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    • On Friday, March 12th over a hundred and fifty students from McGill Desautels School of Management, the HEC’s Ecole de Gestion and business leaders from around Montreal gathered to share best practices, voice frustrations over sustainability roadblocks and celebrate mutual successes and advancements in CSR.  This attitude of learning and searching for solutions brought us to a conference called ‘Beyond CSR

      Monday, March 15, 2010 - 2:03pm
      Submitted by
      Anouk Bertner
    • New research shows that employees receiving a sustainability education can help align practices throughout an organization and can help to build a trustworthy, external, company image.

      Monday, March 15, 2010 - 2:01pm
      Submitted by
      Jennifer Reid
    • By Lisa van de Ven, National Post           March 12, 2010

      New light bulbs -- check. Recycling sorted -- check. Energy-efficient appliances -- got them, too.

      It's no secret that green living has taken on momentum and that Canadians are starting to make environmentally driven choices around their homes. They're doing so in overwhelming numbers: A recent survey by Bosch Home Appliances showed that 95% of Canadians have done something to try to live in a more eco-friendly way, including switching light bulbs and purchasing Earth-friendly household products. But many aren't satisfied with stopping there: The survey reports 75% admitted that while they're greener than five years ago, they still have a ways to go.

      Monday, March 15, 2010 - 1:05pm
      Submitted by
      Jennifer Reid
    • The Natural Step Canada is recruiting applicants for an Administrative Assistant Internship to assist with office management and finances. 

      Monday, March 15, 2010 - 11:38am
      Submitted by
      Jennifer Reid
    • By SUZANNE ELSTON, Special to QMI Agency

      February 20, 2010-This year will be remembered for bringing the eyes of the world to Whistler, B.C., but for local residents, 2020 has a much greater significance and focus. Whistler2020 is the name of the town’s long-term community sustainability plan.Traditional urban planning tends to focus more on isolated pieces of the planning puzzle, rather than on interconnected systems. What the town needed was an integrated approach that would address social, economic and environmental challenges...

      Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 3:34pm
      Submitted by
      Sean Rioux
    • On March 4th, EnviroCentre and The Natural Step (TNS) Canada hosted the first workshop for the 2010 cohort of the Greening Ottawa Non-Gover

      Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 10:37am
      Submitted by
      Karen Miller

Video

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Take the Natural Step ( 8 min version)

Dr. Karl-Henrik Robèrt introducing the Heschel Conference
Sustainability for Leaders, Level 1 :: Vancouver, BC
David Cook, Chief Executive,The Natural Step International
Whistler Municipality - The Natural Step Framework - PART 1
2008 Sustainability Leadership Challenge: Presentation by Whistler Mayor Ken Melamed

The Natural Step framework- Snippets of Sustainability on Hawaii Island: Challenges