http://tidescanada.org Tides Canada finds uncommon solutions for the common good. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:50:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week we received great news from one of our clients, Rick Gill, a high school teacher in Surrey, BC. In April, Rick organized a 40-foot container of donated sports gear to go to Cape Town, South Africa as part of the Hoops 4 Hope project. Just a year-and-a-half ago Rick opened ... http://tidescanada.org/2009/06/25/hoops4hope-canada-container-of-sneakers-arrives-in-africa/ Canopy (formerly known as Markets Initiative) has secured a major partner in the fight to save North America's ancient forests. The organization, publicly recognized as one of the most innovative organizations in the global printing industry, has been working with The Globe and Mail to write a new policy on purchasing forest friendly paper. The sustainability organization began working with the paper in December with the The ... http://tidescanada.org/2009/06/24/globe-and-mail-commits-to-forest-friendly-paper/ Canada's West Coast sits alongside one of the richest collections of marine life in the Pacific Ocean, if not the world.   Living Oceans Society, Canada’s largest organization focusing exclusively on marine conservation issues, has embarked on an exciting new deep sea expedition called Finding Coral , which kicked off on June 8 World Oceans Day. ... http://tidescanada.org/2009/06/22/diving-deep-for-world-oceans-day/ Tides Canada congratulates The Tyee, for being awarded the 2009 Excellence in Journalism Award -- the highest Canadian prize for a journalism organization of The Tyee's size and scope.   The award, created by the Canadian Journalism Foundation, was presented in Toronto Tuesday June 9th at a gala attended by many of ... http://tidescanada.org/2009/06/11/tyee-wins-excellence-in-journalism-award/ Underwater audio recordings are proving to be an important piece of evidence used in whale research by the Oceans Initiative Marine Wilderness Project at Tides Canada. Marine biologists Erin Ashe and Dr. Rob Williams (who popped out of meetings in Madeira, Portugal at the International Whaling Commission to write to ... http://tidescanada.org/2009/06/05/the-noisy-sea/ Joel Solomon, Vice-Chair of Tides Canada, is profiled in this month’s issue of Vancouver Magazine.   Joel Solomon has put his millions, and those of a powerful circle including Rubbermaid heiress Carol Newell, into a new business-first socialism  By Frances Bula published May 25, 2009 Across from Victory Square, ... http://tidescanada.org/2009/05/28/the-unlikely-revolutionary/ Today Tides Canada celebrates The International Day on Biological Diversity, whose theme this year is alien invasive species --one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, and to the ecological and economic well-being of the planet. We asked Gregg Howald, one of the world’s foremost experts on island restoration and ... http://tidescanada.org/2009/05/22/may-22-biodiversity-is-islands-conservation/ Pacific Wild, a project of TidesCanada, has captured classic grizzly behaviour with hidden cameras set up in the Great Bear Rainforest. The cameras are used by the conservation organization to document wildlife in a non-invasive manner, capturing the biodiversity of the rainforest.  The grizzly bear seen in the footage stops at the base of a large tree, before rubbing his ... http://tidescanada.org/2009/05/21/hidden-camera-captures-grizzly-bear-behaviour-in-the-wild/ Slow Death By Rubber Duck, written by Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie, launched in Vancouver on May 19th and Toronto on May 10th amidst much media interest. Tides Canada hosted the authors at the Vancouver book launch, held at the Tides Renewal   Centre. Guests  from all walks of life came to hear what motivated the authors' decision to experiment on their ... http://tidescanada.org/2009/05/20/slow-death-by-rubber-duck-book-launch-huge-success/ Sustainability Network Presents Facilitation Training with David Berger on May 26 in Toronto Whether you need to chair a meeting, interact with staff and boards or manage a community consultation, you need sound facilitation skills. Please join David Berger next Tuesday, May 26th as we bring in David Berger of ... http://tidescanada.org/2009/05/20/manager-alert-workshop-on-effective-facilitation/