Earth Hour 2009!

I was fortunate enough to spend earth hour with Jennifer at her cafe, "Under the Willow". It was dubbed, "Acoustics by Candlelight" and was just a nice evening. The whole cafe was lit with flickering candles and there were so many people connecting with one another, listening to music, brought together by a common bond. I felt peaceful and content. Lets not wait til next year folks....lets have earth hour every day!

Like a bad dream...

I had a sudden jolt back to reality this evening. I attended a dinner where they served bottled water, used paper napkins, clear plastic wine glasses, styrofoam coffee cups and plastic forks. I was shocked. I guess I have been so immersed into greening my own events that I have forgotten that there are alot of individuals who have no idea how much what they do impacts the environment. 

What do I do? I think I will send them an email introducing myself, what our company does and invite them to a workshop. Baby steps....

Chamber of Commerce presentation today!

Jennifer and I were fortunate enough to be invited to speak at the Dawson Creek Chamber of Commerce luncheon today. We chose to speak about "Greening the Hospitality Industry" knowing that not everyone in the audience would relate to our statistics, but feeling that it was important to get the numbers out. The hospitality industry has the opportunity to affect so many.

All in all, it was a good presentation. I was pleased at the content and the response. Hopefully we made a difference.

Judy

"Doing things right or doing the right thing"

I just had a meeting with a small business owner who is looking to create sustainability policies for his company. It was a great meeting and very inspiring to speak with someone who is truly committed to making better decisions. He said to me, "There is a difference between doing things right and doing the right thing". Wow!

Deepak Chopra on Ellen Show

Deepak Chopra just said on the Ellen Degeneres show that you should "be the change you want to see in the world" and if you aren't "you are just another angry peace activist" (might not be exactly verbatim). I had heard the message before about "be the change..." but never the part about the angry peace activist. That is quite funny

Judy