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Adulthood 101: Become a lean, mean, green-living machine

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor  In mid-May, the city of Vancouver announced that, by June 1, 2019, it will ban plastic straws and white styrofoam cups and containers. This is the first ban of its kind in Canada. Though we have over a year to enjoy straws until they’re gone, there’s no reason not to start adapting right away. There’s no denying that corporations are responsible for the bulk of pollution: The Climate Accountability Institute found that a set of just 90 companies was responsible for two-thirds of the green house emissions changing our environment. Still, we can all hold…

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