THE WORD "values" has been thrown around a lot in business circles over the past few years. Everyone talks about them. Everyone has them written down. I was beginning to think they were just words in a corporate annual report. But values have meaning, and the recent subprime mortgage crisis has taught us that. Many … Continued
VANCOUVER — What was once considered trash has become treasure for B.C. restaurateurs. Until recently, vats of old cooking oil had to be hauled away – at a cost. But the detritus of a million French fries is now liquid gold, with companies competing to buy the leftover grease to convert it into biodiesel, an … Continued
The Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada celebrates its 40th anniversary with the publication of a new history of co-operative housing in Canada. Under Construction: A History of Co-operative Housing in Canada is a success story, built on the principles and perseverance of people who just wouldn’t take no for an answer in their pursuit of … Continued
If Joni Mitchell were to rewrite her hit Big Yellow Taxi, she might be inclined to call it Little Green Hybrid instead. It wouldn’t be nearly as catchy and it has a strange Martian ring to it, but with fuel costs and greenhouse gases both crowding the upper atmosphere, it might prove more accurate as … Continued
(Kelowna) Four cooperative packinghouses today executed the final legal agreement for their amalgamation. The Okanagan Tree Fruit Cooperative is the culmination of decades of consolidation and mergers in the tree fruit packinghouse industry. The new cooperative will receive, store, grade and pack over 130,000 tons of tree fruits consisting of conventional and organic apples, pears, … Continued
Good things grow in Oklahoma, including an idea that has inspired a co-op connecting Niagara’s farmers with the region’s locavores. The brainchild of Yvette O. Plentai, project manager for the Niagara Agritourism Centre, and aptly named the Niagara Local Food Co-operative, it’s a virtual market for anyone wanting to eat locally produced food. "The whole … Continued
(Nelson) Nelson lived up to its reputation as a "green" community and rolled in as one of the leading cities across the country in last week’s National Commuter Challenge. The Commuter Challenge is an annual event in the first week of June aimed at getting Canadians to choose sustainable forms of transportation, such as, cycling, … Continued
(Vancouver) On June 2 and 3, young people from around the world met to discuss how co-operatives can offer solutions to a sustainable future – and they did it without a single plane trip. The annual Building Co-operative Futures youth conference was held simultaneously in Vancouver, Saskatoon, Guelph, Karachi (Pakistan) and Buenos Aires (Argentina) this … Continued