It was Earth Hour last night, and the organizers estimated that 126 countries and territories, 4,000 municipalities and 100’s of millions of people across the globe took part.   Even the most hardened cynic would have to admit that each of us in our small way can help create a better planet and a better living environment for our fragile species.

Here at The Good Planet Company, we opened our February electricity bill yesterday… always something we do with trepidation … and were happy to see that our own efforts at saving energy are paying off.   By removing some light fixtures, reducing our heating and cooling, keeping our computers and other business equipment turned off when not in use, we have cut  electricity usage by 38% compared with February 2009!

Our challenge for 2010 is to gradually begin replacing our CFL light fixtures with LED’s and to find a dozen other ways to move our business through carbon neutral, and towards carbon negative!

Kudo’s to The Good Planet Company’s staff for always doing their part to ensure that EVERY DAY IS EARTH DAY and EVERY HOUR IS EARTH HOUR!

Are you awake?!

via A Wake-Up Story, by Healthy Child Healthy World.

The seven employees of The Good Planet Company have made a donation to The Canadian Red Cross Society to aid the citizens of Haiti following the devastating January 12th earthquake. We encourage our customers, friends, and other Victoria small businesses to do whatever they can to assist in the recovery efforts by making cash donations to support emergency relief.

This video is a great way to start a new year!  Seeing your world and yourself in a new perspective is perfect in its simplicity. While not always easy to do, it sure beats the cynical alternative. As Dewitt Jones says: “I’ll see it when I believe it!”  What a brilliant new mantra!

Celebrate what is right with the world

Alain St. Onge is vibrating. And it’s not just the jazzy stripes of his lovely “new” shirt (”I got it at Value Village!” he exclaims happily as he holds up an elbow). His energy and aliveness come from living his passion to help create a more ecologically responsible culture. He and his partner Ian Cromack own a large “eco-emporium” on Fort Street between Douglas and Blanshard: The Good Planet Company.

“Ian and I are not big consumers overall; it’s funny that we have a retail store, “Alain muses.” But we feel we carry good options for people…

Read the full Focus Magazine article.