On April 18, 400 people gathered at the Waterloo Inn to discuss sustainability and learn from leaders in the community and each other about what this looks like in practice. It was an opportunity to share, learn, and communicate the [...]
The Regional Carbon Initiative (RCI) is in its “busy season”. For most organizations such a time represents stress,long hours, and looking forward to the end. Ours is similar in some aspects, but the reason why we’re excitedly looking toward its [...]
Today, I’m thrilled to share with you the results of our 4th Annual Photo Contest. Almost 200 photos were submitted by photographers throughout Waterloo Region of all ages and skill levels. We received photos of families, local artwork, sustainable action, [...]
On Thursday January 17th, 100 sustainably-minded business individuals from across Waterloo Region came together to assess how they can better communicate their sustainability initiatives with external stakeholders without succumbing to the lazy “greenwashing” standard of marketing. Two speakers, David Robinson [...]
Just as your parents used to say about your latest fib, honesty is the best policy to ensure you are a trustworthy individual. For companies, honesty can go a long way in ensuring your environmentally conscious consumers trust you and [...]
On October 4th, Sustainable Waterloo Region held their first educational forum of the 2012/2013 Regional Carbon Initiative event season surrounding the business case for “Building a Sustainable Culture”. Two speakers motivated Wilfrid Laurier’s packed Paul Martin Hall full of business [...]
