TD Canada Trust Green Event Lacking
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010This weekend saw the opening of a new TD Canada Trust full-service banking location open in Burnaby, British Columbia with a theme of being green. Attendees were invited to bring electronic goods to be recycled when they came by the new location. All of that is fine and well, and certainly does help in some [...]
Outside/In Cosmetics
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010This is the Green Company Profile for Outside/In Cosmetics. Outside/In Cosmetics is based in Chilliwack, British Columbia Canada and has been in business since 2007. Outside/In Cosmetics offers the following green products, mineral makeup, lip products and environmentally friendly skin care products. Outside/In Cosmetics also offers a private label service. When asked how their products [...]
Attempt at Green Buildings Failing in Ottawa and Surrounding Provinces
Monday, January 11th, 2010Canada’s Green Building Report Card projects major gaps and flaws in the codes of federal and provincial buildings. Poor grades were issued by the Environmental Defense Center to many of Canada’s governments for the low quality of their policies to promote green buildings. The evaluations of the policies, programs and codes that proved influential in [...]
Alberta Oil Sands Bitumen – Heavy Crude Oil
Saturday, December 26th, 2009Canadian oil sands extraction, greenhouse gases, and the tailings as a result of the process of recovering the oil are of major contention in Canada and increasingly around the world. The Alberta lands leased for mining are scarred and polluted with oil trails. Government regulations concerning these environmental damages have resulted in responses from several [...]