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Sustainable promotional product guide now available in English
By popular demand, our Guide to Sustainable Promotional Products is now available in English. Use this free e-guide to help your organization develop a promotional product strategy that is compatible with its sustainability goals. It briefly explains the environmental and social issues related to the manufacture and distribution of conventional promotional products – and...
Actualité - 6 février 2013 - Tag : E-guide, Guide to sustainable promotional products, Responsible consumption, Sharing expertise
Guide to sustainable promotional products
Use this free e-guide to help your organization develop a promotional product strategy that is compatible with its sustainability goals. It briefly explains the environmental and social issues related to the manufacture and distribution of conventional promotional products – and proposes alternatives such as:
Solution - 6 février 2013 - Tag : E-guide, Guide to sustainable promotional products, Responsible consumption, Sharing expertise
Habiter des villes durables exhibit, Musée de la nature et de sciences de Sherbrooke
An Écomusée du fier monde exhibit on sustainable cities travels to Sherbrooke. The focus is on three themes: housing transportation consumption At the Musée de la nature et de sciences de Sherbrooke, 225, rue Frontenac, Sherbrooke. Open Wednesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Info: AmiEs de la Terre de l'Estrie, (819) 562-4413. Entrance is free!
Événement - 4 septembre 2012 - Tag : Action groups, Miscellaneous, Responsible consumption, Sustainable building, Sustainable development, Transportation Cocktail campaign
Litterless lunch outside the MDD, Montreal
On Thursday, August 16, celebrate summer with a litterless or in-season picnic in the brand new Hydro-Québec park beside the Centre for Sustainable Development (better known by its French acronym MDD) at 50 Ste-Catherine St. West. Bring your litterless or in-season lunch and your picnic blankets for a chance to win a Cascades cooler made out of recycled cardboard.
Événement - 18 juin 2012 - Tag : 4R's (reduce, reuse, recycle and recover), Ethical consumer, Partners Activities, Responsible consumption
Litterless lunch outside the MDD, Montreal
On Thursday, June 21, celebrate summer with a litterless picnic in the brand new Hydro-Québec park beside the Centre for Sustainable Development (better known by its French acronym MDD) at 50 Ste-Catherine St. West. Bring your litterless lunch and your picnic blankets for a chance to win a Cascades cooler made out of recycled cardboard.  To be eligible for the draw, the...
Événement - 18 juin 2012 - Tag : 4R's (reduce, reuse, recycle and recover), Ethical consumer, Partners Activities, Responsible consumption
Shout-out to Quebec youth group: stylin' and green
Thank you to the Fondation des jeunes pour l'environnement, which raised more than $6,500 for Equiterre during the Défilons vert event. For this ethical fashion show, the foundation had VSTE Entertainment present the latest creations from 28 Quebec designers who work in a fair, environmental way.
Actualité - 8 janvier 2012 - Tag : Ethical fashion, Responsible consumption
E-waste collection week, Centre for Sustainable Development, Montreal
Did you get new electronic gadgets for Christmas? Looking for a way to safely dispose of your old ones? Recyc-Ordi can help. Drop off your old gadgets at: The Centre for Sustainable Development (in the atrium) 50 Ste-Catherine St. West, Montreal
Événement - 7 décembre 2011 - Tag : E-waste, One step at a time, Partners Activities, Responsible consumption
Winning t-shirt designs revealed – As chosen by you!
Equiterre t-shirts in fair trade organic cotton are now available from Montreal-based nonprofit co-operative FibrEthik.  
Actualité - 29 novembre 2011 - Tag : Ethical fashion, Insist on fair trade, Responsible consumption
Are you dreaming of a green Christmas?
Is Christmas a holiday that you celebrate, but with a feeling of deep reservation, even guilt, at the consumer excess and waste? Don't feel bad.  There's hope. You can give the season new meaning by choosing new traditions that reflect your true values. Here are some ideas to get you started. Share them with your friends and family. Who knows, you may even spark a...
Actualité - 23 novembre 2011 - Tag : Changing the world, Community supported agriculture, Fair trade, Getting involved, Insist on fair trade, Organic baskets, Responsible consumption, Socially and environmentally responsible Christmas
Ethical fashion gaining popularity in la belle province
A new guide from a centre for research on responsible consumption at the Université de Sherbrooke shows that ethical fashion is alive and well in Quebec. According to the centre, 17% of Quebecers report having bought fair trade cotton clothing in 2010. And nearly 12% of Quebecers say that they bought clothing made with organic fabric. Perhaps most...
Actualité - 22 novembre 2011 - Tag : Ethical fashion, Responsible consumption
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