Raw food in Vancouver
January 10, 2008
Gorilla Food is Vancouver-based organic, vegan, raw food business that is getting rave reviews. Started by a raw foods enthusiast, Gorilla Foods brings passion and creativity to consciously prepared live foods inspired by the quest for vitality, health, optimum nutrition and a connection to what’s natural to Vancouverites who care for themselves and the world in which they live.
More incentive to keep your new year’s resolutions
January 10, 2008
If taking public transit or biking to work was one of your New Year’s resolutions, you may want to grab your helmet or renew your bus pass. According to a report by CIBC World Markets released today, a growing gap between supply and demand will ‘drive gasoline prices in Canada to $1.50 a litre in the near future’… a price that will be considered the new normal.
Ocean wise Vancouver
January 9, 2008
Ocean Wise seafood choices program is a Vancouver Aquarium conservation initiative begun in 2005 in with local restaurants and other conservation partners. It was created to help restaurants and their customers make sustainable seafood choices.
Supporting local green restaurants
January 8, 2008
The Green Table Network (GTN) is a Vancouver-based non-profit group with a simple-yet-innovative mandate: to help restaurants and foodservice operators do more for the environment so people who choosing a Green Table member when dining out know that they are supporting restaurants that are making efforts to reduce their environmental footprint.
BC’s dirty little secret
January 4, 2008
British Columbia’s dirty little secret has just become a big problem for WestPac LNG Corp. and its hopes of building a clean new source of electricity. On the surface of it, the province should be sweeping barriers aside for WestPac, given Premier Gordon Campbell’s dual promises to slash greenhouse gas emissions by a third by 2020 and to make B.C. self-sufficient in electrical power in just eight years.
Green zebra guide
December 16, 2007
This is a totally great idea, like a kind of Gold book for environmentalists. Touted as ‘local savings for sustainable living,’ the Green Zebra Guide, available at Vancouver’s Frogfile Office Essentials, is a coupon book, a directory and an educational resource.
Another thing to be concerned about…
December 7, 2007
Thousands of people use these everyday and feel good doing it – drinking tap water instead of commercial products, and using a product that won’t find its way to the nearest landfill within the next week.
Green gift guide for your MINI ENVIRONMENTALIST
December 7, 2007
Gifts for your little ones! We’ve hand picked these special items and think the babies in your life will have an excellent start with these all-natural and fun toys and games. Happy holidays!
Why buy new?
December 6, 2007
In a city like Vancouver there are so many outlets for great used stuff. Being a town of universities with transient populations and lots of renters, people are constantly trading up or downsizing.
Green gift guide FOR HIM
December 6, 2007
We know that we’ve been advocating a Buy Nothing Xmas, but we’ve also searched high and low to bring you gift ideas for the men in your life that are either locally made, totally organic, made from ‘repurposed’ materials, or a combination of all three. We think he’ll love it!