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CF / June 19th, 2013 / 23 Comments

This past Sunday, Brian and I got a chance to sample food from local restaurants and browse the goods of many local vendors during Car Free Day Vancouver. It’s an annual event held around several Vancouver neighbourhoods and encourages residents (and visitors!) to leave their vehicles at home, reclaim the roads (if only for a little while) and enjoy a day out amongst the locals. There was...

Posted in: Philosophy Tagged with: benefits of car sharing, car share, Car2Go, driving vs. walking, living in Vancouver, living where you work, modo, shopping your neighbourhood, supporting local business, Sustainable living

Updates: May 6 – 12

Brian / May 12th, 2012 / 3 Comments

Well, today was a busy one. The day job is getting rather busy, with our annual conference coming up at the beginning of June, so I spent my morning attempting to catch up on a lot of backlogged work. After a quick brunch, CF and I headed downtown to check out the Epic! Sustainable Living Expo. As a long time Eat! Vancouver (what’s with all the ‘!”!) attendee, I was not sure what...

Posted in: Weekly Updates Tagged with: Epic! Expo, Epic! Vancouver, saving money, Sustainable living