¶ Published Tuesday, March 31st at %I:%M %p ∞ In Design & Features, Miscellaneous ∞ No Comments »
Some people say the printed page is on a slow, inexorable, march towards death, we tend to agree. However, there is still hope in the dismal newspaper world. The video below demonstrates how taking a design centered approach to a newspaper can help it beat the technology revolution; the designer in question, Jacek Utko, looks at a newspaper [...]
¶ Published Friday, March 27th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
George Monbiot remains unconvinced by the latest in green miracles: biochar, a form of carbon capture, long ago discovered by indigenous people of the Amazon who used it to create fertile dark earth.
¶ Published Thursday, March 26th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
A recent story by Bloomberg News indicates Exxon, of the infamous Exxon Valdeez, is still using single hull ships to move oil around the world. In fact, they used more single hull vessels last year than the next 10 oil companies combined.In their defense, Exxon saves money with this practice
Exxon saved an estimated $18 million [...]
¶ Published Thursday, March 26th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Miscellaneous ∞ No Comments »
I have already blogged on the pitfalls of enterprise software, but for our 100th post, I thought I would return to the subject. Last week, we attended the AMERICANA tradeshow and conference where we met prospective clients. Many showed interest. Now the question becomes, how do we efficiently convert those interested people into paying clients? [...]
¶ Published Monday, March 23rd at %I:%M %p ∞ In Miscellaneous ∞ No Comments »
The Local Government Association, a UK government agency, has created a ‘blacklist‘ of words for council communication. The list includes items like ‘Capacity Building’, ‘Worklessness’ and some more dubious ones such as ‘Capacity’ and ‘Bottom-Up’. Generally speaking, a list of banned words seems like a good idea, it forces you to rethink your sentence structure [...]
¶ Published Friday, March 20th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Announcements, Environment ∞ No Comments »
Just came across a great plain language version of ISO 14001:2004, definitely our cup of tea.
For example, the plain language version of the two sections relevant to Nimonik (section 4.3.2 and 4.5.2) are clearer, though slightly longer, than the official version.
Nimonik has two partners who can help you get up to speed on ISO 14001 [...]
¶ Published Friday, March 13th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment, Legal Issues, Miscellaneous ∞ No Comments »
The minister of the environment (MOE) of Ontario, John Gerretsen, just spoke at an Ontario Environment Industries Association (ONEIA) event in Toronto. He discussed a number of things, but focused mainly on the Green Act and it’s implications for the Ontario economy. Clearly a forward thinking man, he insists the environment industry will play a [...]
¶ Published Friday, March 13th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
Ontario’s new cosmetic pesticides ban takes effect April 22, 2009.
Changes to Ontario’s Pesticide Act come into force will prohibit the sale and use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes on lawns, gardens, parks and school yards, including many herbicides, fungicides and insecticides. Over 200 products and 80 pesticide ingredients are affected. Some exceptions apply to agriculture [...]
¶ Published Friday, March 6th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
One thing about the Conservative government in Ottawa: they’re comfortable with the notion of law enforcement.
You might have heard that under a new federal Environmental Enforcement Act introduced this week, corporate polluters would risk multi-million dollar fines — as high as $6 million. Even smaller companies would be exposed, albeit to lesser fines ($25,000 [...]
¶ Published Wednesday, March 4th at %I:%M %p ∞ In Environment ∞ No Comments »
There’s an interesting debate forming around NAFTA and environmental protection laws.
Dow AgroSciences LLC, a subsidiary of U.S. chemical giant Dow Chemical is suing Canada for more than CAD $2 million in damages under NAFTA. Why? In a move well received by environmental groups, Quebec has prohibited the sale of 2,4-D, a widely used herbicide, in [...]
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