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‘Earth Hour’ Plugin Listed on the WWF.ca Website

Dale Mugford — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:57:54 +0000

WWF.ca Website

Recently we were contacted by a friendly employee at the WWF.ca website letting us know they’ve added our Earth Hour plugin to thier Spread The Word page. On the page you’ll find lots of cool banners, images, flash files and more to post on your website or social networking profile page(s).

The Hour Draws Near!

With just over 3 weeks to the Hour remaining, we’ve noticed almost 500 websites participating in the event using our plugin.

To find our more about our free and easy Earth Hour plugin visit the plugin page now.

Doing Our Part For The Environment

Duane Storey — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:13:05 +0000

While we still have more to do in our effort to be a carbon-neutral company, one thing we’ve kept up with is the purchase of carbon offsets for all of our company travel. To that end, our recent trip to Punta Cana has recently been offset, to the tune of approximately 2 tonnes of carbon dioxide.

BraveNewCode is a corporate buyer of the PlanetAir Gold Standard offsets, and is listed on their business page. We spent a good deal of time investigating the various offset companies, and ultimately settled on PlanetAir for two reasons: they run as a non-profit, and they are endorsed by the David Suzuki foundation. If you’re a business that cares about the environment and is interested in offsetting your travel, I highly recommend checking them out.

To see a list of our previously offset trips, please visit our environment page.

Earth Day @ BNC

Dale Mugford — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:46:09 +0000

We’re usually pretty mindful about the environment individually, but as a company we’re trying to do little things to show our commitment. That’s why this Earth Day we made a small donation to the WWF in the order of a hundred bucks. It’s a small deal, but a little something to mark the day.

When considering organizations, we often look to those whose operations are international— but we’re certainly not opposed to those which are local, or suggested. So with that, if you’ve got an organization in mind that you think deserves attention please send us an e-mail and let us know about it.

Find out more about BraveNewCode’s environmental goals.

BraveNewCode Going Carbon Neutral

Duane Storey — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:00:42 +0000

Dale and I have been talking about doing this for a long time, and today we sat down and finally committed to it. Both of us are big supporters of the environment, and strive to do our part to make the world a better place. I’ve personally participated in Earth Hour two years in a row now, have replaced the majority of my light bulbs at home with CFL variants, and also have a solar panel on my patio that powers some of my lights used every night. While that’s a good start, there’s still a lot more than can easily be done.

Today Dale and I purchased carbon offsets from PlanetAir.ca to offset our recent company event in Mexico, as well as my flight out to Hamilton. Going forward BraveNewCode is going to strive to be completely carbon neutral, and in the process, hopefully inspire other companies in our space to hit that milestone as well.

We’re going to routinely update our mandate as well as our current progress on our official environmental initiatives page, so take a peek in there from time to time to see what we’re up to.

Toronto Saves 455 Megawatts for Earth Hour

Dale Mugford — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:30:45 +0000

Toronto made big energy strides this year. Way to go T.O.