If you live in BC and are looking for motivation to do something about the environment, or you are trying to improve your personal levels of health and fitness, you might want to check out: http://www.actnowbc.ca

The BC government has created this site to allow people to challenge themselves and their friends to make 2010 a healthier year. The added bonus for BC residents is that entering the challenge will automatically enter you to win free tickets to the 2010 Winter Games.

Way to think diff… Continue

A few months ago, Wired magazine had an article about Shai Agassi and his vision for electric cars. His company is called Better Place and I think he is the first (and currently only) person who has a vision broad enough to actually change the face of transportation.

Yesterday, the Ontario government announced a partnership with Better Place to bring an full electric infrastructure to Ontario. You can listen to the… Continue

Here is an interesting article I came across today:

"Predictions for 2009: The Changing Face of Green"
http://www.itbusinessedge.com/blogs/rob/?p=298&nr=dye

I think that since pretty much all of the offices have staff rooms (which i assume have eating area) AND there is an eatery downstairs, I think that the tech park should have a compost program!

it may be something small, starting just with us at first. Like a bin full of worms where we all throw our fruit peels and cores, or perhaps we may decide to skip out on the worms and go for a air tight container that we drop off at a compost site once a month....

I'm not sure if we do this already but… Continue

Green Drinks is a face-to-face forum to discuss and get feedback on your ideas and initiatives that help the environment. It is a fantastic way to meet very interesting, diverse, and innovative people from around the city.

http://greendrinksvictoria.ca/gd/index.html