Author Archives: Nikki Fotheringham

About Nikki Fotheringham

Nikki is an author and writer specializing in green living ideas and tips, adventure travel, upcycling, and all things eco-friendly. She's traveled the globe, swum with sharks and been bitten by a lion (fact). She lives in a tiny town with a fat cat and a very bad dog.

Saving the Planet, One Broken Toaster at a Time

In the midst of our ‘buy, use, toss’ lifestyle, a sustainable mindset of fixing and reusing items is lost. It seems that the life expectancy of household items is getting shorter, and often people resort to buying new items rather than getting their old items fixed. The Toronto Repair Café plans to reverse this throwaway mentality by making green living consumers more aware of their repair skills and increasing the movement of ‘fixers’ for a repair-driven, environmentally friendly more sustainable future.

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Need Storage? Think Outside the Box

Green living: Store it Squirrel revolutionizes storage in Toronto. Part of our green living mantra is shared resources and no one does it better than Store it Squirrel. This Toronto-based storage company connects people who have extra space with those who wish to store goods. If you have an empty nest, an extra cupboard, a free basement or garage, Store it Squirrel can help you make a little extra money while helping out a neighbor.

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What did you do with your Prius V today? Exam Cram!

Green living: Prius V

To test the capacity of the Prius V hybrid, we decided to see how many Humber College sustainability students we could cram into the car and still drive around. The students had just completed their three year course in sustainable energy and building technology at the Humber College campus in Toronto.

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