Like every Sustainable Brands Conference, there were too many issues, themes and streams for any one human to track. But in my dual role as a Sustainability Brand Consultant and volunteer SB2016 blogger, I worked double time to look for key breakout sessions, retail trends for 2016 and locally-brewed IPAs. ...
London Drugs more eco-friendly than Whole Foods? What’s the Green Deal with that?
London Drugs more eco-friendly than Whole Foods? That's what British Columbians say in a recent Ipsos survey.
Bringing a Sense of Fashion to Zero Waste (and we’re not talking dress size)
Making zero-waste look good with clean green branding and a high-fashion recycled runway show at Pacific Centre in Vancouver
Manufacture local, sell global, shred in your own backyard.
Local brand, Prior Skis and Snowboards, has a sustainability story to tell that could resonate around the globe.
How can you share your green achievements and still stay humble? Here are four ideas.
How you can write about your green successes without bragging.
iPhone Pic of the Week
Just ignore those pesky global issues and keep spending like a good little shopper.. — Post From My iPhone
IPhone Pic of the Week
The horror of Christmas Shopping… — Post From My iPhone
Business for Bikes Celebrates Hornby Bike Lane in the dark.
It takes a special kind if cyclist to venture out in the cold and rain in December just for the fun of it. But there was more to this small ride than just the hot chocolate at the end. The focus of Business for Bikes is to show the corporate ...
EPIC 2010 Show a feast of green marketing roughage.
This year I attended the EPIC Vancouver Sustainable Living Show as an exhibitor (with two clients) as well as a blogger, shopper and beer sampler. There were brand and product concepts aplenty, offering a creative marketing boost as well as a feeling of genuine entrepreneurial optimism. Sure, the usual flock ...
The Metro Vancouver Food Eco-Certification Breakfast Showdown.
OK, it wasn’t called that. But as my second green business shmooze in 12 hours, (see Power Plant event blog, below) I was bleary stumbling into this 7:30am Metro Vancouver Sustainability Breakfast on food certification. Balancing a cup of BCIT coffee, 2 preservative-laced danishes and a Happy Planet juice, I ...