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What does a leader in business that moves us “far, fast” towards our sustainability goals look like? It’s a relevant question to our pressing need for solutions and Nicola Acutt, Ph.D. writes a “bang on” response to it.

"Paper is a tremendously resource-intensive product to produce," explains project manager Victoria Mills, "and the decomposition of paper in landfills generates methane, a greenhouse gas with 23 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide."

For all those days when you believe your green values aren’t aligned with your workplace but you can’t - or don’t want to - make the eco-entrepreneur step, here are some immediate action steps to try out at the office this Monday.

Remember: while many green teams start from humble beginnings, they can grow exponentially - pent up passion for green amongst employees can be powerful driving force.

We’ve come this far in our exasperation with junk mail-apalooza and now people are luring us with cold, hard cash (or the beauty of planting a tree) to get us to stop receiving virgin-forest-eating junk mail.

The bean counters in the crowd ask about share dilution to which both MacDonald and fellow panelist Richard MacKellar, former CEO of Brightside Technologies (bought by Dell Inc.) answer “significant” and “don’t expect to get majority ownership in the renewable energy business - it’s just not possible.”

From the back, a keen, 20-something engineering Ph.D candidate piques with the question to the former MIT professor, “where do you see renewable energy going?”

A tip from BC Buzz (www.bcbuzz.ca): decorating with LED Christmas lights uses 95% less energy than traditional lights and last more than 10 times longer.

It's that time of year when many of us buy a live Christmas tree. Instead of buying or cutting down a tree, why not look for boughs and branches that have fallen off the trees during storms?

Here's some good news on climate change, for a change... an inspiring story of people all over the world pitching in to plant trees.

Next time you use a paper towel in a public bathroom, remember this clever ad from the World Wildlife Federation. The ad makes a direct, visual link between deforestation in Africa and habitat loss for wildlife. The same is true here in Canada.

Its a fashion trend that has taken Canada and parts of the U.S. by storm, and it also become identified with a work out class that has taken over the world. So what am I talking about? The work out, yoga, the fashion trend, lululemon. For those of you who have not heard of lululemon , it is a clothing company directly associated with yoga and is known for providing stylish, comfortable/tight fitting, athletic clothing.

Mojave releases digital album and reduces its footprint
Vancouver band plays green with digital-only release, carbon offsets and charitable donations

Join us for the Kilowatt Hour; an electrified one-hour ride celebrating electric vehicles of all types and wheel counts! Meet between 5:30pm and 6:00pm at the corner of Homer Street and West Georgia street on the grounds of Vancouver's Central Library. For more information, visit the Vancouver Electric Vehicle Meetup at the link above.