After finishing up with the Permaculture Design Certificate I decided to try my luck at actually getting my hands dirty! I found a few permaculture groups in towns on my route up North, and contacted them to see if they had any work parties or cool events coming up. Permaculture Cairns was the only group [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘People Power’
March 31, 2009
STV for BC – Let the Debate Begin
It’s almost time to vote again! YAY! Even more exciting, it’s two votes in one! We’ve got an referendum question on the ballot this year – the single transferable vote (STV). It was also on the ballot in 2004, but we’re giving it another shot after a narrow loss.
This Wednesday night seems to be THE [...]
January 25, 2009
PodMob for Sustainable Sushi all Rolled-Up
We can change business as usual.
We buy things everyday. Businesses will do anything for money. Businesses will do anything for our money… so why don’t we use that power? To use our purchasing power requires organization, and until the Carrotmob came around, groups hadn’t seen ‘our money’ organized on a grassroots level successfully. We took [...]
January 25, 2009
Ocean Wise Fish
A Vancouver Aquarium Conservation Program
Navigating Sustainable Seafood
Ocean Wise. Seafood Watch. Sea Choice. It’s a confusing world of consumer guides and restaurant programs out there! Here are the basic differences:
Ocean Wise – initiative out of the Vancouver Aquarium that promotes adoption of sustainable seafood in restaurants.
Seafood Watch – consumer guide out of the Monterey Bay Aquarium [...]
January 25, 2009
The Green Table Network
Vancouver based organization that helps restaurants “go green”
I’m really excited that the Green Table Network (GTN) has donated a one-year membership to Sushi Bento Express for winning the PodMob. The membership will provide the folks at Sushi Bento Express with tools and guidelines for greening their restaurant that are based on local and international standards, [...]
January 25, 2009
Podmob on CBC Radio – BC Almanac
Click here for the link to my recent interview on CBC’s BC Almanac.
Mike, from the Ocean Wise program at the Vancouver Aquarium, was interviewed after me and he even took questions about “sustainable sushi.” The full show can be found here.
Blue Fin Tuna – Photo from artsjournal.com
Originally posted at 3rdWhale.com
January 25, 2009
Pobmob Bidding Begins
I went back to all the West End sushi restaurants with a snazzy flyer that explains the Podmob. I felt pangs of guilt for printing information to hand out, but I was really impressed by how well received it was! All of a sudden my snazzy orange flyer made me and the Podmob credible.
Not only [...]
January 25, 2009
The Podmob is Upon Us
I hit the streets on Friday afternoon with the goal to convince sushi restaurants in the West End to become more environmentally friendly. I was hoping they’d adopt some menu labeling and items from Seafood Watch’s new sustainable sushi guide, and make some operational changes to “green” their business. Obviously, you can’t walk into a [...]
January 25, 2009
Carrotmob
I’ll choose a carrot over a stick any day. That’s why I got so excited when a good friend of mine told me about Carrotmob. A bunch of people get together and use their consumer power to make “eco” changes in local businesses. I found it really inspiring, and I’ve contacted a few people in [...]
