As a sustainability marketer, I attend a variety of events that wouldn’t get most people off their couch. To be honest, I thought the Metro Vancouver Zero Waste Conference 2014 might be one of those, as I pictured a room full of trash academics debating diversion rates. But it turned out to be a lot […]

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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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Santa gets strung out in Kitsilano. Literally.

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The answer to lazy non-recycling construction workers? The World’s Biggest Blue Box.

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Making zero-waste look good with clean green branding and a high-fashion recycled runway show at Pacific Centre in Vancouver

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A recent post on the Environmental Leader website highlighted some of the ‘green’ guidelines recently updated by the Federal Trade Commission, for communicating environmental claims on everything from toothpaste to tires. According to the FTC website, the guidelines are made to ensure ‘voluntary compliance with such laws by members of industry’. Those found in contravention, […]

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When those wimpy patio gardening containers just won’t cut it, try filling your car with dirt. You’ll never have to vacuum it again, and good luck to the tow-truck driver who tries to enforce the 2-hour limit. Spotted in Toronto’s Kensington Market, a neighbourhood thast shows just how creative you can be when city bylaw […]

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BC retailer London Drugs tells the recycling story with a one-of-a-kind media vehicle – the StyroCycle.

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Why the cheap plastic poppy is out of date for today’s Remembrance Day, and a few solutions to improve it.

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The first question one is tempted to ask is ‘why?’ … But to do so would be to miss the point. All you need to know is that the car is called ‘I am, eh’. Namaste. — Post From My iPhone Location:Robson St Vancouver

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