What do skateboard wheels, a crack pipe, tea lights, plastic cutlery, and Band-Aids have in common? They were collected by us Hot Tomalians at English Bay Beach as part of the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup on Sept 15. Aaah, I know… the things we get up to! This is the second year in a row Hot…
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Hot Tomalians Get Off Our Butts and Clean Up 1,000 Cigarette Butts
So we didn’t snag a beach location for our Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, held Sept 18–26 this year, but the East Vancouver park we went to was very close to the shoreline — and close to our office. Oxford Park evoked no images of posh Oxford, England; it’s just a small grassy area with a…
Continue readingHow Hot Tomalians Recognize Earth Day
We are very socially-conscious bunch of people here at Hot Tomali. As a group, we make a concerted effort to reduce waste and recycle and here’s an example of one of our practices that we think more companies need to engage in on a consistent basis. RECYCLING THOSE DAMN STYROFOAM TAKEOUT CONTAINERS! Because we end…
Continue readingVote Earth For Earth Hour, 8:30 PM March 28, 2009
At 8:30 PM local time, wherever you live on planet earth, switch off your lights and vote against global warming! With the goal of 1 billion people switching off their lights as part of a global vote, Vote Earth is a global call to action for every individual, every business and every community. A call…
Continue readingBuilding brands is easy. Going green… that's pretty easy too.
We all recycle. Every office has blue bins, and we all throw our scrap paper in these bins without thinking twice. At this point, it’s inherent. But, remember when it wasn’t? Remember when the concept of recycling paper was novel and new? Nowadays, sure, recycling is standard. It’s just a part of everyday life. We…
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