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Brand Green

If a brand is the sum total of images, colours, messages, stories and ‘feelings’ associated with a particular product that happened to come into our daily interactions with people, streetscapes, computer screens etc. then how much of that brand is based in any kind of measurable reality?

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Keeping Watch on the Talks

I got to participate in a candlelight vigil calling for real action for climate protection with the added bonus of truly embodying meaningful typography.

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Top 5 Things to Love about Living Climate Change

Living Climate Change is not just a pretty face, but has smart editorial with poignant storytelling and poetic quotes like this one; “Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.” — Walt Whitman, Song of Myself

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Here’s my story

Hello, I am Jennifer – a communication designer focused on sustainability. I like well-placed em-dashes, hand made prints and a good story. I also enjoy being outdoors with friends, hiking, snowboarding and cross country skiing. My love of fresh air led me to complete a master’s degree in strategic sustainable development (MSLS) in Sweden. This [...]

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• Here is an art show I would love to attend... "The Storyteller features video, still photography, drawing, mixed media and installation works that engage the documentary capacity of art to bear witness to the rapid, sometimes violent, transformations of our time..." At: Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons The New School for Design, http://www.newschool.edu/sjdc #
• 01.21.10 Undoubtedly you know about the catastrophe in Haiti, with over 200,000 dead and thousands injured. The Water Team is  working with the Lifewater drill team in Haiti to get essential water to the survivors of the earthquake. Donate at www.thewaterteam.ca. #
• 12.24.09 Whistler endorses UN International year of Biodiversity: Whistler Council also signed on to Countdown 2010, which is one of many International Year of Biodiversity initiatives. #
• The Good guide to Copenhagen has stellar illustrations - can anyone tell me who did them?  http://www.good.is/departments/good-guide-to-cop15/ #
• I've had a lifelong fascination with the lyricism that Wade Davis brings to describing human life around the planet. Here's my chance to get the latest fix of his adventure tales. CBC Massey lectures featuring the man himself are up until Dec. 4th. #