10 458 Days = 1 494 weeks

Total meat not eaten = 2 689 pounds of meat ¹

Total carbon dioxide (CO₂) diverted per week commitment =
90 tonnes of CO₂ — the equivalent of getting 1 496 cars off the road
for a week! ²
 

12 929 Days = 1 847 weeks

Total potential dollar savings from not buying it for a week = $183 961.20 ³

In addition to saving money, participants created less waste by avoiding new packaging and the disposal of their old products. Borrowing, trading, buying second-hand creates a ripple effect that lessens the demand for the production of new, non-essential items. For more information on how buying less stuff is an important environmental action, please see our campaign info page or Annie Leonard’s The Story of Stuff.
 

7 301 Days = 1 043 weeks

Total potential hours diverted from not watching TV = 22 320 hours ⁴

Total potential energy savings from not watching TV = 5 997 kilowatt hours — the equivalent to powering 26 households a week in Canada! ⁵
 

9 646 Days = 1 378 weeks

Total toxic cleaners potentially diverted = 320 litres of toxic cleaning products⁶
 

1) Approximate meat-eating per person in Canada is 42.7 kg a year. The average Canadian eats 0.82 kg (1.8 pounds) of meat per week (Statistics Canada).

2) Average car uses eight litres for every 100 km; the average car is driven 16 249 km/year = 3067.81 kg CO2 (3,07 tonnes) produced each year (Tree Canada).

3) Canadians spend $249 weekly on non-essential items per household (2.5 members) = $99.60 per Canadian (Statistics Canada).

4) The average Canadian watches 21.4 hours of TV per week (Statistics Canada)

5) Average TV uses 250 watts = 23 kWh per month (divided by four weeks) = 5.75 kWh of energy per week (Fortis Alberta)

6) The average Canadian family consumes approximately 30 litres of toxic cleaning products a year (0.58 litres per week). 0.58/2.5 (average household)= 0.232 litres per person/ week (Industry Canada, 2008).