The day started too early, but cycling along the False Creek seawall at dawn gave Vancouver a quiet grace I have not seen for a long time. Bus through customs was uneventful, though an extra $10 to put a bike in the hold for a 3 hour trip seems a ...
Introducing hPad. Hemlock Printers goes analog to tell their digital evolution story.
The hPad launch for Hemlock Printers. How to launch digital technology with analog design.
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, ...
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 ...
iPhone Pic of the Week – May 15
Protesters at the Olympic Village Open House show their disappointment at the reduced amount of social housing in the neighbourhood. The giant bird shows his disappointment at being made of plastic.
Veggie Fueled World-Record-Breaking Van is one green ride.
The irony was obvious. I was stopping for petrol at the Esso station in Hope BC as I glanced over to the parking area and saw a young couple self-fueling their Toyota Delica with a hose leading from a trailer fill of waste vegetable oil. I soon learned Tyson Jerry ...
ScrapArtsMusic – Tops off my Earth Day with a Bang. (And a nice marketing spin)
How the whole event came together reads like an ad for Social Media. I saw a Twitter Tweet from Granville Online, (a Vancouver green living website), promoting a video profile of a local ‘band’ who was making music with instruments constructed from recycled Vantown scrap. It looked like such a ...
Social Media Conference NW – navigating the new sustainable media.
Waking up at 5:30, I have to wonder if driving a carbon-spewing vehicle across an international border to sit in a room full of strangers watching someone speak about the power of remote digital connections… isn’t just a little ironic. Regardless, I’m here at the Social Media Conference Northwest, to ...
Power Plant Vancouver grows green business energy, fueled with organic beer.
This was my second Power Plant event, and once again I found the density of interesting green types per square foot to be much higher than the average marketing fest. Even better, their presentation format gives their four featured presenters just 3 minutes and 20 seconds each to wow the ...