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As community manager for happyfrog.ca, i often rally up a crews of  bloggers, photographers and podcasters to create social media of green minded businesses, sustainability focused organizations and other stories which the mainstream media don't pick up.

April 30, 2008 — Dave O Kicking off Earth Day 2008, a group of eco-minded social media makers produced over 50 pieces of social media at the EPIC Sustainable Living Expo in Vancouver, BC April 18-20. The multi-media coverage including audio podcasts, video clips, blog articles, and a vast collection of photos.

In addition to the wonderful Pondcast by DaveO and the excellent preview from Jonathon Narvey, I just wanted to add my two cents. I had a chance to meet with Simon Jackson at EPIC and, although I am sure he would have not minded to give me an interview, I saw a lot of people surrounding him and trying to get some face time and thus I didn’t want to bother him.

BC Liquor Stores go green. Photo credit: Raul on Flickr. While recently shopping for a bottle of wine in one of Vancouver’s BC Liquor stores, I found out that they are implementing greening measures. They gave me a free bag with my purchase (which I’ll include in a further post, for sure), and the bag actually is designed in such a way that your bottles can be safely carried away.

Photo credit: Raul on Flickr. The celebrations for Earth Day are underway at Jericho Beach, and you can rest assured that the HappyFrog FrogSquadders will most certainly be there (I’ll be making an appearance but will probably not stay for long).

Photo credit: Raul on Flickr. Earth Day is celebrated in many countries on April 22nd. Many people offer varied stories, but the most widely accepted is that April 22nd is the anniversary of the modern American environmental movement (although some people would argue that it was the worldwide environmentalism that was born that year).

Another shout out, this time to all my eco-friendly associates here in “EcoDensity-Is-Destiny” Vancouver. Quite a number of you great people helped get the word out on the HappyFrog frogblog about the EPIC 2008 Sustainability Expo: Dave Olson, Alexa Booth, Rebecca Bollwitt, John Bollwitt, Keira-Anne, Raul, Greg Andrews, Lisa Tilson, Colleen Coplick, Olga Orga — take a bow.

_______________________________________________ This post is also cross-posted with the FrogBlog _______________________________________________ As a former model and current enviro-geek (who is currently training to be a full-fledged social media geek), I am always searching for great clothes that will be (a) comfortable, (b) reflect my values and lifestyle and (c) affordable.

I had been waiting with baited breath to hear Adria Vasil, a renowned journalist and best-selling book author, speak at the Vancouver Sun EPIC ‘08 Sustainable Living Expo. However, I had not predicted that my weekend was going to be as busy as it is now.

_______________________________________________ This post is also cross-posted with the FrogBlog _______________________________________________ I remember when I used to think that eating seafood was intrinsically better than eating meat simply because it seemed logical that since fish were