Launching a real estate development in Downtown Eastside Vancouver opens some doors. 21 Doors.
Are YOUR green product claims compliant with the US ‘Green guides’? (P.S. – If you’re Canadian… never mind)
A recent post on the Environmental Leader website highlighted some of the ‘green’ guidelines recently updated by the Federal Trade Commission, for communicating environmental claims on everything from toothpaste to tires. According to the FTC website, the guidelines are made to ensure ‘voluntary compliance with such laws by members of ...
iPhone Pic of the Week – The Media IS a disaster.
Biking the Greenway to a meeting in East Van, I spotted this news box outside the Emily Carr University of Art campus. Nice work, whoever. You got it in one.
Green Briefs flashed in Vancouver City Council Meeting – The Official Transcript of my speech on the Greenest City Action Plan
GreenBriefs blogger Lorne Craig stands up in front of Vancouver's Mayor and Council at City Hall to share his Green Capitalist vision of Vancouver. See the speech here!
When is an attack ad NOT an attack ad?
When is a political attack ad NOT an attack ad? The Green Party's new TV spot, attacked by Green Briefs.
It’s time to Recycle the Remembrance Day Poppy.
Why the cheap plastic poppy is out of date for today's Remembrance Day, and a few solutions to improve it.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
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 ...
Environmental anti-advertising hits Alberta. Who’s next?
As a Province that has just spent millions to convince tourists to visit her pristine vistas, Alberta can’t be too happy with the new campaign from Corporate Ethics. “Rethink Alberta” billboards are going up in Seattle, Portland, Denver and Minneapolis that compare the tar sands to the BP Blowout oil ...
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.
