New Honda Engine Plant Drives Green Jobs
It’s the third manufacturing facility to be opened at this site. It will produce approximately 200,000 fuel-efficient four-cylinder engines per year for the Honda Civic model, and employ about 340 workers. Production began on September 15, 2008.
While I’m waiting around for full electric vehicles, more fuel-efficient 4-cylinder vehicles are better than nothing.
ARISE Technologies Named a Deloitte Technology Green 15 Company
“Companies such as ARISE are creating technologies that have both a significant environmental impact and demonstrate a compelling return on investment. In doing so, they are helping position Canada as a global leader in the development of commercially-viable green technology,” explained Ruffolo.
Increase your profits by cutting your energy costs
The majority of small business owners adopt energy efficient strategies for one or two reasons: because they are encouraged to do so by an important business partner or because it will make their businesses more efficient and more profitable, says Bruce McConnell, vice-president, BDC Consulting.
Good tips for saving energy at the end of the article.
Plant Yourself In Blundstones. Plant A Tree In Canada
This offer has apparently been running for more than a year. Pretty simple. Buy a pair of Blundstone boots and, in conjunctions with Evergreen, they’ll plant a tree in Canada.
Beginning summer 2007, each pair of Blundstone boots sold in Canada will support Evergreen’s treeplanting and urban naturalization projects across the country.
Staples Canada launches the Million Cartridge Challenge
If you’ve got any old ink cartridges lying around, Staples in interested in them.
STAPLES is challenging Canadians to participate in their Million Cartridge Challenge - a quest to help reroute one million ink and toner cartridges away from landfill sites by Earth Day, April 22, 2009.
This one has a touch of greenwashing to it. Of course, Staples wants you to pick up some replacement cartridges when you throw your old ones out. A better solution is to reuse old cartridges by filling them up at Island Inkjet or somewhere like that. Heck the Island Inkjet Why Refill? page spells out the benefits of refilling pretty clearly.
But if you have any old, dried out, useless cartridges lying about, Staples is there to help.
John Dumbrille, the Green Sandbox blogger in Vancouver has submitted a proposal called “The advent of the biodegradable brand” to ChangeThis. ChangeThis is a wonderful clearing house of fantastic “manifestos” on a wide range of issues. Final publications are free to download.
Proposals are voted on and, if popular enough, are written and posted. So vote for John today.
Waste Reduction Week will be taking place from October 19th to the 25th.
Here you will find resources and contacts to assist your community, school or business with waste minimization and conservation initiatives.
At the bottom of the home page are links to provincial organizing partners so you’ll know who to contact or what events are taking place.
Greening Your Small Business Seminar
Small Business BC is offering a seminar on how to “green” your business.
How will growing public interest in the environment impact your business and how can you capitalize on it? This workshop will introduce you to opportunities and challenges of greening your business. We’ll examine what businesses in BC are doing to go green and explore eco-efficiency options for your own business.
Entering its 19th year, SRI in the Rockies is a socially responsible investing gathering with a wide range of extremely knowledgeable speakers.
SRI in the Rockies is an annual gathering of socially responsible investment industry practitioners and related organizations. A professional conference, SRI in the Rockies offers many opportunities to meet and learn from passionate, creative people from all corners of the social investment community in the United States and around the world.
The event runs from October 26th to the 29th.
I can’t seem to find a link to this news anywhere but my local paper has a story about a $258 000 organic farming grant becoming available through the Growing Up Organic program. Additional information can be found at the Advancing Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Program apparently but I didn’t see anything there regarding this announcement either.
From a Canadian Green Business to Canadian Green consumers with love.
What better way to increase your green business than to target folks already pre-disposed to green products? Starting September 1, Essentia (web site, listing) will be giving owners of hybrid and electric vehicles a 20% discount on all their sleep products. Electric scooters and low-speed (GEM and Zenn cars) as well as the Smart car are also eligible for the discount.
“As part of our green initiatives, we are actively sourcing toys with North American content,” says Linda Stortz, co-founder of Stortz & Associates. “We fell in love with the Sprig Toys™ line the moment we saw it, and are proud to have it be our first “Made in Canada” line that features recycled materials. The Green Toys™ line will be a timeless classic for every child.”
I think my kid would absolutely love these toys.