As we mentioned before, YEGwood.com launched their new line of wooden glasses over the weekend, and we were there to celebrate.  We also joined in on the photo contest fun!  If you are so inclined, you should vote for Stephani and I (Brandy) and we might just win a pair of those fancy shades.

VOTE HERE

(Reposted from Metro)

Yegwood throwing a launch party Dec. 17 at DaCapo Cafe for their new line of environmentally-friendly sunglasses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When Edmonton entrepreneur Joey Hundert started his latest venture, he knew Yegwood (eco-friendly Wayfarer style shades) was a great idea, but he also knew he needed more than an event to spread the word. 

“The frames are all-natural woods, typically cut from one solid block of wood. We choose wood because it tells such a great story, whether it’s a recycled century-old abandoned bar, old maritime ships, or beetle-kill from B.C. This is visible in the constant grain patterns on our glasses, where the rings and sometimes even knots can be distinguished,” Hundert explains. 

While the concept is cool, it’s a mouthful to sell. So Hundert and his team got creative.

Relying on the old adage of a picture being worth a thousand words, the team decided to blend an event with a photo contest in order to test the market.

“We sponsored Sustainival, the eco-friendly carnival that took place at the Fringe Festival and that was our first public outing,” says Hundert. “People truly freaked out over our stuff. We held a photo contest at the Fringe and it sparked a huge wave of viral interest in our online story and story.”

In fact, over 30,000 people viewed the contest website during the 10 day festival.

The contest winner garnered over 500 votes alone.

That was enough evidence to get Hundert to organize a stand-alone event for the new line on Dec. 17 at DaCapo Cafe (8739 109 St.).

“We’re throwing a launch party to celebrate the new line of Yegwood sunglasses.”

In addition to being entertained by one of Edmonton’s most legendary DJ’s (Remo de Janeiro), Yegwood is hosting another photo contest where contestants sport one of the new pairs of shades, style it up, and get their photo snapped in a photo booth by a local pro.

The pics are then uploaded to Facebook and yegwood.com where people will vote for their favourite glam shot.

The winner walks away with a custom pair of wood frames worth over $400 and some cool art from Latitude 53. For more information, visit yegwood.com

Yegwood launch party is Dec. 17 at DaCapo Cafe

We were happy to assist in reviewing the roofing options in the third edition of EcoLiving Magazine.  You can check us out on page 24, and view the entire issue online HERE. But don't just skip ahead, there are actually some great Canadian products and solutions in ScotiaBanks EcoLiving Magazine.

There are also contests, awards and information about rebates. If you're a paper person you are welcome to pick up a copy at your local branch. Enjoy and let us know what your thoughts are.

Hello All,

We wanted to share a few fun events with you that are going on this weekend :)

Brandy and her man Jeff have been designing, cutting, sanding and polishing for weeks to get everything ready for this weekends Make It Edmonton show.  They only sell at one event a year!  So don't miss your chance to touch their wood :)  Wood jewelry of course.  Man what were you thinking? The premise is that everything sold at this "art and design" show was made by the person selling it!  There is loads of eco stuff, and Dare we say x-mas shopping can finally be fun!  You can find gifts here unlike anywhere else, and for those hard to buy for folks :)
Also be sure to download you $2 off cupon from the Make It! site and come by and say hi to Jeff and Brandy at the Offcut Jewelry booth :)

Stephani is in a funk band called DemocraFunk! They are a 10 piece funk band with horns 'n everything!! Think James Brown / Trombone Shorty / Sharon Jones & the Dap kings!

Steph is the lead signer for this particular show!!! Come on out and dance your butt off :)  They are opening for "Hey Ocean' - which is a fun pop style danceable band too. Wooohoooo!!! it's Steph at the STARLIGHT!!

Advance tickets on sale now at Prime Box Office, and Blackbyrd Myoozik
Direct Link: http://www.primeboxoffice.com/concert/index.aspx?term=hey+ocean&s&e=%24

Screening of Mad City Chickens documentary

Sunday Nov 20  3-5pm
Whitemud Crossing library, 4211 106 St NW, Edmonton
Cost Free!!!
Sponsored by EcoAmmo
Trailer

"Mad City Chickens is a sometimes serious, sometimes whimsical look at the people who keep urban chickens in their backyards. From chicken experts and authors to a rescued landfill hen or an inexperienced family that decides to take the poultry plunge—and even a mad professor and giant hen taking to the streets—it’s a humorous and heartfelt trip through the world of backyard chickendom. " (http://www.tarazod.com/filmsmadchicks.html)

We are super excited to be sponsoring this film. Come on out, learn more, and find out why some Edmontonians want to be great owners and supporters of urban hens.

Have a great weekend!

Back in May of this year Germany announced they are phasing out nuclear power (which is amazing) but now they have announced how they plan on doing this - and there answer is..... renewable energy!

They are planning on spending over 130 billion in the next five years on renewable energy. They want to generate 35% of their energy needs from renewables by 2020 and by 2050 a whopping 80%!! There is one 'keener' state which projects it will produce 100% of it's energy needs from renewable energy by 2017!! The entire country currently sits at 20% which has already created thousands of jobs and new industries.

There are still issues to be sorted out like storage and transmission - however with the entire country focusing on growing this industry and $274.6 billion available for joint funding initiatives in energy storage research over the next three years, I'm willing to bet the solutions for our storage issues come from Germany too!

To read more on this Good News Story click here: http://www.solarfeeds.com/germany-throws-130-billion-to-renewables/