Are you into the environment? Looking to make a difference? The Vancouver Foundation just launched yesterday the Generation Green Awards, a program dedicated to reward youngsters for their green initiatives. They are giving 20 cash awards (up to $12,500) for environmental projects in Vancouver by young people aged 6 to 24. Read more…
Last week, I started reading The Sustainable MBA: The Manager’s Guide To Green Business, by Giselle Weybrecht. It’s been quite an interesting read, providing managers and business owners with a simple, easy to follow framework to implement sustainable business practices into their organization.
One of the chapters that stood out in this book was “Getting Started.” It’s now well known that businesses should implement environmentally and socially responsible business practices for ethical and economic reasons. But how do you actually get started? Read more…
Looking to give something back this Christmas? Here’s how: buy local gifts.
LOCO, a Vancouver not-for-profit organization focused on growing the local economy, and the Strathcona Business Improvement Area (SBIA) present Own Your Own Strathcona, a market to promote locally-made, cool and ethical products. Read more…
Last week I was attending a networking event here in Vancouver and I got to meet the owner of a local small business. We were chatting about new, lasting trends in business, and I asked him what he was doing in order to become environmentally sustainable. He told me how they reduced their printing habits, and how they switched to recycled paper and started turning off their computers at the end of the day. “That’s a great start,” I said. “What’s next in your to-do list?”
Truth is, he didn’t know what else he could do. Being a small business owner, he feels that most sustainability programs out there are geared towards large corporations, and require investments that small businesses simply cannot afford Read more…
The 8th Annual CBSR Summit kicked-off this morning with a quick introduction from Adine Mees, CEO at CBSR. Themed Collaborating for Sustainable Change, this year’s summit promises to be one to be remembered. Read more…
