Check out our expanded Green Consumer Guide: Tourism online. We feature exciting ecologically-friendly tourism spots throughout Canada, complete with photos and links. Read it here and find out some eco-escape vacation tips here.

If you're thinking about taking a vacation down south, Rachel Dodds from the Ted Rogers School of Hospitality and Tourism Management gives you some tips to find out how responsible your tour operator is. Read her article here.

Upcoming Events

GLOBE2010
Wednesday March 24 to Friday March 26, Vancouver

GLOBE 2010 is one of the world's largest and longest-running events dedicated to the business of the environment. Every two years, over 10,000 professionals from 70+ countries come together at GLOBE for three days of thought-leading sessions presented by world-renowned sustainability experts; to survey leading-edge environmental innovations; and to participate in unparalleled global networking opportunities.

Join business leaders from international companies including Dell, AMEC, Fedex, Barrick Gold and Interface along with NGO directors, government and intergovernmental officials and thousands of delegates this March 24-26, 2010 to explore the mutually inclusive goals of: corporate sustainability, climate change, carbon management, clean energy, sustainable finance, and greener cities. Register now at http://globe2010.com.

Green Energy Act Finance Forum - De-risking project financing in Ontario: Lessons from 20 years of European Feed In Tariff experience
MaRS Discovery District, 101 College St., Toronto
Fri. Jan. 29, 2010, 7:30 am-3:30 pm

With the 2009 Green Energy and Green Economy Act now at work, Ontario is the leading North American jurisdiction for green investment. Learn how to de-risk and maximize your investment dollar at a special one-day forum drawing on lessons from the European experience and examining what lies ahead in Ontario’s new policy landscape. Connect with experts in the Ontario and North American markets as well as European analysts with hand-on experience capitalizing renewable energy projects in Feed In Tariff regimes. Topics include European FIT Finance Perspectives & Best Practices, Ontario's World Class Feed In Tariff, Service and Finance Provisions and the Green Energy Act, Legal Structures of Project Finance, Energy Security, and more. Learn more by downloading this brochure. Cost is $200 plus GST.

Speaker highlights include:

• Bhaswar Chatterjee, Director, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., NYC
• Jason Chee-Aloy, Director, Generation Procurement, Ontario Power Authority (OPA), Toronto
• Susan McArthur, Jacob Securities Inc., Toronto
• Saad Raffi, Ontario Deputy Minister of Energy and Infrastructure
• Don Roberts, Managing Director, CIBC World Markets
• Ben Warren, Partner, Ernst & Young UK
• Jim Woolsey, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

See the complete agenda and register here.

World without Oil: Conversations in Design
International designers lead this new symposium that addresses a world no longer dependent on oil.

Toronto will host a symposium called, “A World without Oil.” Twelve of the world’s leading designers will provide critical insight to the new and alternative practices, materials, technologies and products. They will share experiences in sustainable design and address a world without oil. Thursday, January 21 from 9 AM to 6 PM at the DX/Design Exchange at 234 Bay Street. Price: $250. To learn more go here.