January 14th, 2013 by Conor Brennan
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 [...]
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Filed under: Sustainable Waterloo Region Events - Tags: , Branding, communication, events, greenwashing, marketing
October 23rd, 2012 by Mike Morrice
A few weeks ago I was on the phone with an SWR team member, and we were just ending a somewhat emotional conversation. Before we hung up, this team member reminded me, provocatively and with exasperation: “Mike, you need to [...]
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Filed under: Sustainable Waterloo Region Updates and News - Tags: , challenge, communication, entrepreneurship, innovation, risk-taking
May 11th, 2012 by Jenn Carreiro
I was following a conversation on Twitter a couple of weeks ago between passionate Waterloo Region advocates, James Howe and Jason Shim. A discussion had sparked about whether an organization could rely on pro bono work and volunteers to drive [...]
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Filed under: Sustainable Waterloo Region Updates and News - Tags: , communication, leadership, strategy, the Team, volunteerism
January 24th, 2012 by Jenn Carreiro
So, you’ve already made the decision to commit your organization to improving its operational sustainability. (And if you haven’t, well, why not?) You probably made this decision for the most altruistic of reasons – “It’s the right thing to do!”, [...]
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Filed under: Regional Carbon Initiative, Sustainable Waterloo Region Updates and News - Tags: , Branding, communication, Member Communication Package, Regional Carbon Initiative, sustainability
May 2nd, 2011 by Cinzia Sinnathurai
As my four months of co-op is wrapping up with Sustainable Waterloo Region, I can take a step back and look at what not only the organization has taught me, but what I think I’m taking from it. What I [...]
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Filed under: Sustainable Waterloo Region Updates and News - Tags: , Co-Op, collaboration, communication, Peer2Peer, Sustainable Waterloo Region
April 25th, 2011 by Matthew Day
What is Stephen Harper Reading? Every two weeks since April 2007, celebrated Canadian Author Yann Martel (author of the Man Booker Prize winning, ‘Life of Pi’) sends a letter and book to Prime Minister Stephen Harper in an effort to [...]
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Filed under: Business Sustainability - News and Commentary - Tags: , books, Cape Farewell, climate change, communication