It's usually left to prime ministers, occasionally premiers and cabinet ministers, to sign economic development deals beyond Canada's borders. Mayors usually stick to mundane matters like finding themselves a sister city.
Vancouver's Mayor Gregor Robertson, who is promoting the idea of building "low-carbon economic development zones" in Vancouver, to create a market for green technology, is actually about to break that mould.
VANOC opens anchor Olympic Superstore in downtown Vancouver at the Bay
VANCOUVER, Oct. 1 /CNW/ - Everything Vancouver 2010 under one roof: that is the vision behind the Olympic Superstore opening today on the main floor of the Bay in downtown Vancouver. The 1,890-square metre (21,000 square foot) location houses more than 1,000 pieces of official licensed merchandise for the Games, including plush mascot toys, T-shirts and toques and thousands of pins waiting to be bought and traded.
Richmond, B.C., October 1, 2009
Today marks the two-year anniversary of becoming carbon neutral for regional airline, Harbour Air Seaplanes.
The airline was the first in North America to achieve carbon neutrality in 2007 after a group of forward-thinking employees presented the idea to management. Harbour Air’s program consists of measuring its carbon footprint, implementation of an internal reductions strategy, and finally, the purchase of high-quality carbon offsets from BC-based Offsetters.
PICS News Scan – September 28, 2009
Prepared by Alison Shaw and James Tansey
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On July 16th, 2009 the David Suzuki Foundation (DSF) and the Pembina Institute published the results of their Offset Vendor Survey along with a guide for Canadian consumers, businesses and organizations on purchasing carbon offsets. In total 14 Canadian offset vendors as well as six international offset vendors were surveyed. We were one of the Canadian vendors surveyed and evaluated.
Having helped to calculate the GHGs of this important film festival and then donating the offsets, Offsetters is proud to have been named the Official Festival Carbon Offsetter.
PICS News Scan – September 21, 2009
Prepared by Alison Shaw and James Tansey
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PICS News Scan – September 21, 2009
Prepared by Alison Shaw and James Tansey
The PICS News Scan is a weekly summary of the major climate-change related science, technology, and policy advances of direct relevance to the Canadian provincial and federal government and more generally to Canadian businesses, government and civil society. The News Scan focuses on leading climate solutions gathered by the fellows and faculty associated with the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).
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Project will turn waste wood into gas to power sewage treatment equipment
By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver SunSeptember 11, 2009
Vancouver-based Nexterra Systems Corp. has been selected by the city of Stamford, Conn., to develop a biomass gasification system for the city's sewage treatment plant that will replace natural gas with clean-burning synthetic gas made from urban wood debris.