Wahoo! We made it through our presentation at the RCBC conference! (and I didn’t throw up.)
I’m actually starting to think I’m passed the puking-before-public speaking stage of my life.
Anyway, after much frantic rehearsing on the 2 hour car ride to Whistler and much sweating at the back of the room waiting for our turn, Grant [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 31, 2009
Day 335: Conferencing and Farming
May 30, 2009
Day 334: Serious Thoughts About Residuals
This week we interviewed City Councilor Marvin Hunt for our documentary. He sits on council in Surrey, but is also Chair of the Metro Vancouver Waste Management Committee.
The idea was that we could get a regional perspective on this whole “zero waste” thing that the metro area is flogging while trying to balance the activism [...]
May 27, 2009
Day 331: Waste Watch Wednesday-Garbage Warrior
I watched this film quite awhile ago, but I think of it often. Michael Reynolds is architect who creates homes out of reused tires and plastic bottles. These amazing “earth ships” in the desert are completely off the grid, require no air conditioning or central heating, and possess a distinctly zero-waste vibe.
The film documents Reynold’s [...]
May 25, 2009
Day 329: Farmers Markets, Saltspring, and General Busyness
I have been neglecting the Clean Bin Blog the past couple weeks, but lots of exciting things have been happening.
I met two inspiring entrepreneurs -one who helps you cut down on packaging waste, and one who reuses wasted packaging into functional products. I’ll profile them here soon.
We were feverishly working on an extended trailer of [...]
May 20, 2009
Day 324: Waste Watch Wednesday-Landfill Blues
I was at a meeting yesterday when someone mentioned a song that their municipality had used to educate kids about recycling. Ever excited about finding a new song (and video) about waste, I looked it up.
J.P.Taylor actually has a wack of environmental and educational kids’ CD’s (plus $3 from every album of his latest [...]
May 17, 2009
Day 321: Clean Bin Meets the Green Team
While at EPIC, Rhyannon and I met a couple ladies from the Green Team, a volunteer initiative sponsored by Metrotown (a shopping mall) and the Vancouver Sun.
They were at the Metro Vancouver talk about zero waste and recycling, so they got to listen to our little spiel about about the Clean Bin Project as well.
Afterward, [...]
