The vines are so close to the driveway I could pick grapes out the car window. A rooster runs by and I wonder if I’ve made a wrong turn. Then, a short distance ahead, I see other cars parked between a farmhouse and a small rustic wooden barn. This is the Clos du Soleil winery, […]

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Over the past few months in Vancouver, an intriguing idea was spelled out at the North end of the Granville Street Bridge. The word Gesamtkunstwerk was emblazoned in tasteful neon, atop a copper-clad building easily visible to all southbound traffic. So what was the meaning of this 15-letter German Scrabble masterstroke? Gesamtkunstwerk is defined as […]

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It’s about time recyclers got the hero status they deserve. So when London Drugs needed to spread the word about recycling for Earth Day 2014, we decided to get social with a heroic campaign. We began with online video. Leaping out with balloons, confetti and an obnoxious bull-horn, we surprised shoppers using the London Drugs […]

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When most companies think of marketing, it’s all about simplifying and wrapping up their advantages in a few carefully-chosen words and images. But sometimes showing customers and prospects the bigger picture can make a greater impact. Hemlock Printers recently hosted a booth at the Globe 2014 Exposition, part of the world-famous summit on business and […]

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Ahhh, spring. That season of blossoms and birdsong… the roar of gasoline mowers and the stench of blue smoke in the air. Unless you are a customer of The Silent Gardener Ltd, who for years quietly grew their business using only electric equipment, organic fertilizers and biological pest controls. But as this company’s capacity increased, […]

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Your CEO may not be interested in spending extra money to save the world’s forests, but if everything else were equal, (including price), who wouldn’t choose to hug a tree? The Wheat Sheet is an office-grade paper that offers the same quality, appearance and performance of regular paper, but uses less trees, produces less carbon […]

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Working with London Drugs I get to profile a lot of interesting products as one of the voices of their What’s the Green Deal? program. Recently I got to see what happens when an empty lot is turned into a rich opportunity.

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Get tested ASAP – you never know how much sustainability you could be spreading!

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Why you should attend Sustainable Brands 2012 – The biggest and best green branding conference in North America – Hint: How about a 20% off discount code…

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London Drugs more eco-friendly than Whole Foods? That’s what British Columbians say in a recent Ipsos survey.

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