trillion per year. That’s a pretty big economy! And to help you(th) navigate it, I’ve put together a short guide and set of resources. This is a three-part series featuring 7 areas of consumerism…

GoodGuide

Lately, it seems as though many everyday items have the words “natural” or “green” slapped on their labels.  But often these are empty words.  Companies do not need to follow any guidelines or rules in order to place these promises on their product labels.  So how do we really know how healthy, green, or ethical our products…