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Green Wedding Planning

Vancouver is one of the most “green” cities in North America, so it seems only fitting that our weddings be green too. We are Green Coast Weddings, and we specialize in the planning and coordination of eco-friendly weddings. Our approach is personal, professional, and enthusiastic – all at the same time!

Today’s couples are looking for experienced wedding and event planning consultants, who have a passion for the environment.  Wedding planning should be done in an efficient, fun, relaxing and enjoyable way.  A “green” wedding planner can help you “green” your event by giving you suggestions about ways to make eco-chic choices when booking venues, caterers, photographers, bakeries, florists, etc.  We have relationships with many eco-friendly local businesses. We can save you time and money because we research, meet, and work with many wedding industry professionals on a daily basis.  Gone are the days where consulting fees were out-of-reach for most couples.  Today, it’s simply a part of the wedding budget.  Tell us your dreams, and we will help make them possible.

Statistically, couples who hire wedding consultants enjoy the process of being engaged, and wedding planning itself, far more than those who plan to do everything on their own. Having said that, there are many talented couples who happily and creatively plan the main elements of their day, and just need a little consulting help to ensure that their plans run smoothly on their special day! We can do as much or as little as you need. We are different from most companies – we are down to earth!

Please feel free to contact us to ask questions, or to book a free initial consultation. Our web address is www.greencoastweddings.com. Warm wishes to all you happy couples out there!

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Law, Policy, and Standards

ecolabelling.org – Who’s deciding what’s green?

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Canadian start up Big Room Inc. today launched the
world’s biggest independent directory of ecolabels. Available through an easy to use online
database at ecolabelling.org, Big Room provides information for consumers, producers and
procurers, on 285 global ecolabels for everything from organic food (Soil Association) to
wood products (FSC) to carbon offsets (EcoLogo).

Ecolabels have been available to consumers since the 1970s but in recent years, interest in
labels on consumer products has increased substantially. Company founders Jacob
Malthouse, Trevor Bowden and Anastasia O’Rourke, came up with the idea while
conducting research into how consumers make decisions about green products and
services.

“We realized that it’s hard to find out who’s deciding what’s ‘green’, so we set out to make it
easier for everyone to look behind the label. Knowing who’s behind it and what it means can
help people to separate the green from the greenwash,” says Malthouse.

The trio, who met while working for international environmental organisations in Europe, has
identified nearly 500,000 products with a green label or certification. They have found
ecolabels for products and services in almost every sector. The majority of existing
ecolabels are in food and other consumer retail goods, and they tend to be concentrated in
Western Europe and North America.

“Interestingly enough, Big Room didn’t find any ecolabels for the emerging clean-tech sector
including technologies around alternative energy,” says O’Rourke. “Right now, clean-tech
has a green halo, but as it grows, we expect more questions to be raised around its green
credentials and hence more certification schemes. We will be tracking new schemes on
ecolabelling.org as they come online.”

Ecolabelling.org also expects to add more schemes and new analytic tools over the coming
months.

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Ecolabelling.org is first in a series of platforms built by Vancouver-based Big Room, a
company committed to helping consumers, producers and procurers to make green choices.

For more information, contact:

Olga Orda
olga@equostrategies.com
+1.778.785.4242

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Natural Resources Management, Sustainable Communities

Coastal CURA Project

Across the country, coastal communities and coastal resource users
face critical environmental, economic and social challenges. This
“Coastal CURA” will help community partners meet these challenges
through research, local capacity building, and support for
community-based integrated coastal management – to help coordinate the
management of multiple coastal uses (fishing, aquaculture, shipping,
tourism, etc.). The CURA is designed to produce both immediate and
longer-term support.

The Coastal CURA will develop
transferable lessons in community-based coastal management, and make
our results available on a national and international scale.

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Nature and Wildlife Conservation

FORREX Conservation Biology Extension List – January 24th, 2008

This list posting, published by FORREX Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources, is supported in part by BC Ministry of Forests and Range through the Forest Investment Account, Forest Science Program. For details or to contact FORREX, visit www.forrex.org

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Special Announcements

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Conservation Biology News/Headlines

3. Conservation Biology Events/Conferences

4. Conservation Biology Workshops/Courses

Note: if
you have anything you would like to include in the next conservation biology
list announcement, scheduled for mailout on March 4th, 2008, please send it
to Karyn Sutherland.

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