Sustainable Waterloo Region is committed to providing members of both the Regional Carbon Initiative and the local business community with a full event season designed to build environmental sustainability into the culture of organizations across Waterloo Region.
For a complete description of the events included in our event season, see the main Event page.
The presence of Green Teams in organizations is essential to integrate sustainability into the core of businesses. Effective Green Teams can benefit organizations by reducing energy costs, attracting and retaining motivated employees, and increased market share and revenue. However, starting and continuously developing Green Team comes with many challenges. Effective communication, full company engagement, and budgeting are some common barriers.
This technical workshop focuses on learning from Green Teams at different levels of experience by featuring the challenges, and successes of the Green Teams from Enermodal Engineering, Farm Mutual Reinsurance Plan Inc., and the House of Friendship. Presentations will be followed by breakout sessions, encouraging open discussion on challenges with the aim of finding tangible solutions to create and maintain a successful Green Team.
The Commuter Challenge Kickoff Event
Date:
Monday, June 4, 2012 Time:
4:30pm - 8:00pm Location:
School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, 10 Victoria Street S., Kitchener Registration: Open
Date: Monday, June 4, 2012 Time: 4:30pm - 8:00pm Networking at 4:30pm Formal event at 6:00pm Location: School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, 10 Victoria Street S., Kitchener (map) Register: Online Co-hosted with the City of Kitchener, the Region of Waterloo, and Sustainable Waterloo Region
The Commuter Challenge Kickoff Event is a great opportunity to get information on some of the amazing local initiatives supporting active and sustainable transportation and will feature a keynote address by Hans Moor, a cycling enthusiast from the Netherlands and a member of the Citizens for Safe Cycling group in Ottawa.
Hans will share the story of the Netherlands’ success in developing a culture that supports cycling. His talk will include: the infrastructure comparisons between Canadian and Dutch cities; on how to best engage women and families; the benefits for businesses in the Region with the implementation of an active and sustainable transportation: and the myths associated with bike commuting.
Keynote Speaker
Hans Moor - President, Citizens for Safe Cycling - Senior Economic Officer, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands – Writer/Blogger
Hans Moor was born in The Netherlands in 1963 and moved to Canada in 1998 at age 35.After he left university with a bachelor degree in economics, he held several positions in sales and marketing in the private sector.
Years before Facebook and Twitter were invented, Hans was already working with mass communication tools. He applied his background in economics, marketing, public relations and his keen interest in Internet Technology to community building. In 2002 Hans received the Award of Excellence from OCRI, the Ottawa Centre for Regional Innovation, for his vision to embrace electronic media in rebuilding the Dutch immigrant community in the Ottawa area.
Over the years, Hans gave guest lectures and presentations at Dalhousie, Queens and Ottawa U. about topics such as community building, product development and the economics of cycling. In 2004, business students of Ottawa U. chose Hans as the best guest speaker.
Hans is currently President of Citizens for Safe Cycling, a local cycling advocacy group that works closely together with the National Capital Commission, Ottawa City councillors and city staff.
An expert cyclist himself, he talked to audiences in Vancouver, Regina, Halifax, Perth and Kingston and advised the Canadian Automobile Association and Member of Parliament Olivia Chow on cycling matters.
In addition to these activities, Hans maintains a blog on cycling in Ottawa.
Today, Hans will speak about Cycling in The Netherlands, about Citizens for Safe Cycling’s efforts in Ottawa and what we can learn from the Netherlands and Ottawa. Hans will show that cycling is not only about enjoying a slower pace of life, but even more a remedy against increasing health and infrastructure cost.
Sustainability P2P Session: Google Tour
Date: 2012-06-05 Time: Location: Registration: Not Yet Open
Hans Moor - President, Citizens for Safe Cycling - Senior Economic Officer, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands – Writer/Blogger
