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Strategic planning doesn’t have to be stiff—it can wear a tail and stomp around with playfulness and purpose.
Recently, we had the pleasure of leading a two-day, all-staff strategic planning session for the Pembina Institute in Drumheller, Alberta—the dinosaur capital of North America. …
Supporting Climate Caucus to support Canadian communities
Supporting non-profit climate organizations is an important way we advance our goals of contributing to climate mitigation, community resilience, and sustainability. We provide this support …
Building Sustainable Communities: Innovation Through Collaboration
The 7th Annual Building Sustainable Communities: Innovation Through Collaboration conference is on November 21-24, 2017 at the Delta Grand in Kelowna, BC. Hosted by the …
We Are Cities
The Centre is the BC convener for the We Are Cities initiative. Coordinated by Evergreen Cityworks and funded by the McConnell Foundation, ‘We Are Cities’ …
Building Collaborative Partnerships for Action
A new report released by the Business Network for Sustainability got me thinking more about the importance of creating effective partnerships for effecting change and …
Five tips for getting input from your entire audience rather than just a vocal few when dealing with a hot topic.
Have you wanted to design a meaningful engagement process for a controversial community issue but don’t know how to make sure you hear from everyone? …
Not Business as Usual Screening
A Film About Disrupting the Business Quo. The Whistler Centre for Sustainability, together with Squamish Lil’Wat Cultural Centre, Seeds Consulting and the Whistler Chamber of …
Michael Shuman Speaker Event
The Centre presented Michael Shuman, economist and author of Local Dollars, Local Sense, who spoke on Fostering a Vibrant Sea to Sky Regional Economy. Focusing …
Embedded in Alberta: What’s an EcoDistrict?
Are EcoDistricts the next approach to sustainability planning? Based on Dan’s recent introduction to the EcoDistrict concept, we think the process is solid and well …
Why is Money Mart so busy?
Walking past a line up at Money Mart the other day I was struck as to why this business survives and thrives. With charges on …
Thinking about Shared Value Local Economies
In all of the communities we work with, creating a more robust local economy is always identified as one of the most important goals. So …
Spring into Action: It’s time to think about action planning!
Your Integrated Community Sustainability Plan (ICSP) is finished and you’re taking care of these important next steps: embedding it into decision making; implementing some immediate …