EPIC Sustainable Living Expo 2011
byEPIC: The Vancouver Sun Sustainable Living Expo, western Canada’s largest lifestyle show for the eco-conscious consumer, returns to Vancouver this weekend.
Mike Holmes at EPIC Expo in 2008
From Friday, May 13th until Sunday, May15th over 300 exhibitors will be showcasing their products and innovations to crowds at the Vancouver Convention Centre. EPIC also has a main stage with featured speakers and this year’s line-up includes Mike McDermid (Program Manager, Ocean Wise), Sean McHugh (Executive Director, Fair Trade Vancouver), and CBC’s George Stroumboulopoulos.
Taste and sip food and wine from BC restaurants and wineries, learn from some of the city’s top chefs, sit in on sewing workshops, watch daily fashions shows and find out more about hybrid vehicles. There’s also a KidZone with crafts and activities for the young ones.
General one-day tickets are available for $12 online and $15 at the door. If you plan on attending multiple times throughout the weekend, you can get a multi-day pass for $20 online or $23 at the door.
I have 4 pairs of one-day tickets to give away courtesy of EPIC as well as Vancouver Eco Fashion Week. Here’s how you can enter to win:
I will draw all 4 winners (who will each get a pair of tickets) at 5:00pm tomorrow, Thursday May 12, 2011.
Update The winners are @johnberr, @DilaraLit, Michael Kwan, and kendra.
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My favorite eco friendly business is CREE Industries. They are the the forefront of producing energy efficient LED lighting for home and business use. They have also helped in project with switching entire cities street lights to LEDS lighting to prove the reduction in costs to Governments.
LEDS are the future of lighting.
Our company designs and manufactures electric vehicles. Biased opinion, but it’s gotta be my favourite!
Apple!
MetoWe! So soft!
My Eco friendly product that I LOVE is called Wysi Wipe. They require just tap water to load up and there, a simple towel for those greasy mess! Easy to carry for any use.
Stanley Park Brewery! Can’t go wrong with beer.
It’s not really a product or business…but I like shopping at the Farmer’s Market…local produce with no packaging…and I bring a re-usable bag! Doesn’t get more grass roots than that!
I particularly enjoy buying herbs that some woman grows in her backyard about 3 blocks from the Market! LOL
the best environmentally friendly product and company is lunapads; they have divacups on sale for the month of may; they are on twitter at @lunapads
I love Method products.
I love the handmade goods at Etsy!
MEC!
Happy Planet…mmm…smoothies.
Stanley Park Brewery….
Canada’s first sustainable brewery.
That and the fact that it is Craft Beer Week!
vancouver only washing soap
There are a few companies in Vancouver that are marketing electric bikes. http://www.ebike.ca, http://www.e-ride.ca, http://www.jvbike.com, etc. Electric bikes can handle more than 80% of the trips that we take in our carbon producing cars with no registration or insurance and much lower costs.
Brooklyn Brewery they are 100% wind generated electricity, the company’s brewery & head quarter’s in Brooklyn are powered by New Wind Energy. #craftbeer Yes I read the coaster I got at The Brooklyn Crawl last night at The Irish Heather & listened intently to every word Ken Dick had to say about the great beer !!!!
I don’t know if it’s my favorite, but I thought the idea of FrogBox reusable moving boxes is pretty great.
I’d love to attend! It never hurts to learn more about living a green life.
Reusable shopping bags can change the world!!
My favourite is Kleen Kanteen, the eco-friendly BPA-free water bottle! I use it everyday. Pick me!
My favourite eco-friendly business is MEC.
I’d say Frogbox plus they have a really cute mascot!
Happy Planet! Love, love, love myself a bottle full of Happy.
CFL Bulb!
The Body Shop!
Rocky Mountain Soap Company
Does the Body Shop count?
Saje
Lush
Majesta paper products replant 3 trees for every one used.
eco product i’ve been using lately, i would say ‘method’ home cleaning products ?
LED bulbs are great and long lasting.
lush cosmetics! love their shampoo bar, no bottles!
UBC! i love how my school is moving in direction of sustainability (e.g. compost bins)
my energy star appliances! especially my stereo 🙂
One of the best things I’ve ever bought is a Brita Water Pitcher with filter. My former roommate and I used to buy cases of bottled water. The empty bottles made the “Can Men” happy but I felt so guilty every time I dumped them into the recycling bin.
Apple…I think! haha
Got to go with Happy Planet, love that it’s based in Vancouver too!
Favorite eco friendly product, would be my vegetables from my garden that I will hopefully be enjoying later this year. 🙂
http://twitter.com/#!/Sandra516/status/68684946167971841
I’m a fan of reusable grocery/shopping bags.
capers! i like how i can find a wide range of organic, eco-friendly and fairtrade products in-store!
Organic Lives….their almonds are divine!
We switched to using Seventh Generation cleaning products in our home. Love that it’s safe for my puppy and for us!
My wife bought me a Brita jug for Christmas because I use to buy so many water bottles and that now is my favorite green thing to do!!
I love Lush!
I love Capers!
Two companies popped up right away: http://FuGenDesign.com and http://greencoastrubbish.com
Jason hair products! use ’em on a daily basis.
I drink Happy Planet all the time!
My favorite environmentally friendly product is Brita.
Sapadilla, a local company that makes great eco cleaning products. They work and smell fantastic!
Buying local and handmade 🙂
My favourite enviro-friendly biz is Greenworks Building Supply. Lovely stuff.
Ecowash! Up and coming car wash services from Richmond, BC.
The things that have changed the way I live my life, in a very small way, are reusable shopping bags and coffee mugs.
It’s not just the small effect they have on my actual footprint but the fact that they’re a daily reminder to me to be conscious of what I consume and what I throw out.
Method
I think my favourite eco-business would have to be Zipcar! We have our differences but it’s undeniable that they have influenced my lifestyle for the better.
I love electric scooters! Mine gets me places without using any harmful resources and is my way of getting places faster than my two feet.
lulu lemon
Yay! Thanks Rebecca.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE HAPPY PLANET 🙂
John, way above and quite a few months back mentioned “Stanley Park Brewery… Canada’s first sustainable brewery.”
My thoughts on their so called sustainability:
If they are serious about sustainability why would they choose a custom bottle that is crushed instead of reused like an industry standard bottle (ISB). It’s my understanding that ISBs are returned to the participating breweries to be reused, according to Brewers of Canada, from 15 up to 20 times! Howard Collins, President of the Brewers of Canada, said this about the ISB:
“With a return rate averaging 97% across the country, our bottle is not only environmentally friendly, it is Kyoto friendly. With nearly 4 billion beer bottles returned each year, the ISB diverts over 1 million tonnes of waste from Canadian landfills annually, saving millions for municipal taxpayers across the country while at the same time reducing over 87,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.”
I guess I might understand the argument that a custom bottle could alter, or enhance the taste when the beer is drank from the bottle. But the Stanely Park Brewery longneck bottle is very similar in size and shape to the ISB.
I emailed the company inquiring more than a month ago; still no response.
To make appearances even worse, this holiday season they came out with a nine pack in … WOOD!
regards,
Dimitris