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Sustainability

Design

Inside a Former Mayor’s Minimalist Vancouver Penthouse

For Gregor Robertson, sustainability and a small carbon footprint were musts.

Beauty

You Can Now Refill Your Body Shop Products Packaging-Free in Vancouver

New concept store reconnects to its roots with a refill station at Pacific Centre.

Style

A Messenger Bag With A Message

Social enterprise Brave Soles produces a line of bags and accessories made from upcycled airplane materials.

Frank And Oak

Style

Frank And Oak’s Eco Outerwear

Green style.

The Montreal-based company launches a line of innovative sustainable jackets.

Impact

Nespresso’s Vancouver Recycling Program

Eco-brews.

Simply place used Nespresso pods into a designated green bag and put them out with regular blue box recycling.

Food and Drink

Urban Digs Farm

Pig out.

Food waste is a dizzyingly large global problem. Each week, Urban Digs Farm in South Burnaby diverts over 7,000 pounds of organic waste from the landfill and resource intense commercial composting.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Olla Flowers

Design

Olla Urban Flower Project

Say it with flowers.

Olla Urban Flower Project carries beautiful and unusual indoor and outdoor living containers that bring a breath of fresh air into tired or frequently visited spaces.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Ryan Beil

5th Anniversary

Five Years of Profiles

In the pages of MONTECRISTO over the past five years, you’ll find a pack of local outliers—leaders and talent pushing the boundaries of our social and civic lives.

MONTECRISTO Magazine: Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Transportation

Making the Hydrogen Fuel Cell a Reality

Fuelled dreams.

A dedicated group of scientists, engineers, industrial designers, and technicians are working hard to replace one of the signature technology of modern civilization: the internal combustion engine.