Archive for 2009

• Green Christmas

  Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

  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 [...]

  
  

• Paperless Office – Reality or Myth

  Monday, December 21st, 2009

  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 [...]

  
  

• Reducing Business Travel

  Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

  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 [...]

  
  

• What is cool, solid and green?

  Thursday, November 26th, 2009

  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.

  
  

• Microgeneration – Macro Solution?

  Thursday, November 12th, 2009

  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.

  
  

• Back to Basics – Easy Green

  Thursday, October 15th, 2009

  In the Tourism Industry, hotels were certainly one of the first sectors to take environmental initiatives. I’m thinking in particular to the “please leave dirty towels in the tub” movement. This certainly was not a revolutionary idea, but does have significant environmental and cost saving benefits.

  
  

• Green Driving

  Friday, October 9th, 2009

  Okay, this might be the most feasible thing ever, but how about a little fun with our green blog post today–it is Friday afterall. This idea called “I Drive Green” is pretty interesting. Basically it is a multifaceted approach for learning to drive in an environmentally friendly way. Of course this in turn does safe [...]

  
  

• Green Lights

  Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

  For both your home or if you have a home office you probably don’t have florescent lighting. As such you may still be using incandescent bulbs. Compact florescent lamps (CFL) have become more popular, and so you might have some of those around your home/office, but before you make the switch to them you might [...]