Best Practices Category
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Tigh-Na-Mara Awarded 4 Green Key Rating
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Parksville, BC – Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort & Conference Centre in Parksville, British Columbia, has been recognized on the national stage from the Hotel Association of Canada, becoming one of only 84 hotels in British Columbia to receive the prestigious “4 Green Key” Rating.
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Learn About Green Travellers
Friday, February 26th, 2010
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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.
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Energy Efficiency – Save Big Naturally
Friday, July 24th, 2009
How does a 1000% return on investment with a payback period of five weeks sound? Too good to be true? Not at all, this is a true example of what can be achieved through energy efficiency improvements. Yes, eco-friendly options may sound like a luxury, but it can save your business big money. The truth [...]
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How will YOU make a difference today?
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Tourism Vancouver Island wants to know how you are celebrating Earth Day! Did you ride your bike to work or school this morning or plan to this week? Did you buy fresh fruits or vegtables from a local farm or market or plan to eat an organic meal tonight? Did you bring in your own coffee [...]
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BC Hydro Walkthrough
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Having recently moved to our new office, Tourism Vancouver Island’s “Green Team” wanted to make sure the new office was ‘PowerSmart’. As a result, we had BC Hydro come by and do a no-cost “BC Hydro & Livesmart BC Walkthrough” of our office. What exactly is a Livesmart BC Walkthrough? Well, a BC Hydro representative [...]