Binzy_Boi

Hey all,

I've been wanting to change my shopping habits to be more local and environmentally friendly, and in doing so, have been looking at changing up getting a product I get regularly: soap.

I decided to swap from liquid hand soap to bar soap, and am planning on doing the same with bath soap as well once I finish using the liquid soap I have left. However, the bar soap I got unfortunately came with the bars individually wrapped in plastic, which kinda defeats the purpose of why I made the swap to begin with, and since getting it I've also been thinking about what to get that's made closer to home to reduce emissions in transportation.

Now I've been greeted with two options. The first one is a brand made within the province. There's minimal packaging, with the only packaging being a cardboard wrap-around strip for labeling purposes, it's vegan, which is important to me as I want to have a more plant-based lifestyle, and I've used some of their products before years ago and absolutely loved it.

The second option is really interesting, but leaves me with some questions. It's called "carbon capture soap" and is apparently made by connecting a device that captures CO2 from natural gas-fueled heaters and water boilers, which converts the CO2 to pearl ash for use in soap. The packaging is paper, it's also vegan, and it's not just made in the province, but in the city I live in. It's sounds like a viable option, but I have some concerns.

My worry is that, while the idea of reducing carbon emissions like this seems great at first by reducing the emissions of natural-gas appliances, is that it doesn't address the root issue with fossil fuels, and that in using carbon-capture products like this, I'm signifying with my dollar that I'm content in not transitioning from fossil fuels.

Was hoping to maybe get some thoughts, as I'm currently heavily conflicted and unsure about which to go with. Appreciate all help in advance!

Hey all,

Recently I've been trying to work on purchasing more products made here in Canada as opposed to down south or overseas, reason being to help decrease my environmental footprint, as well as to keep my money supporting businesses based in Canada, especially with the tariffs that might be coming in the near future.

I was curious if there were some good tips to help find products made within our borders. Some stuff has been easy, like swapping from Silk to Earth's Own for example due to labeling on the package that states where the product was manufactured, but other stuff is a bit of a pain since it doesn't seem to indicate where the product is manufactured or at the very least if it was imported, just where the company's head office is located.

While my main concern is with groceries since I've been trying to purchase more second-hand as of late, I was curious as to what some good all-around tips are for finding Canadian products. I'm willing to spend a little more if needed, I prefer to bank my money in my morals and not in convenience.

Hey all,

So I recently decided to go vegan. My personal reasons for ditching animal products were because of environmental factors, animal welfare, and trying to maintain consistency with the values I hold to their logical ends.

I was curious. I've seen a lot of hate towards vegans online, admittedly being someone who partook in that several years ago myself to a small degree. While I'm glad and very lucky people I know closely have been making accommodations for me, I'm also worried about mentioning or bringing it up to people I'm getting to know since I don't want to rub them the wrong way if they possibly have these notions that being vegan and veganism are a bad thing. Namely when it's relevant in conversation like people asking me why I read ingredients lists or can't have something they're offering me, which I've been half-lying attributing to food allergies and intolerances out of worry (I'm lactose intolerant, which helps as a cop-out).

I'm wanting to know what people dislike about vegans, whether they're based on previous experiences they've had, or preconceived notions, and what would make someone a "good vegan" in their eyes. I know I shouldn't be a people-pleaser, but knowing this stuff would definitely help me gain the confidence to be more open about myself and my personal values to others who don't necessarily share said values.

Thanks in advance, I'll try to respond where possible, but it's going to be a busy day for me, though I do read all replies to posts I make.

Hi all,

I'm currently wanting to make a few wiki pages for a community I host here on PieFed. Not trying to advertise the community, but for context, it's a community about BY-NC-SA licensed music, and I'm wanting to create a guide as to how to find new music with that license on certain platforms.

My trouble is this. I want to provide those viewing posts with the ability to find music with ease utilizing search engines when that's the best option to do so. However, I also don't want to have that search engine be Google if that's at all possible.

The main features I'm needing are to only fetch results from certain websites, and to specifically include or exclude specific phrases. For example, if I wanted to find BY-NC-SA power metal music on BandCamp, and exclude songs from the band Blind Desire for some random reason, I'd have the following search:

In this case, Google only fetches results from bandcamp.com, only with the BY-NC-SA license, and only with the words "power metal" in the page, while also removing results from Blind Desire.

Are there any privacy-friendly options that have similar search features? Being made aware of an alternative like this will definitely help me kick what little reliance I have left on Google.

Thanks in advance.

Nazposting! is a community hosted on the Feddit.Online PieFed instance that is centred around anything and everything to do with Nazrin, the wonderful mouse youkai that appears as the first boss in the Touhou game Undefined Fantastic Object.

From memes to art to whatever else, Nazposting! serves to be a space on the fediverse for people to enjoy and appreciate one of the best characters the Touhou franchise has to offer.

https://feddit.online/c/nazrin

!nazrin@feddit.online

Hi all!

While I'm unsure how new a community has to be to qualify for posting here, I'm hoping to shamelessly advertise a community I made on Feddit.Online called NC-SA Bops.

NC-SA Bops was made because of my personal values, and a desire to follow those values as closely and regularly as possible. In my eyes, the way the copyright system works is flawed, restricting creativity of artists in building off of existing works, as well as being heavily commercialized, potentially preventing musicians from creating music that's uniquely theirs in favour of creating music that'd be seen as more profitable.

In my explorations of music licensing, I found there to be limited options outside of the Creative Commons. I immediately distanced myself from anything licensed ND (Non-derivative) as I felt that to restrict people's creativity, and while the general ShareAlike license is fine, I also felt that by allowing commercial use of works, the general ShareAlike license does nothing to address the root issue of the copyright system: money.

I found the BY-NC-SA license perfect as it embraces creativity in allowing derivatives while also preventing commercial use not just in the original track, but in derivatives as well. Whether you agree or disagree with my thoughts, I found it annoying that finding tracks specifically licensed BY-NC-SA was a pain, and in creating NC-SA bops, I hope that it helps others find tracks they enjoy under the license with more ease.

Check it out here at https://feddit.online/c/nc_sa_bops

!nc_sa_bops@feddit.online