CottageLife

Our Green Commitment   

 

Cottage Life wins 2009 Eco Award

Congratulations to our circulation manager, Heather Maxwell-Tufford, on winning the 2009 Eco Award for Print Promotion from the Circulation Management Association of Canada.

Here are some of the ways Cottage Life has gone green:

  • Cottage Life magazine is printed on 100% post-consumer recycled, FSC-Certified ancient-forest-friendly paper
  • Our sister publication, explore, was the first glossy magazine in North America to use 100% post-consumer recycled, FSC-Certified ancient-forest-friendly paper
  • Cottage Life sponsors the annual Green Cottager Awards to cottagers and groups who are making a difference
  • Our May 2008 issue was dedicated to green cottaging
  • We published the Green Cottaging Guide in 2007
  • At our office:

    • we use soaps and cleaning products from our friends at EcoEthic
    • we've installed programmable thermostats
    • we've installed aerators on our faucets and fixed any leaky taps
    • when replacing pot lights, we use compact fluorescents

    • we use the double-sided setting on our printers whenever possible, and reuse paper that's only been printed on one side
    • we're moving from paper filing to digital filing
    • we have a full in-office recycling and organics program
    • we encourage our employees to ride their bikes to work by providing a secure bicycle lock-up and shower facilities
    • computers are powered down when not in use
    • we've installed less wasteful modular carpet from Interface on our third floor, which eventually will fill the whole building

    Links to our green-initiative partners

    www.marketsinitiative.org

    www.ancientforestfriendly.com

    www.fscus.org