There’s never been a better time to support environmentally friendly businesses than April. April is Earth Month, and April 22 is Earth Day – annual events to demonstrate support for environmental protection while inspiring more people to choose eco-friendly lifestyles and green living. Whether you’re looking for a minimal waste restaurant or a new refillery, we’ve rounded up some of our favourite local businesses for you to support. Happy Earth Day!
Add new eco-friendly products to your home
Naturistas in Lethbridge is a feel-good shop that has a variety of products with high quality and clean ingredients. With their in-house blending bar, you can create your own bath and body products with your favourite green ingredients. You can also grab some eco-friendly and sustainable products from [Generation Green](https://www.goodplanetproject.com/generationgreen) in Winnipeg.
Carbon Boutique in Edmonton has anything and everything – from eco-friendly paint to zero-waste essentials. If you’re looking for environmentally friendly home and living products including hammocks, blankets and rugs, check out
The Better Good in Saskatoon. If you’re a mom or mom-to-be, visit
Two Mothers for a variety of products to satisfy mom or baby.
## Stock your pantry with sustainable food products
Based in Vancouver,
BeetBox is serving up conscious comfort food with 100% plant-based products. Order takeout or shop their online store to add some plant-based, vegan condiments to your kitchen. Shop the aisles of
Community Natural Foods, a local health food retailer that has a strong dedication to sustainability, and even composts approximately 42,000kg of waste annually. Bring your clean containers to
Nada in Vancouver, a package-free grocery store with a mission to connect people to just food.
## Support charities that are inspiring greener communities
Tree Canada is a national non-profit organization dedicate to planting and nurturing trees in rural and urban environments. Shaw has partnered with Tree Canada since 2018 to plant over 35,000 trees across our footprint, and last year our partnership resulted in offsetting offset over 1,600 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e), equaling to 6,500 flights and compensating for over 135,000 kg of paper.
Earth Rangers is a kid’s conservation organization, dedicated to educating children and their families about biodiversity, while inspiring them to adopt sustainable behaviours. Shaw has supported Earth Rangers since 2014 providing sustainability education to over 70,000 students in over 240 Canadian schools, and this year is
supporting education around energy conservation, eco-friendly transportation and ecosystem contamination.