Here are some products ripe for the times. What could be more pure than the smell of fresh clothes drying in the sun? What could offer more righteous and newsworthy PR opportunities than the fight for the right to dry clothes? Add to that a unique range of products tailored ...
Live for Tomorrow – A green cleaner that stands out with its pack
As an avid fan of the Avalon Dairy classic glass bottle, I was intrigued when I saw this line of cleaners packaged in these iconic containers. One look at that historic shape and I get an instant sense of purity and a throwback to less toxic times. Speaking with Keena, ...
Sustainable Water Art
Seeing this booth was like walking into a living Dr. Seuss / Rube Goldberg display. Brass instruments, copper piping and elegant metalwork spiraled outward, propelled by water. Master Recycler and Artist Douglas Walker was also there, happy to exchange wry comments and discuss the sculptures. If you have a garden ...
Endless Rain. Water storage and capture that’s out of sight.
There’s nothing appealing about having a giant plastic barrel in your yard. But a gently babbling fountain that sits atop a sub-surface cistern, circulating the water to keep it fresh while taking some of the stress off our municipal water and storm sewer systems… what’s not to like about that? ...
ecoEquity. 100% financing for green home improvements. 100% smart.
OK, so if I qualify for federal grants for my home energy efficiency improvements, I can borrow all the money I need and pay it back with the money I save on my energy bills. Can it be that easy? Well, that was the pitch from Blair Wilson at the ...
Energy Alternatives: Power me up.
This is one product for which I am a prime target market. Energy Alternatives provides power systems for homes and cottages, and I am in the research phase for just such a system for our cabin at the lake. So I spent a bit of time at their booth. What ...
Electronic Recycling Association & Unique Stained Glass Works: The art of computer recycling
This booth was a smart sharing of resources, between a responsible recycler and an artisan who uses their raw materials. The Electronic Recycling Association (ERA) works to refurbish systems that are feasible to restore, and recycle the rest for worthy charities and organizations. When I took a closer look at ...
ShantiGreen Lifestyles: 100 mile online retail
Here’s one great brand idea. Take the 100-Mile Diet concept, and become the online source for finding lifestyle products in that category. That’s the premise behind ShantiGreen. Their booth showed off some genuinely interesting products (who knew there was a local Lower Mainland source for stainless water bottles?) Green Briefs ...
EnviroOrange – Cleaner Keeners
This booth was staffed by people so friendly the even offered me a piece of their pizza. And overall their show presence was very consistent with their logo, colours and branding. As I was looking for some cleaner, I almost bought a bottle of their concentrated stuff, as the rep ...
Salvation Army Thrift Stores: Have I got a deal for you.
This is one of my favourite all-time brands. (At least from a functionality perspective) I have searched for and discovered many treasures there, as well as dropping off numerous items of my own that I hope have found their own second lives with other bargain-hunters. It made perfect sense to ...
