Jan 22, 2014 | Collaboration, Economic Development, Events
On February 26th the Centre presented Michael Shuman, economist and author of Local Dollars, Local Sense, who spoke on Fostering a Vibrant Sea to Sky Regional Economy. Focusing on local economic development strategies from around North America, Mr. Shuman provided...
Dec 13, 2012 | Action Planning, Business, Collaboration, Community Planning, Engagement, Events, Facilitation
The holidays are a good time to post about getting together. In a personal, holiday kind of context, it’s about reconnecting with family, friends and colleagues for some holiday cheer. (And we hope you enjoy some this season!) In a professional context within realm of...
Dec 6, 2012 | BC, Community Planning, Engagement, Events, Facilitation, OCP
The Centre is assisting the City of Fernie with their OCP update and alignment with Forever Fernie, the City’s Integrated Community Sustainability Plan. Community engagement is an essential part of the update process, and we were able to facilitate some fun and...
Dec 6, 2011 | BC, Collaboration, Events, Healthy Communities, Tourism, Whistler
The United Nations has designated December 11 as International Mountain Day and to mark the occasion, the Whistler Centre for Sustainability, in partnership with the Resort Municipality of Whistler and Tourism Whistler, is hosting a live videoconferencing event on...
Aug 25, 2011 | Events, Sustainability, Whistler
We are working with GranFondo Canada, the producers of the RBC GranFondo Whistler, on a sustainability strategy to make their events as sustainable as possible. This is the first event of this size in Whistler (apart from the 2010 Winter Games) that has developed a...
Jul 27, 2011 | BC, Business, Community Planning, Events, Sustainability, Whistler
From a marketers perspective, Whistler would appear to have it all; a year round product offering, quality infrastructure and natural resources and a world class reputation. Enough, you’d think for a thousand brochures. But what if Whistler had another resource? One...