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Evening of Recognition Recap
Sustainable Waterloo Region | April 22, 2016
Last week we celebrated all the hard work and impressive achievements by our members, and shared some important information about Sustainable Waterloo Region and our vision for the future, which was the theme of the Evening of Recognition event and our 2015 Year End Report. The presentation at Evening of Recognition started with some insights […]

Waste and Water Have Higher Value Than You Thought
Sustainable Waterloo Region | April 6, 2016
Last week the Regional Carbon Initiative team, the people that help you succeed with carbon accounting, provided the opportunity to expand the horizons for businesses who are on a mission to improve their sustainability repertoire. Hosted at Wilfrid Laurier University as a small breakfast event, Sustainable Waterloo Region gave members a look at ‘Sustainability Beyond Carbon.’ […]

General Motors: Driving Sustainable Change – What We Learned
Sustainable Waterloo Region | February 2, 2016
On Thursday January 28th, 2016, Sustainable Waterloo Region held its first event of the new year. We started off with a breakfast event listening to the Vice President of Corporate and Environmental Affairs from General Motors Canada, David Paterson, who gave an insightful presentation on what they’ve been up to at GM. GM has set […]

Reflections on COP21
Tova Davidson | December 18, 2015
The Sustainable Waterloo Region network has some pretty incredible people in it, and that includes the amazing folks on our board of directors. While none of the SWR core team was able to attend COP21, we were represented there by one of our board members, Ian Rowlands. For those of you that may not have […]

Building on Innovation – The Future of Sustainable Buildings is Already Here
Sustainable Waterloo Region | November 27, 2015
On November 20th 2015, Sustainable Waterloo Region held one of its many speaking events titled “Building on Innovation.” Held at the Tannery Event Centre in the evening hours, the events team created a space where socialising and networking would be encouraged over some drinks and snacks before a bursting agenda of speakers. Our Executive Director, […]

Introduction – 2015 Federal Election Green Economy Platforms
Sustainable Waterloo Region | October 2, 2015
SWR is pleased to launch our official Federal election blog series for Waterloo region. Over the next two weeks, join us to hear from candidates across the five ridings in our region, on the topic of how their parties would support businesses for the green economy. To start the conversation, we have a local expert, Dr. Jason […]
Adventures in Carpooling
Tova Davidson | December 2, 2014
Since joining the SWR team in January of this year, I have been looking for a more sustainable way to get to work every day. From my place, transit is not an option so I have been thinking that carpooling is the solution to my issue. It has been an exciting adventure to work this […]

ClimateActionWR #CreatingAction Event a.k.a. “A Family Reunion”!
Sustainable Waterloo Region | November 17, 2014
SWR has been very deliberate at doing our part to develop our local sustainability network. This is why Lisa Chapman (pictured right) is so valuable to us. She logs long hours to host up to 20 events a year. And this is also why we love our all-star volunteers on our marketing team. At SWR, we believe that […]

Sustainable Manufacturing is NOT an Oxymoron
Tova Davidson | April 9, 2014
What do you think would happen if I told a member of our advanced manufacturing sector that they could be 3 times more profitable? That we have a local example of a company making internal changes and making more money? Would they believe me? How could that be possible? Since I joined Sustainable Waterloo Region […]

Connecting Local to Global: Why Municipal Action on Climate Change Matters
Sustainable Waterloo Region | December 24, 2013
It was sometime in the middle of the week while I was sitting in the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland this past November, that I was hit with an overwhelming sense of unease and disappointment. Though I had heard it from many other NGO observers and colleagues previously, it was at that moment that the […]