Local/BC Food Sources
Aim to buy food that is locally or regionally produced, at least in BC, if not closer.
Our team member, Sam, has visited many Kamloops grocery stores to assess them for selling local or BC products and source labelling of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Here is his table of what local foods Kamloops stores have to offer.
For those experiencing food insecurity, the Kamloops Food Policy Council has prepared this resource showing when and where free meals are available in our community.
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Calculate Your Carbon Footprint
How much carbon do you put into the atmosphere? Members of our Climate Action team, Sam and Ron, set out to test five carbon footprint calculators. They chose the Climate Hero calculator.
Shrink Your Carbon Footprint!
The two biggest impacts you make on your personal carbon footprint are what you eat and how you travel. Here’s a great study, done in 2017, that quantifies emissions reductions for individual actions we can take.
Climate-Friendly Recipes
A plant-forward diet, which focuses on consuming predominantly plant-based foods while minimizing the consumption of animal products, is increasingly being recognized as a crucial step toward mitigating climate change.