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now this is change

July 13th, 2009 by Bryan

ok.  Quebecers went from using 5 million plastic bags a month to 1.5 million a month after major grocery stores started charging a nickel per.  Nice.  Here’s the next step/leap.  Time to move way past the small stuff and rethink our construction practices.  We don’t need to reinvent anything during the design process, there are plenty of great examples to steal from.  Like per chance this fantastic model of shopping bliss

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During every update, every retrofit, every renovation, implement something substantial.  Close those open concept fridge/freezers , harness the sun, clean up the air.  Whether your store is smack in the middle of the Plateau or perhaps on the outskirts of town, the options are all there for the taking.  You will save money and you most likely won’t pass it on to us, but I’ll let it slide.

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