What Works

From Alaska to California, people are creating successful enterprises that are low carbon, attuned to the ecology, locally rooted. They’re employing, training, producing, sustaining. Here you’ll find regular reports on what works for the economy we need.

Lux Bio invented a bioluminescent alternative to the toxic plastic wands that litter landfills and oceans.

By: Pippa Norman

Peko was launched by students to save groceries from the landfill. They’re helping to cut food bills and climate emissions.

By: Jen St. Denis

This Kamloops non-profit is feeding the dreams of local chefs passionate about community food systems.

By: Marissa Tiel

Timber Tiles on Vancouver Island offers a climate-friendly alternative to an ancient craft that today relies on fossil fuels.

By: Andrew Findlay

For social enterprise 4VI, it’s about visitors and their dollars leaving the place in better shape than they found it.

By: Ryan Stuart

How wizards of wetlands restoration are bringing biodiversity back to West Coast landscapes.

By: Isaac Phan Nay

The heaviest diesel semis are the dirtiest. Titan Freight Systems chose the electric lane and says it’s paying off.

By: Peter Fairley

BC’s Vitacore figured out how to recycle difficult plastics like the respirators it manufactures by the millions.

By: Katie Hyslop

Grab a paddle. It’s time to work together.

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