Teaspoons & Co
SFU alum co-creates new app encouraging cafés and consumers to go green
Arts July 26, 2021By: Nancy La, Staff Writer Bringing your own (BYO) cup to cafés to reduce waste is already a great act of sustainability, but two climate activists have created an online platform to make it even more rewarding. Founded by SFU alum and former chair of Embark Sustainability Priscilla Lam and UBC student Angelica Tso, the BYO app aims to develop a more sustainable café culture by decreasing the usage of disposable cups. Through the app, users are encouraged and rewarded for bringing their own reusable cups to participating stores. I downloaded the app and tried using it myself. The app…
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Three locally made beverages to drink for the weather you want, not the weather you always get
Arts July 17, 2020By: Sara Wong, Peak Associate It’s officially summer, which means it should be time to cut up some watermelon and bring out the lemonade — though Mother Nature doesn’t always appear to have gotten the memo. However, the rare sunny…
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