By GREG McMILLAN
TheGreenHub.ca
PERHAPS YOU heard about it, perhaps you didn’t.
But TROHGG team members Leanne Wood Newman of Flying Camel and Mike Clawsie of Clawsie Kitchens certainly did. And they were front and centre at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo held in Toronto recently.
Greenbuild, by the way, has forged a reputation in the past few years at as the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated solely to green building. And for the first time, the three-day annual event was held in Canada, this time around at the Air Canada Centre and Metro Toronto Convention Centre.
The expo, celebrating “What’s NEXT” for green building, attracted thousands of building professionals with educational sessions, speakers, seminars and networking events.
Spun off the parent organization, The U.S. Green Building Council, which is a non-profit community of leaders working to “make green buildings available to everyone within a generation,” the conference definitely sparked a positive response from Wood Newman.
“I went to opening night and it was phenomenal,” she said. “Passionate speakers and an ACC full of stakeholders and decision makers in the world of sustainability.
“The main message throughout was that green should not be an option – it should be a conscious, committed choice.
“I felt companies had their acts together. They know what is green and what is green wash. There is accountability now that didn’t exist even two years ago, and that’s so exciting.
“The vibe at the show was great. Designers, builders and manufacturers are all eager to work in ways that make more sense to the planet.
“The show presented the ways to build communities for the future. And who wouldn’t want to be a part of that?”
TROHGG team members posted on Twitter: @atomicspark (Adam Hislop of TheGreenHub.ca) Nice to have @KarmicEvolution @MusangoMedia @TheHubMan and @Trevor_Cherewka in the studio today shooting for #tweestock6 … @flying_camel (Flying Camel) Great to have @the_green_hub team here: @TheHubMan @atomicspark @taephoto and all the rest! … @taephoto (Tae Photography):@kevinamagee I think I may be in between stages 2 & 3 of ‘Getting Twitter.’ Ha, ha … @TheHubMan (Greg McMillan) (replying to @unmarketing’s Scott Stratten, who wrote that Twitter is just like an in-person networking event, except you don’t have to wear pants): But wearing the ever-stylish grey plaid Toronto Maple Leaf sweats works too #MapleLeafs … @Trevor_Cherewka (Trevor Cherewka): Warning to kids – if you walk up to my house texting tonight – small candy for you. #CandyNazi …
Facebook Post of the Week: Greg McMillan: Just finished a video shoot about TheGreenHub.ca for Tweetstock6. Thanks to Adam Hislop and Trevor Cherewka for direction. They are known to be able to pull rabbits out of a hat …
Had a chance to take part in two video shoots with TROHGG team members this past week, one with Adam Hislop and Trevor Cherewka for Tweetstock6 plus another with Robert Langley of Tradexservices Inc.
Langley deserves some credit for venturing into the video world with his Kodak PlaySport video camera, and was filming a promotional spot in advance of a lunch-time speaking engagement for TheGreenHub.ca November 25 with the Brantford Entrepreneur Meetups at West Garden Buffet. The topic: Sustainability and green lifestyles … Said Langley: “Because it’s so small and light, I can carry it around in my pocket. And we used it to great effect for our shoot at Wilkes Dam. …
Last but not least: Did you know that Twitter helps build personal news pages? There’s more on green … And then there’s The Greg McMillan Daily … A reminder that a business partner is being sought to help grow TheGreenHub.ca … Meetings are now being scheduled, where a detailed business plan and vision for the future of the news and information site can be discussed. For further information about that or TROHGG e-mail at adam@thegreenhub.ca or greg@thegreenhub.ca
