EcoSmart 10K Club

Congratulations to Diablo Valley College for crossing the EcoSmart 10K mark. With their latest order of Auspen eco-friendly markers, this community college in Northern California (20 miles east of UC Berkeley) is responsible for keeping over 10,000 disposable markers out of their local landfills, the equivalent of almost a half ton of non-biodegradable, toxic waste…and they’ve saved their school thousands of dollars by using our refillable markers.

Diablo Valley College, most notably their Math and Computer Science Department, is just one of thousands of schools and organizations making a real difference in their communities by using AusPen markers.

Congratulations Diablo Valley for being an environmental leader, a great example to your students and staff and a responsible citizen of your community.

Sustainability Festival

One of the universities in the Vancouver, BC area, SFU (Simon Fraser) is holding their second annual Sustainability Festival on Wednesday, September 24th. We attended ther first annual Festival last fall, displaying our AusPen markers. It was a great one-day event up on the North Burnaby campus and we expect this year’s will be even better.

Check it out if you have a chance.

You can find more info at their website www.susfest.ca

The Safest School Supplies

The National Geographic Green Guide fall issue hit newsstands right as most kids were heading back to school around North America. The Cover story was titled “The Safest School Supplies” as it focused on ways for parents and teachers to not only reduce waste in their choice of supplies, but to make the classrooms safer, environmentally, with the products they bring in.

We here at EcoSmart Products were very happy to have our AusPen Markers as one of the feature products they highlighted in their article. They also put a list together titled “Guide To Greener School Supplies”, which outlined seven of the best products educators and parents should know about for moving towards a “green” school.

The AusPen markers were one of the seven items National Geographic tested and put on their list.

Other items on the list were Elmer’s Washable Glue (low-VOC alternative), Prang Soybean Crayons (made from soybean wax) and Ampad Envirotech Recycled Filler paper.

The Green Guide fall issue is packed with great tips and articles on a wide range of “green” topics. You can pick it up at leading retail locations across North America.

AusPen Exhibits At Frogfile Business Expo

We’ll be showing off our AusPen eco-friendly markers on September 10th at the Frogfile Business Expo in Vancouver, BC (at the Vancity Theatre). If you have the afternoon open, please stop by and have a look at the cutting edge of the green office products sector while learning about green procurement, greening your office, marketing your environmental achievements, and much more.

You can find out more at http://rsvp.frogfile.com/expo.html