Tag: social responsibility

Sustainability Strategy – Begin with Caring for Most Vulnerable

| November 29, 2009 | 2 Comments
Sustainability Strategy – Begin with Caring for Most Vulnerable

Editor’s note: Earlier this week, journalist Colleen Dane gave readers an introduction to the Comox Valley Regional Sustainability Strategy with a look into how it will effect everyday things in our lives like the contents of our refrigerators – Check it out HERE. Today, Colleen is back with Part 2, digging in to how the [...]

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What Is Socially Responsible Investing?

| October 12, 2009 | 3 Comments
What Is Socially Responsible Investing?

Happy Thanksgiving Monday afternoon. While you are recovering from the holiday meal make sure to check out our post from this morning HERE. We’re trying to find the perfect kitchen counter compost bucket – a hot topic now that the temperatures outside have cooled and the veggie scraps are plentiful. This afternoon we are excited [...]

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Earth Day Family Fest is All About Community

| April 26, 2009 | 4 Comments
Earth Day Family Fest is All About Community

Right around Noon yesterday I looked across Simms Park from where I was guiding folks to art making, terrarium construction, binocular building and wool felting and spotted my childhood. There stood about 15 or 20 kiddos, potato sacks pulled up to their waists, waiting, waiting, waiting – GO! Down the field hopped smiling faces, laughing, [...]

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