Chasing Sustainability ConferenceMarch 12, 2009 l Liu Institute for Global Issues l Tickets $10

PROMOTIONAL VIDEO

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Ian Gill – President, Ecotrust Canada

Stacey Toews – Founder, Level Ground Trading

Rob Abbott – Sustainability Director, Stratos Consulting

Peter Robinson – CEO, David Suzuki Foundation

FEATURED SPEAKERS

IAN GILL – PRESIDENT, ECOTRUST CANADA

• Ecotrust – a non-profit organization promoting the emergence of a conservation economy

• Former CBC broadcaster, winning numerous awards for coverage of environmental and land-use issues

• Former senior report and editor of the Vancouver Sun

• Director of Vancity Community Credit Union

STACEY TOEWS– FOUNDER, LEVEL GROUND TRADING

• Passion for justice and entrepreneurship led to founding of Level Ground, a fair-trade and organic coffee supplier

• Developed relationships with small scale producers in developing nations

• Speaking on the global impact of consumerism and making purchase decisions that support values-based businesses

ROB ABBOTT– SUSTAINABILITY DIRECTOR, STRATOS CONSULTING

• Leading Canadian sustainability strategist – past clients include TSX, NYSE, and many leading Fortune 500 firms

• Author: “Uncommon Cents: Thoreau and the Nature of Business” “Conscious Endeavours: Essays on Business, Society and the Nature of Sustainability”

• Taught undergrad and grad courses at UofT, SFU, UVic, Royal Roads and delivered guest lectures at Harvard University

PETER ROBINSON – CEO, DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION

• Former CEO of Mountain Equipment Co-Op (country’s largest outdoor equipment retailer with record of sustainable initiatives)

• Member of the Province of British Columbia’s Climate Action Team

• Humanitarian work – International Red Cross in Rwanda, 1998

• Chair and Chancellor, Royal Roads University (Victoria, BC)

WIN A “DAY IN THE LIFE OF” A GREEN BUSINESS PERSON!

• Spend a day learning what it means to incorporate sustainability into practices

• All delegates are automatically entered to WIN a day with either:

1. Mark Jeffrey – Sustainable Programs Manager, Vancity2. Marc Stoiber – President, Change Advertising

WIN A DAY WITH MARK JEFFREY!

• Sustainable Programs Manager, Vancity

• Western Canada’s largest credit union; pioneer of numerous ethical/environmental banking initiative

WIN A DAY WITH MARC STOIBER!

• President, Change Advertising (green marketing strategy firm)

• Marc’s “floor cleaner epiphany”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUVI0kJRcNw

• Held various senior level positions at large marketing firms (Palmer Jarvis, Grey Canada) before pursuing his passion for sustainability