Tourism VI Initiatives Category
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How will you celebrate Earth Day?
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Tourism Vancouver Island wants to know how you are celebrating Earth Day this year! And remember, Earth Day is not necessarily about “global warming” or being “green”. Earth Day is rather a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment, which of course also is your one and only home planet. And [...]
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Going Compostal
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
As noted in a previous post, Tourism Vancouver Island has implemented a mixed recycling program. But we’ve also taken that a step further and for over half a year now we have been composting as well. In our break room we have a large (and sealable–thank goodness) where staff are able to deposit their compostable [...]
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Post Consumer Materials Add up to Savings!
Thursday, February 5th, 2009
We have been keeping track of the types of office supplies we use, and the amount of financial difference small changes would make; it is pretty surprising. Since implementing our Green Initiatives at Tourism Vancouver Island, I have been trying to reduce the amount of paper used in our Brochure Distribution Program. I took it [...]
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Mixed Recycling in Full Swing!
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Tourism Vancouver Island has been looking for ways to limit the office’s environmental impact. One of the main ways we have achived this is by implementing mixed recycling pick-up. At our previous office location, we had paper recycling in place, but we noticed that there were alot of recyclable materials that were going into the [...]
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First Green Steps
Friday, September 12th, 2008
Tourism Vancouver Island is undoubtedly taking steps to be more “Green”. While individuals within the organization and the organization as a whole have taken steps in the past to be more environmentally conscious, lately things have been a little more formal. For example, our organization’s strategic plan changed about a year ago to include the [...]