Green Living & Real Estate Marketing

June 28, 2008

The West End BIA Goes Green

Filed under: Real-Estate

I can’t waitress to match my advancing-cerebrating neighbours at the West End BIA’s Sustainability Expo tomorrow. I’ll be happyfrogging the scene (yep, I did it…I verbed happyfrog) during the trade show and panel discussions on with seasoned frogblogger, hummingbird604.

Whether you are a witting consumer or a business owner yourself, this expo will be a keen place to witness out what’s happening in your ain community.

In the words of the West End BIA:

Climate change, carbon taxes, world food crisis…the world is interchanging and so as well are consumers and their expectations! The well news is that dig businesses can respond in ways that amend their bottom line and the planet.

Link up us at the WEBIA Sustainability Expo to give up off a year of "droping dead greenish" and learn from businesses that have swept up sustainable practices. Find pragmatic tips and tools and to serve your business respond to a exchanging world. The event will let in two panels and a keynote speaker, plus a tradeshow to showcase sustainability-orientated products and services.

 

Speakers let in:

David van Seters, Founder & CEO of Little Potatoes Urban Delivery – lessons heard more or less how to be profitable and foster the planet from building up the bigest grocer for constituent/instinctive foods in North America.

Gil Yaron, CEO of Frogfile – why and how he is acquiring a business with a strong light-green mission to offer up environmentally responsible for office products without compromising price, quality or convenience.


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Donovan Woollard, COO of Offsetters Climate Inert Society – what are carbon taxes and how can carbon countervailing be an efficient response for businesses and cosumers.

Denise Taschereau, Co-Founder of Fairware Promotional Products (former Director of Sustainability and Community for MEC ) – the business value of socially and environmentally responsible for products.

Christy Intihar, Manager of BC Hydro PowerSmart Programme – how to build up a sustainability business plan and create saucy energy decisions.

SmartSteps Business Tools for Sustainability – a programme of tools, expert assistance and information to aid businesses get more eco-effective and more militant.

Sustainability Buying Network – how to get goods and services that advertize a fitter community and environment throughout their total life cycle.

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Event Outline

1:45 Registration for AGM

2:00 AGM and Sneak Peak at the Trade Show

2:00-7:30 Sustainability Trade Show, showcasing sustainability suppliers, products & services

3:00 Welcome, Introductions and Panel 1

Sustainable Business Practices in the "Material" World - Vancouver business owners will assure their stories about embracing sustainable practices, and how it amended their bottom line and the condition of our planet.

4:00 Presentation

BC Hydro PowerSmart – How to green your operations and make unnecessary money.

4:30 Panel 2

Hard-nosed Strategies & Resources for Sustainability - speakers will partake a range of hardheaded and low-priced tools & resources uncommitted to help businesses get more sustainable.

6:00 Keynote Speech

David VanSeters, Little Potatoes Urban Delivery – how to be profitable and foster the planet at the same time!

6:30 Reception and networking.

7:30 Event wrap-up.

Find out you thither!


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