As always, sound business practices mean backing up decisions with solid research. When looking to green up your business or to marketing the unique environmental initiatives you’ve already taken the same theory holds true. Unfortunately, at this stage with the whole green / eco-tourism thing still being relatively new (at least new to mainstream) it [...]
The fabulous thing about Vancouver Island is the we have an abundance of green, blue, and even white. In other words, we have amazing old growth forests, beautiful lakes, rivers and the ocean, and we even have glaciers and some amazing skiing in the winter.
But how do we do for “green” in the environmental sense? [...]
The finalists for the 2010 Green Tourism Awards were recently announced. There are some very interesting projects and programs nominated, however, what clearly stood out to me was the lack of nominees from North American, and Canada in particular.
Do you think this is because we are behind the times in sustainable practices in tourism? Or [...]
Well another year is coming to an end. It has been an interesting year for the world, including of course the tourism world. But, we made it through and there is definitely optimism for 2010, reserved though is may be. And the greening of our economy and tourism specifically will only continue to grow in [...]
Remember hearing about the paperless office revolution. It was said to happen in the 80’s, and again in the 90’s. Now it almost seems people have given up on the idea. The crazy thing is, the technology to make it happen is here and is affordable, more so than ever. So then, let’s get down [...]
It has often be said that this global economic downturn will bring about significant changes in business, in how we do business. It is also well known that a recession is great time to make changes to your business. So together this means that there is both the opportunity and the need for change.
Where to [...]
Take a look at these objects and guess what they are and what they are used for?
Did you guess Lego or ink for your print? Well if you believe it, the latter is correct. And I don’t think anyone could be criticized for not knowing these blocks were actually solid ink.
Not familiar with microgeneration? That’s alright, it is far from mainstream. In fact your spell checker probably doesn’t recognize the word yet! But it is important so you may want to read on.
Microgeneration is the generation of zero or low-carbon heat and power by individuals, small businesses and communities to meet their own needs.