Best Practices Category

• 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.

  
  

• 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 [...]

  
  

• 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 [...]

  
  

• 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 [...]