Invoke has always been a place for people, both staff and clients, who are of the mind that doing good leads to doing well. In fact the company was founded on this principal. In order to take this to the next level and advance thought, ideals, values, and mindset to the point of ensuring action is taken on an ongoing basis, Invoke is setting up a Green Team.

For most of us learning to ride a bike was right of passage as a kid. Magically one day you can balance on two wheels. Immediately you are overwhelmed with a sense of freedom that you can go faster and further than ever before. For me this magic never really went away except for a short period when I started to drive a car; for most people that’s about where their love affair with cycling ends. I suppose mine could have as well if it were not for moving out of town to go to university. Because of this, I no longer had regular access to a car. I soon realized that I could get around town and campus much faster and easier by bike anyways. I immediately dipped into my savings and bought a decent bike. When I did borrow a car, I was late for class more - looking for parking, received parking tickets, and had less spending money as gas was using up a good chunk of it.

I love my job, I really do. In fact, I think I’m one of the alleged 47% of people in Canada (according to Maclean’s Magazine) who actually enjoy going to work every day; and no, I’m not self-employed. I commute by bike or bus, 40 minutes to an hour every day to an office where I am challenged and allowed to be creative on a regular basis. Most importantly though, I love the people I work with. Frankly, there must at least be a modicum of love there for me to whip up a batch of Bacon Chocolate Chip Cookies in order to pacify a certain colleague’s current bacon obsession!

Last night Dario, Nadia and I went to Net Tuesdays: An Evening of Green Web 2.0. This is the second event hosted by NetSquared. The gathering was located in WorkSpace who donated the space to us for the evening. There was a great spread put out for us to snack on, provided by WriteImage - in keeping with the evenings green theme, all of the plates and cutlery were made of recycled and food materials that are totally biodegradable. Once we�d chatted and filled ourselves with tasty treats, we all sat down and got ready for the evenings talks. We sat with our good friend Dustin Sacks from Silly Soft…