Simple Mango Smoothie Bowl​

Summer is a tough month for snacks and treats. Maintaining sugar cravings while staying fit and healthy is tough, and that’s one of many reasons smoothie bowls have gained a lot of popularity. With Instagram accounts like @naturally.jo, more and more people are starting to make these bowls, and it’s easy to see why. They…

Retro Tech Revival

The sales of vinyl records, cassette tapes, and classic video game consoles have surged in the past several years. Is it because of technophobia, nostalgic longing, hipster aesthetics, or all of the above? Walk into a modern music store, and you’ll likely find yourself standing amidst a culture clash between old and new; they vie…

It’s not just about sweatshops: Vancouver’s Sustainable Fashion Scene

Earlier this year Metro Vancouver launched a campaign to combat climate change. It wasn’t a typical ‘green’ campaign about the pipeline, or food waste reduction, or the elimination of single-use plastic. This new campaign is called “Clothes Aren’t Garbage” According to Metro Vancouver’s Waste Composition Study, textile waste amounts to about 40,000 metric tonnes of…

Can You Virtually Enhance Empathy?

The Friend 2 Friend Social Learning Society is using virtual reality technology (VR) to help enable people to empathize with children who have autism. As part of the Autism Demystification® program, the organization aims to foster peer social relationships One in 66 Canadian children have autism , or what is more appropriately termed autism spectrum…