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    Eco-friendly printing: Print your work responsibly

    by  • February 20, 2012 • Business • 0 Comments

    Printing Paper

    Perhaps now more than ever, the world is focusing its efforts on reducing its carbon footprint bit by bit, to delay the harmful effects of greenhouse gases on our ecosystem. In a business it is important to not only reduce waste, but find ways to go further such as recycling, buying machinery with lower emissions [...]

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    Green Living and Legal Issues

    by  • February 15, 2012 • Business, Home & Garden • 0 Comments

    Legal Books

    In much of the developed world, there is a growing interest among the general public in “going green,” or, at the very least, considering the environmental consequences of their actions and lifestyle choices. With issues like global warming, water pollution, and unsustainable farming practices becoming increasingly prominent in the public eye, concern about the environment [...]

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    6 Small Businesses That Help The Planet in Big Ways

    by  • February 9, 2012 • Business • 1 Comment

    Green Business

    Small businesses are changing the way we view corporate responsibility. For some companies, it isn’t enough to simply turn a profit: that profit has to be made in a sustainable way. It isn’t the largest companies setting an example of sustainable business practices, but the small and medium-sized employers that are really pushing the boundaries. [...]

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    Environmentally Conscious Vancouver Business Owners Invest In High End Composter

    by  • February 7, 2012 • Business • 2 Comments

    compost

    Stephen Greenham, owner of Trafalgar’s Bistro, and Lorne Tyczenski, owner of Sweet Obsession Bakery, have jointly purchased a high end composter manufactured by GreenGood, at a cost of $25,000. Prior to their acquisition, any waste material they needed to discard would be placed in a residential dumpster provided by the City of Vancouver which would [...]

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    5 Steps Towards a Greener Office

    by  • January 27, 2012 • Business • 3 Comments

    Green Office

    We live in increasingly energy conscious times. As a result businesses come under pressure to make the day to day functioning of their company as sustainable as possible. From simple email footnotes that read – do you really need to print this email – to switching off computer terminals and plug sockets at the end [...]

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    Green MBAs: Bringing Business Relevancy to a Socially-Conscious World

    by  • January 24, 2012 • Business • 3 Comments

    Green MBA

    Environmentally friendly, sustainable, and socially-conscious are not quite the words you would normally associate with the business world. Today, as natural resources continue to be depleted by the world’s 7 billion people, it is time to think again and discover the benefits of obtaining a green MBA. Combining all of the business savvy of traditional [...]

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    Top 5 Eco Innovations of 2011

    by  • December 30, 2011 • Building, Business, Green Technology, Home & Garden, Other Energy, Science • 2 Comments

    Biome Terrarium

    Being green is still a relatively new philosophy; so much so, that there is still ample opportunity to both create new and improve upon existing home, lifestyle, style and technology products that focus on environmentally-smart form and function. Throughout 2011 we saw industry and innovation that turned up the aesthetic and performance notches on basic [...]

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