Sustainability & the Environment

On this page you'll find information and resources on environmental sustainability.

Every small action towards sustainable practices helps save our HOME.

Want to make a bigger impact? Get involved by asking your local representatives and our political leaders to step up for climate action and eco-friendly legislature.

What are we doing here at HOME to help?

- We produce all of our clothing right here in Canada - specifically, 300 meters from our Headquarters in Truro, Nova Scotia. This reduces shipping distances, packaging materials, and waste levels that are typically associated with international clothing production.

- We use sustainable, reusable, or recycled packaging materials wherever possible.

- We continually encourage our customers to incorporate green practices into their explorations - whether that's leave no trace, pack-in pack-out, or simply respecting and protecting the beautiful land that we all call HOME.

Below you will find resources related to eco-activism, green initiatives, climate action in Canada, and more.

Books, eBooks, Audiobooks, and Publications

Search for the following titles and more on your province's Public Libraries Catalogue.

Alternatively you can search the Worldwide Library Catalogue WorldCat.org. Click the “buy” link after each title to purchase a copy for your HOME Library.

Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered by E.F. Schumacher [1973] | Buy

Cruel Oil: How Palm Oil Harms Health, Rainforest & Wildlife by PhDs Ellie Brown and Michael F. Jacobson [2005] | Read

The World Peace Diet by Will Tuttle [2005] | Buy

Overdressed: the Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline [2012] | Buy

This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate by Naomi Klein [2015] | Buy

2040: A Handbook for the Regeneration by Damon Gameau [2020] | Buy

A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency by Seth Klein [2020] | Buy

Films, Videos and Documentaries

Ki otenamino (Our Town) by Fanny Niquay and Stephanie Flamand [2017] | Watch

Our Planet [2019] | Watch

How to Save Our Planet by David Attenbrough [2019] | Watch

Five Steps to Help Save Our Planet [2019] | Watch

Borealis by Kevin McMahon [2020] | Watch

Other Web Resources

World Wildlife Foundation - Take Action

Nova Scotia Nature Trust - Our Conservation Lands Map

Sustainable Search Engines

Recover ocean-bound plastic by searching on Oceanhero

Plant trees by searching on Ecosia

Give clean water by searching on giveWater

Save emissions by searching on Ekoru

Save energy by searching on Blackle

Social media accounts to follow

@naturecanada_

@paradise.canada

@mikmawconservationgroup

@mikmaweyforestrycmm

@indigenousclimateaction

Are we missing an important resource? Email info@myhomeapparel.com to make a recommendation.