Why the cheap plastic poppy is out of date for today's Remembrance Day, and a few solutions to improve it.
iPhone Pic of the Week Oct 20
Who knew stock photo models could be so mean? Support the Union Gospel Mission or whatever homeless helper charity you believe in. — Post From My iPhone
Bike Fashion show a hot event, but needs to get out of hipsterville.
I’m nursing a Stanley Park Ale in the pulsating hip basement of the Calabash Bistro, with a crowd of cyclist types way cooler than me. It’s Momentum Magazine’s BikeStyle Tour Fashion Show and it’s making me feel like a stowaway in bike geek heaven. Momentum is ‘North America’s Bike Lifestyle ...
How to save the world, one Neighbourhood at a time: Bob Willard speaks to The Strathcona ‘Green Zone’ BIA
Can a business improvement association label a whole region green? Vancouver’s Strathcona Business Improvement Association thinks so. They have branded themselves as the ‘Strathcona Green Zone’ and are in their third year of focusing, sharing and collaborating with local business members on sustainability. This was the message at Sustainability 3.0, ...
iPhone pic of the week Sept 16-ish
The first question one is tempted to ask is ‘why?’ … But to do so would be to miss the point. All you need to know is that the car is called ‘I am, eh’. Namaste. — Post From My iPhone Location:Robson St Vancouver
Can Vancouver’s ‘Talk Green To Us’ campaign answer with real green jobs?
Anyone who thinks Vancouver is quite green enough thank you very much had better hang on. We ain’t seen the half of it. But that means more green jobs and a better economic outlook in the long term. So says Sadhu Johnston, Vancouver’s Deputy City Manager, at a presentation put ...
iPhone pic of the week – Sept 13
I don’t think this is Greenwash. I actually know some people who drink enough Starbucks out of paper cups to use up a whole tree.
Lipton and Canada Dry busted for greenwash by the FDA. Don’t let Claim Creep happen to you!
You would think that companies as large and bristling with lawyers as Unilever and the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group would know better than to play fast and loose with health claims. Apparently not. On August 23 the FDA slammed them, saying to Canada Dry that “…the soft drink does not ...
Never underestimate the power of a fun idea.
Have you got a sustainability idea or initiative to get off the ground? You might want to take yourself a lot less seriously. Less than two months ago, the Crazy Sustainable Commute was just a fun office idea in the head of Steve Unger, a Senior Director at SAP. The ...
New Branding Basics book comes in handy.
When I see some of the big-money idiocy that passes for brand advertising these days, (Yes, the ad you see above is real) I want to throw this smart little book at marketing heads left and right. That’s one of the reasons I bought a box of them. The other, ...