St-Hubert has made the switch from yellow to green! In December the company unveiled its new environmentally friendly packaging line made up entirely of recycled, recyclable, or compostable materials. Goodbye oxo-degradable Styrofoam; hello recycled cardboard! This means 412 tonnes less garbage to bury—not too shabby! Plus, with its playful, / more

We all do our part for the environment. Recycling has become part of the daily routine. We use public transit. We say no to the cashier at the drugstore when asked if we want a plastic bag. In short, we all do what we can for the planet.

And at the workplace? OK, we recycle there too. We try not to print things unless really necessary. We collect coffee grounds for / more

Let’s begin with a few facts about green. The wavelength for green falls between 520 and 570 / more

“Over 30 billion kilowatt-hours of energy are wasted annually worldwide because many of us simply forget to shut down our computers when we’re not using them. If we could just improve the way in which we use our computers, the energy savings would total over $3 billion. In terms of energy, the carbon emissions of just 15 computers are equivalent to exhaust of one car.”

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In winter 2009, natural media company CURB launched an ecological winter campaign that used a new form of advertising—snow tagging.

The premise couldn’t be simpler. The medium—snow (on sidewalks, snowbanks, parks, etc.). The tool—a stamp. The goal—emblazoning a logo or message on / more

You may not know this, but what is displayed on your computer screen influences your electricity consumption. A lit pixel costs more than a dark one; or rather, the brighter the pixel, the higher the energy consumption. Surfing the Web on a predominantly white site (like this one) uses more megawatt-hours than a predominantly black one.

The fact is / more