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The Otesha Project’s Hopeful Hooligans

The Otesha Project is a dynamic group of young adults and teenagers who raise awareness and promote action in a fun, provocative way. They train teams of Hopeful High school Hooligans to engage with their peers and make living lightly a participation sport, socially purchase xanax 1mg acceptable among peers. They run cross-Canada bike tours, [...]

Living Lightly Video Upload Agreement

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Congratulations on your good work

Hello People,
The Living Lightly Project is an important part of what people need now — an empowering message that all is not lost, that there are plenty of things ordinary individuals do every day that make a difference.  I appreciate the positive perspective, the way the project appeals to people’s fairer aspects rather than trying [...]

Living Lightly, my way

By Anouk Hoedeman
“Living Lightly” is an expression I learned less than two years ago, when I first met David Chernushenko, but it’s a concept with which I’ve been familiar for as long as I can remember.
I credit my mother, who became one of those idealistic, back-to-the-land types in the ’60s. Thanks to her, I grew [...]

Living Off-Grid Just Outside the Big City

Thomas Levy had a dream, to build a “green” energy-efficient house, and to power it primarily with renewable energy, allowing him to avoid bringing in electrical lines. His dream became a reality in 2007, and he was looking for a good way to tell his story. Along came the Living Lightly Project. Upon reading an [...]

Composting gingerbread and tomatoes in winter

 Our first video from a site visitor. Blake Poland shot these quirky mini videos on his ordinary digital camera. You can contribute your stories without a professional camera. The full story on his family’s 50 Ways to Reduce Your Footprint can be found in the Images section and by linking to his website from there. http://www.livinglightly.ca/50-ways-to-reduce-your-footprint/ 

Living Lightly at the Creative Wheel Centre

David Chernushenko visits the Creative Wheel Centre to take part in a sustainable trailbuilding working day with some keen environmentally-conscious mountain bikers. Learn about the vision of Dominique Larocque and how she and her partner Steve, with a lot of volunteer help, are turning it into a reality. 

Beyond “isms”

This is the first time in history that a large social movement is not bound together by an “ism.” 
What binds it together is ideas, not ideologies. This unnamed movement’s big contribution is the 
absence of one big idea; in its stead it offers thousands of practical and useful ideas. In place of 
isms are processes, concerns, and [...]

Start living The Good Life!

David, your lovely project is circulating, I got it at least 3 degrees of separation.
WWF has just launched The Good Life: an online community for  concerned Canadians who want to stop talking and worrying about  climate change and start taking personal action.  It’s free, open to everyone, and I’d like to invite you to sign [...]