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Video: Three Tips to Detox Your Personal Care Routine

Rex Turgano | April 22, 2013 | 0 Comments

Shared by Earth Day Canada on 16 Mar 2012 Take It Up for Earth Day! Our green living expert, Adria Vasil, gives you three tips to detox your personal care routine. www.earthday.ca

Corporate Knights announces “Global 100″ top sustainable corporations in the world

Fraser Los | January 26, 2013 | 0 Comments

Corporate Knights announced its Global 100 list of the world’s most sustainable corporations at this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Troc-Exchange explores the virtues of collaborative consumption

Fraser Los | July 7, 2012

Troc-Exchange, a Vancouver-based online business that connects communities for trading or swapping goods, has announced the launch of its values-driven bartering website with hopes of reinventing the way we consume.

Christine and Yvan Saché were inspired to create Troc-Exchange.com in Paris, after seeing that unsustainable lifestyles were increasingly causing stress in their beautiful city. When they were no longer able to live with the environmental issues they confronted daily, they decided to make a change a… Read more..

Scotiabank offers Canadians new loans to purchase green vehicles

Fraser Los | March 23, 2012 | 0 Comments

Scotiabank today announced its new EcoLiving Auto Loan program for Canadians who are considering the purchase of eco-friendly cars. The program provides highly competitive loan pricing on a wide array of 2011 and 2012 hybrid, electric and clean diesel vehicles.

Are Green Products Truly Environmentally Friendly?

Rex Turgano | March 18, 2012 | 0 Comments

Shared by terrachoiceInc on Oct 28, 2008 Scot Case, Vice President of TerraChoice Environmental Marketing discusses the hidden truth about green claims and greenwashing on WCBS. Related articles EcoMorphosis(alternativesjournal.ca) Just how much greenwashing is there in the energy industry?(greenbiz.com) Saying No To Greenwashing(fishandbicycles.com) My Favourite Stories of 2011: January (treehugger.com) Metal Industry Group Defeats Plastic Packager in Greenwashing [...]

Corporate Knight’s Cleantech 10™

Fraser Los | November 14, 2011 | 0 Comments

Corporate Knights to unveil the preeminent list of Canadian public and private cleantech companies, the Cleantech 10™ and Next 10 at the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Green Calgary Events – November 3-5

Fraser Los | September 22, 2011

Join Green Calgary for their fall fundraising events, celebrating the connection between the arts and the environment.

City of Ottawa $10 Local Food Challenge

Fraser Los | September 3, 2011

Commit to spending at least $10 of your food budget on local food throughout the months of September and October, and enter into a draw for one of ten $50 coupons redeemable at the Savour Ottawa restaurants or retailer of your choice.

BC mom develops Canada’s first natural diaper ointment

Fraser Los | August 8, 2011

When Vancouver mom Marcie Weinstein-Smith took a market survey asking moms what frustrated them most about natural baby products, the prevailing answer was that “they all lie.”

Top 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada released for 2010

Fraser Los | June 9, 2011 | 1 Comment

Corporate Knights has released the 10th Annual Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada, the definitive annual list of Canada’s top corporate citizens.

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Fundraising Ideas, Summer Camp, Organic Waste, Fake Anti-Wind Protesters – GCNews #813

813: 8 April 2013 – Published by Green Communities Canada RAIN! See Water Canada Magazine article about how user fees and credit system helps Kitchener pay for its municipal stormwater system. Rain barrels, rain gardens, prmeable pavers (as well as cisterns and infiltration galleries) qualify for stormwater credits … RAIN! featured in insert … REEP Green Solutions is coordinating aregion-wide rain barrel [...]

Rex Turgano | April 17, 2013 | 0 Comments

Rapid transit key to unlocking potential of UBC/Broadway corridor: study

A new report from the City of Vancouver and UBC recommends “unlocking economic potential” with a rail-based rapid transit system to serve the rapidly growing region.

Fraser Los | March 5, 2013

Recognizing local environmental heroes

Earth Day Canada, in partnership with Mill Street Brewery and the RBC Foundation, is looking for Canada’s 2013 Hometown Heroes.

Fraser Los | February 16, 2013 | 0 Comments

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Video: Three Tips to Detox Your Personal Care Routine

Corporate Knights announces “Global 100″ top sustainable corporations in the world

Troc-Exchange explores the virtues of collaborative consumption

Scotiabank offers Canadians new loans to purchase green vehicles

Are Green Products Truly Environmentally Friendly?

Corporate Knight’s Cleantech 10™

Green Calgary Events – November 3-5

City of Ottawa $10 Local Food Challenge

BC mom develops Canada’s first natural diaper ointment

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