The Georgia Straight's weekly green living column gives you the lowdown on leading an environmentally minded lifestyle, and offers tips, tricks, and ecofriendly product recommendations along the way.

LifeStyle Features

Eco find: Home and DIY projects aren't hard with a Vancouver Tool Library card

Jul 12

The volunteer-driven co-op offers its members unlimited access to items like wrenches, drain snakes, and pliers.

LifeStyle Features

Green Living: Vancouver startup Quupe gets the goods to the right people

Jul 12

In an effort to reduce consumption, the locally developed web platform allows users to offer their recreational and hobby-oriented items for rent.

LifeStyle Features

Eco find: Terracottalike barrel makes rainwater harvesting a breeze

Jun 21

Who says going green means sacrificing your outdoor style?

LifeStyle Features

Green Living: 3 tips for reducing your recreational footprint at the cabin

Jun 21

Author Joan Bartley shares her advice for greening up your annual stay at a cottage or vacation home.

LifeStyle Features

Green Living: Groundswell Community Marketplace gives socially responsible startups a showcase

Jun 14

The weekly Granville Island event is a platform for the alternative business school's alumni and an opportunity to forward a collaborative-economy model.

LifeStyle Features

Eco find: Textile waste is transformed in CozeDesign's handcrafted pouches

Jun 14

Designer Leanne Yee makes ecoconscious bags perfect for holding cosmetics, small electronics, and other easy-to-lose essentials.

LifeStyle Features

Eco find: Lasqueti Island's Squitty Bay Oceanfront B&B is a renewable getaway

Jun 7

This eco-tourist B&B has a windmill, solar power, and a water wheel, not to mention an outdoor shower and incredible hiking opportunities.

LifeStyle Features

Green Living: Sunshine powers up ElectrIQ home-energy storage system

Jun 6

If B.C. Hydro follows in the footsteps of other utilities and allows feed-in tariffs and demand-response pricing, home storage of electricity could generate a lot of cash for homeowners.

LifeStyle Features

Green Living: Studio Corelam crafts flexible furniture for urban nomads

May 24

Keeping in mind the environment and Vancouver's increasingly tight spaces, the local design startup is making movable furniture that's made to last.

LifeStyle Features

Eco find: Itchyichi upcycles textiles into perfect patchwork totes

May 17

Incorporating recycled fabrics into your wardrobe and accessories arsenal isn’t only green, it adds a ton of character, too.

LifeStyle Features

Green Living: Local nonprofit Our Social Fabric gives textiles a second life

May 17

The Vancouver-based organization collects unused fabrics, supplies, and materials and sells them for rock-bottom prices.

LifeStyle Features

Eco find: Dive into lacto-fermentation with this sauerkraut starter kit

May 10

In terms of equipment, lacto-fermentation is one of the simplest culinary-related DIYs available.