Category: Spotlights
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The 2021/2022 Holiday Gift Guide
After working day and night for the month of November, our first annual holiday gift guide has been officially published! We are incredibly delighted to have this opportunity to work with so many amazing Canadian businesses. From green home solutions and plastic-free groceries to eco-friendly fashion and accessories, this guide will provide you with excellent…
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Pride Month: Q & A with Lucy Flawless
As we get closer to the end of Pride Month, The Sustainable Switch’s team will continue to post articles on interesting and important aspects of Pride. This article will include a Q & A session with famed Toronto Drag Queen Lucy Flawless. In honour of Pride Month, Raquel Margulies carried out a physically distanced interview…
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Local Indigenous Business Spotlight: wolfwmnbeads
wolfwmnbeads is a local Indigenous-owned beading business run on Instagram by Raechel Bonomo. Before National Indigenous History Month comes to a close, our team will continue to provide informative and interesting articles highlighting the Indigenous history, and showcasing Indigenous talent. Today I wanted to take a moment to highlight one of my personal favourite local…
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Getting to Know Apricotton Co.
This article includes an interview with Jessica and Chloe, founders of Apricotton, carried out by Raquel Almeida Margulies. Puberty. An experience we can all relate to….and the awkwardness of it all, probably even more so. Puberty demands an entire set of activities and experiences that each of us, in some shape or form, must endure.…
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Stooping Toronto: Turning One’s Garbage Into Another’s Treasures
This article was penned by Saige Friedman, and includes a Q&A session with the managers of the Toronto Instagram account, Stooping Toronto. Earlier this year, a friend told me about this Instagram account she loved called Stooping Toronto. I had never heard of it before, nor did I know what “stooping” meant. She explained to…
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Wrong Generation’s Approach to Upcycling
This article focuses on a local startup company utilizing sustainable and ethical methods to upcycling damaged goods. The quotes and much of the information were provided via an exclusive interview with business owner Zach Smith. Wrong Generation is a new sustainable-oriented business established by a homegrown Toronto entrepreneur, Zach Smith. Smith started his professional career…
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