June 25, 2008, Canada’s Federal Government announced new regulations for the labeling of goods making environmental or sustainability claims. As many products and companies are stampeding to the Green Frontier with nothing more eco-friendly than their slogans, we at Green Briefs took a closer look at the 63-page PDF document entitled ‘Environmental claims: A guide […]

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Paul Polak, Founder, D-REV In 2005, The luxury goods market was worth $455 billion. $7 billion was spent on haircare products alone. Corporations spent $140 Billion on advertising in the US alone. Yet, median household net worth rose only 2% in 2 years. Ours is the very pinnacle of expenditure and wealth, yet this is […]

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Jeffrey Hollander, President 7th Generation For me, this presentation was one of this show’s most powerful, yet I will have a challenge communicating it to you, Dear Readers, second-hand. If you’re not familiar with the Seventh Generation line of cleaning and household products, it is a paragon of environmental business. Three years ago their growth […]

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Julie Fasone Holder, Senior VP, Chief Marketing, Sales and Reputation Officer The Dow Chemical Company Fasone Holder was here, primarily to introduce the Human Elements Campaign recently launched by DOW. This is an ad creative guy’s wet dream. A concept so clear and compelling, so extendable and logical, yet emotional that it’s a wonder nobody […]

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Last month, Environment Minister John Baird announced that the Government of Canada is taking action to reduce emissions from chemicals in consumer and commercial products such as paints, varnishes, adhesives and vehicle repair cleaners. These components are known as Volatile Organic Compounds, or VOC’s.You probably know them as those headache-inducing fumes that greet you whenever […]

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EPIC Sustainable Living Show, Vancouver 2008 – I first stopped by the Bag-To-Nature booth to inquire about how ‘compostable’ their plastics technology was. I soon learned that other municipalities in Canada have a whole different need for such bags. “We took it for granted that the curbside collection of organics is something everybody in Canada […]

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The Green Party of Canada, and Deputy Leader Adriane Carr came to Unicycle Creative looking for help with handout materials for a by-election in Vancouver Quadra. They had a large amount of climate change data and a fresh platform document from Ottawa posted on the national Green Party web site. The Insight With our agency […]

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This Space Shuttle photo shows haze from China over the Pacific Ocean, on March 4, 1996, probably a mixture of air pollution, dust, and smoke. The corridor is 200 km wide and 600 km long. I found this image at an amazing (and FREE) on-line catalogue: “The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.” – Image Science and […]

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  On February 13th, 2007, Parliament was launched with a Throne Speech that “calls for bold action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” Included among the politically ambitious if somewhat vague promises, were a number of concepts that should prove fertile for businesses who are already walking the walk. One that caught my attention was “A new $25-million Innovative […]

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