Category Archives: Sustainability

Looking for ways to protect our wild spaces and reduce the ecological footprint of our business.

Funding Adventure: February Recipients

Funding Adventure: February Recipients Numbers. Occasionally, they happen to invade one’s sightlines, making you either: A. confused B. snoozed or C. stoked. And when our peeps from the Sustainability and Community team sent the rundown for our latest round of … Continue reading

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Dare to be Deep in the Bay of Fundy

Want to win cool prizes? Support the Dare to be Deep campaign and you could win outdoor gear like a stand-up paddleboard, or a $200 MEC gift card. This the fourth post in our Dare to be Deep series, a … Continue reading

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Dare to Be Deep in Big Eddy

MEC and our partner CPAWS bring you the Dare to Be Deep campaign. The project aims to create 12 new marine protected areas by the end of 2012. As part of the initiative we’re hoping 12,000 people will endorse a … Continue reading

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A Watershed Moment for the Yukon Wild

The Big Wild has revitalized its call to protect the Peel Watershed in Canada’s Yukon Territory. Sprawling over 68,000 square kilometres, the Peel is the northern anchor of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative. Why are we making a fresh … Continue reading

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Dare to Be Deep off the Gaspé Peninsula

This post is the first of three that will be written by the Quebec Chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) as part of their Dare to Be Deep campaign. They will introduce you to some exceptional marine sites … Continue reading

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