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Entries from May 2008

Wish all that plastic packaging would just go away? Green Century hopes so, too.

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

EPIC Sustainable Living Show, Vancouver 2008 – Ironic that the styrofoam box that protects your restaurant leftovers for two days will be in the landfill until the year 3000. So who’s responsibility is it to deal with? According to Green Century, business should be doing a lot more. “We took it upon ourselves to educate [...]

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Tags: EPIC 2008 Sustainable Living Show · Production · Sustainable Businesses · Sustainable Products

Welcome to Dahlia Drive. Where clothing goes from Thrift Store to Art Gallery.

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Rich colours, subtle organic textures overlaid with bold screenprints, intriguing yet subtle in their interpretation. If this sounds like an art review, it should. Artist Wendy Van Riesen of Dahlia Drive produces her one-of-a-kind pieces from discarded slips and shirts, in her words, ‘Resurrecting the fashion wasteland’, a term which applies not only to the [...]

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Tags: EPIC 2008 Sustainable Living Show · Sustainable Businesses · Sustainable Lifestyle · Sustainable Products