Happyfrog Field Reporter, Clifford Shim, catches up with Stacey Toews, co-founder of Level Ground Trading at EPIC 2008 to talk about Level Ground's remarkable initiatives in building a fairly traded and sustainable coffee company. View other EPIC interviews at www.happyfrog.ca
Ross MacMillan, Owner and Designer of Gastown's Industrial Artifacts candidly explains his process of turning cast-off industrial materials into functional and stunning art. Happyfrog Field Reporter, Clifford Shim, reports live from the floor of EPIC 2008. View other EPIC interviews at www.happyfrog.ca
Jill Goodbrand and Steve Carmichael are the dynamic duo behind the Sapadilla Soap Co., an eco-friendly line of home cleaning products that is as easy on the senses as it is on the environment.Submitted by Christy Stesky, happyfrog.ca
Now these guys have got it going on! Brady Dahmer and Lindsay Nahmiache are the masterminds behind Projecting Change, Vancouver's first Sustainable and Environmental Film Festival. How did we get away this long without one?A non-profit venture, Projecting Change runs from May 8-11, 2008 at The Ridge Theatre in Vancouver. Each day is chock full of stimulating and entertaining films and speakers.Thursday, May 8th is Opening Night with feature presentation Flow: For Love of Water and speaker Ray ...
If you made the rounds at the EPIC Sustainable Living Expo this year, you surely would have noticed the Smell This! display. Row on row of brightly coloured bottles and cannisters lined see-through shelves. Waves of aromatic vapor wafted up from a glowing, burbling fountain. And in the middle of it all, white labcoated aromatherapist Arline Trividic was there to answer every question on the subject of natural body care you could possibly think up! Submitted by Christy Stesky, happyfrog.ca
Did you know that there is an alternative to the big hulking plastic water bottle coolers that is not only better for your health, but is better for your wallet too? I caught up with Jeff Stebbings of the WA-2! Water Co. at the EPIC Sustainable Living Expo to find out about their filtered water cooler system that is plastic bottle-free! Submitted by Christy Stesky, happyfrog.ca
It's a consumer show of EPiC proportions. A bad pun (I know, I know) but I have never been to a show like this, and honestly I was blown away.
The EPIC Sustainable Living Expo is in its 2nd year in Vancouver, BC. The show was created by the Globe Foundation to help consumers find solutions to lighten their environmental impact on the Earth. But did you know that EPIC is itself a sustainable show?EPIC Director, Nancy Wright, sits down with Christy Stesky (happyfrog.ca) to talk about the steps EPIC has taken to truly be the greenest consumer show around.[A three part interview]
The EPIC Sustainable Living Expo is in its 2nd year in Vancouver, BC. The show was created by the Globe Foundation to help consumers find solutions to lighten their environmental impact on the Earth. But did you know that EPIC is itself a sustainable show?EPIC Director, Nancy Wright, sits down with Christy Stesky (happyfrog.ca) to talk about the steps EPIC has taken to truly be the greenest consumer show around.[A three part interview]