Archive for June, 2009

This past February, Junxion participated in the Fraser Basin Council (FBC) State of the Fraser Basin Conference: The Many Faces of Sustainability. The FBC advances sustainability in the Fraser River Basin and releases a biennial report, Sustainability Snapshot, which summarizes indicator data across 18 topics to ...

After working with the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) for the past 18 months, Junxion helped this organization launch its first green building rating system aimed at single family homes and multi-unit residential developments of three storeys or less. LEED Canada for Homes is Canada’s only national third ...

On the heels of delivering the successful Community Connections project, Junxion continues its relationship with BC Housing with the livegreen Employee Council. The Junxion interactive and online marketing team is working with BC Housing to conceive, design and develop an employee website, intended to encourage and support BC Housing employees to become more ...

At a packed event at a downtown Vancouver restaurant with more than 100 people in attendance, Bullfrog Power officially launched its operations in BC. Bullfrog Power is an electricity provider offering low-impact, EcoLogo certified green electricity to residents and businesses across the province. By its official launch date, Bullfrog had signed ...

Almost every headline we read, almost every story we hear or watch today is talking about the latest business casualty or struggling company trying to keep afloat in these rough economic waters. The financial value of many companies both in BC and globally has plummeted with the stock market. In our desire to hear some ...

After speaking at Sustainable Brands Conference 2008 (SB ‘08), Peter ter Weeme has been appointed to the board of Sustainable Brands 2009, an event that brings together mega-brands, innovative businesses and thought leaders from around the globe to share sustainability ...

An expert on waste reduction schemes, Mel Phadtare, Junxion’s Director of Integrated Sustainability, spoke at the Recycling Council of BC’s 35th Annual Zero Waste Conference this May in Whistler. Focusing on greenwashing, Mel delivered an engaging presentation to business and institutional leaders in the waste management and reduction sector. After ...

Hope and uncertainty. This might just be our society's current, uneasy zeitgeist. As the economy reels and one headline after another preaches gloom, we are simultaneously buoyed by a sense of hope after witnessing the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States last month. In the sustainability realm, 2008 was a ...

Strategy Magazine’s 2009 Cause + Action awards honour significant Corporate Social Responsibility brands that have succeeded in changing the way that people think. Peter ter Weeme was one of the judges of this year's C+A Awards. Nominees are evaluated on a variety of criteria, including the uniqueness of their ...

Junxion has been asked to conduct a resource efficiency assessment for WEBCOM, one of Canada's largest book printers. WEBCOM specializes in the production of soft cover books and prints more than 40 million books annually, for customers as diverse as trade, educational, directory, professional and reference publishers; ...

Fraser Basin Council’s Smart Communities project has tapped the team at Junxion to evaluate, enhance and help to expand the program. Smart Planning for Communities is a province-wide collaboration between local, regional and First Nations governments, aimed at creating long-term action plans for socially, culturally, economically and ...

The climb was more than Tom had bargained for. One foot in front of the other. Again, again, again. Onward. Upward. The infamous Chilkoot Pass seemed to tower unassailable, far above his head. Yet limbs screaming, he plodded on, and on, eventually cresting the peak, and moving down to stake his ...