Kristen Villebrun and Wendy Bush hoped they wouldn't have to pray for Chedoke Creek, but four years after they first raised alarm about the water's condition, they were part of an Indigenous full moon ceremony to do just that. About 50 people showed up near Princess Point on the dark and frigid Monday evening for the monthly ceremony, which was particularly special as it focused on Chedoke Creek. The body of water that runs into Cootes Paradise had about 24 billion litres of sewage and storm water runoff leak into it due to a gate being left open.
Just outside Millet, Alta., there’s a home built entirely from recycled plastic water bottles. Ecoplast Solutions has almost finished turning 1.2 million empty water bottles into a house. “When you’re telling someone you are building a house out of recycled plastic water bottles, it’s hard to fathom,” Kelly Rogers said with a smile. Rogers is the managing partner at Ecoplast Solutions and is excited to get the word out about this new method of building homes.
