Beyond the Rhetoric

One thing I learned while visiting some Montreal condos last month was the value of LEED certified buildings and neighbourhoods. For those of you who may not be aware, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is an American and Canadian third party certification authority that evaluates new and existing residential and business developments for [...]

As you make that heroic attempt to overcome yet another hump day, I present to you the weekly roundup of interesting blog posts that I found around the web. Once more, the collection is quite varied, so there should be some good content for just about everyone to enjoy. We start off with Stacey Robinsmith [...]

Green. Eco-friendly. Carbon neutral. Sustainable. Fair trade. Organic. Locally sourced. Yes, many of these have turned into marketing buzzwords in recent years as we have become more conscious of the impact we have on the environment, on the planet, and on one another. And these concerns were addressed with EPIC Vancouver this past weekend, highlighting [...]

Going green and being eco-friendly have become important buzzwords in today’s marketplace, as more and more people are paying attention to the impact that their consumerism has on the environment. And that’s how I found myself at EPIC Vancouver, the Sustainable Living Expo. This small trade show highlights a number of businesses trying to give [...]

Blog Action Day happens once every year and it is on this day that thousands of blogs around the Internet rally around a single cause. Three years ago, the topic was the environment. The theme for this year is water and there are very few causes that can be quite as universal as good old [...]