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Betterment Summit 22 November @ DRAKE

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! We're getting ready for our next main event. In partnership with Global Entrepreneurship Week and the Kauffman Foundation, we invite you to join with us on Sunday afternoon for an ideas-sharing and celebration of young entrepreneurial spirit! Five smart, young and highly engaging speakers who are invested in philanthropic projects in the city and beyond will present their success stories and ideas in an intimate setting at the Drake Hotel in Toronto. Our format will be: pr… Continue

Added by Amanda Cooley on October 6, 2009 at 10:35am — No Comments

Keeping It Real Green

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Added by Kevin Dahi on August 17, 2009 at 4:01pm — No Comments

The Top 6 Ways to Facilitate Your Dissertation Writing Process

Dissertation writing is not an easy task and it is extremely challenging for almost all students. Dissertation writing is the most important part of your degree. It requires dedication, perseverance, ability to do in-depth research and determination. writing dissertation is challenging but not impossible and you should try to facilitate your dissertation writing process by following the… Continue

Added by Rose Tyler on July 29, 2009 at 2:38am — No Comments

Make A Good Green First Impression

After attending far too many green networking events and getting CRAP business cards, I have decided to set a goal of producing the World's Greenest Business Card. I believe that a 'small thing' like a business card can REALLY make a dif… Continue

Added by Bernard Hellen on July 22, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Volunteer Opportunities: Design Roadshow, Sept 2009

We're going to be curating a Roadshow of student work that will travel to several Art & Design Universities, Colleges for the first weeks of Sept. The following outlines the different roles that we've identified for volunteers to play. Please email me if you're interested in helping out and which tasks you'd be interested in helping with. Creative Curator * review and choose student work * organize work as a collection * brainst… Continue

Added by Amanda Cooley on July 19, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

Design Camp: Sunday, July 19 @ Grip 12-4pm

Topic: Good & Betterment Location: Grip Ltm, 179 John St. 6th Floor Time: 12-4pm Phone number, you will need to call to get in: 416-843-5753 See you there! Continue

Added by Amanda Cooley on July 17, 2009 at 10:47am — No Comments

STW in Applied Arts

We are featured in Applied Arts...check it out on news stands! Keep up the good work.

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Added by Amanda Cooley on July 6, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Spread the Word Events: 2ND LAST SUNDAY of each month

Hey guys, We will be holding meetings on the 2nd-last Sunday of the next few months: Sunday 19 July Sunday 23 August Sunday 27 September Sunday 18 October Sunday 22 November Location: TBD Times: TBD Thanks, Spread the Word. Continue

Added by Amanda Cooley on June 19, 2009 at 9:50am — No Comments

"101 things designers can do to save the earth"

Found a really interesting blog by the School of Visual Concepts in Seattle. It highlights ways/things designers can do to "Save the earth" A lot of useful resources, products and ideas. http://onehundredthings.wordpress.com/ Continue

Added by Sara R. on May 21, 2009 at 1:20pm — 2 Comments

The World's Greenest Business Card

After attending far too many green networking events and getting CRAP business cards, I have decided to set a goal of producing the World's Greenest Business Card. And I want your help...I need help making this idea even better! I believe that a 'small thing' like a business… Continue

Added by Bernard Hellen on May 7, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Tomorrow is Pay It Backwards Day

Pay It Backward Day

Join us on April 4th for a record breaking day in Toronto.

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Added by Bernard Hellen on April 3, 2009 at 9:15am — 4 Comments

Bake Sustainability into the Design Process

Already glanced through it and am looking forward to the read. I've read Nathan;s work before and he has a way of making sense of complicated subjected matter that matters. Seems to be a trend at Rosenfeld Publishing. N-joy http://www.rosenfeldmedia.com/books/sustainable-design/ Continue

Added by Barry Martin on April 1, 2009 at 11:14am — No Comments

New addition to my book shelf....But Caution!!!!

Ecoholic written by Adria Vasil who writes the now column. Let me warn you in advanced-if you do NOT want to know the absolute truth and have your eyes opened to what amess we have made- do not read this book- well no i take this back... I demand you read this book lol. Now having said that- I have been reading it on my way to work- I have only read two chapters and wow- I am in shock!!! chapter one- beauty products... Nice- basically all of them are made of oil and synethetics- so basically ev… Continue

Added by Michelle Davey on March 23, 2009 at 10:36pm — No Comments

Todays the book launch! Hope everyone will be joining us at 381 Queen St. 11-4

What we have on our hands is not a problem with the economy, or a problem with the climate warming. Every problem in modern society stems from the population explosion. Every solution we have found has come from the same place. As designers it is up to us to spread the word. This is why we have started our un-book- The Graphic Designers Handbook for social change. If you can't make it out today take a look at the book and maybe even add some of your own thoughts at… Continue

Added by Michelle Davey on March 8, 2009 at 9:46am — No Comments

!!!!! 4 Chemicals used in consumer products slapped with toxic label !!!!!!

Everyone should read this! BY SARAH SCHMIDT, CANWEST NEWS SERVICEMARCH 6, 2009 _______ Source The federal government on Friday declared four chemicals widely used in paints, varnishes, stains and industrial cleaners as toxic to human health, paving the way for their possible ban in products. They can also be used in nail polish, printing inks, artist materials, grout prod… Continue

Added by Michelle Davey on March 7, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

The good guide

they stat they are "GoodGuide™ strives to provide the world's largest and most reliable source of information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of products and companies." AS I looked at the site it had a question to find out how good your shampoo was- so I typed in tresemme. It gave me a list of all products- I clicked on one of the shampoos. it gave me a rating of 3.9 on the good guide. (… Continue

Added by Michelle Davey on March 7, 2009 at 12:41pm — 1 Comment

Some great and some crazy recycled gadgets....

some are a bit out there- here is the link http://www.envirogadget.com/category/recycling/ Continue

Added by Michelle Davey on March 1, 2009 at 7:05pm — No Comments

The Wanna-be Green USB sticks

The memory stick that SO wants to be green...But is so not... These 'tree trunk' memory sticks really made me laugh. Clearly designed for the 'want to be green but not quite sure what it means' brigade, they aim to make your electricity-guzzling PC look eco-friendly. While there's clearly nothing green about these gadgets (trees were harmed in the process, too), they are a great example of a certain trend towards greenness that's based purely on image. I can imagine the same people that bought… Continue

Added by Michelle Davey on February 28, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Milk Mats- Brilliant Londoners

This is an older article that I forgot to share on here.... These were created by grade 11 students in London, ON- I just noticed it was featured on one millions acts of green as well- its brilliant, I can see many other possibilities for them- although I think the milk packaging needs to be reviewed for production in the future- but this way this will at least eliminate the waste we have now. Original article http… Continue

Added by Michelle Davey on February 28, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

The elephant in the room By John Feeney

Artricle reference http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7865332.stm VIEWPOINT John Feeney Uncontrolled population growth threatens to undermine efforts to save the planet, warns John Feeney. In this week's Green Room, he calls on the environmental movement to stop running scared of this controversial topic. Train station in India (Image: AP) Our inability to live as we do, at our current numbers, without causing pervasiv… Continue

Added by Michelle Davey on February 28, 2009 at 2:28pm — No Comments