A-Way Express Courier

By Ryan Turnbull

April 28, 2014

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Eco-Ethonomics Inc. is currently working with A-Way Express Courier in Toronto to further develop their social enterprise model and assess the market for opportunities within the courier and delivery industry. A-Way Express Courier has led in providing a social purpose courier service by using public transportation and employing/supporting individuals with lived experience of mental illness. Eco-Ethonomics Inc. is helping A-Way Express Courier to develop their brand and marketing strategy, as well …Read More

Greenest City

By Ryan Turnbull

April 21, 2014

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The Eco-Ethonomics Team is working closely with Greenest City to develop a business plan for a Rooftop Urban Greenhouse social enterprise in the City of Toronto. The planning process will combine the efforts of a project team to develop and refine a business model that will position the social enterprise for success in cultivating local, fresh produce within the city and selling it to local food retailers. The process will …Read More

SIRCH Community Services

By Ryan Turnbull

March 3, 2014

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Eco-Ethonomics Inc. is currently working with SIRCH in Haliburton Ontario in assessing the market and developing their social enterprise model for their “Need a Hand” program. The program matches people who have the time, skills and desire to offer their services for odd jobs in the community, to those who have a need for some assistance in a similar area. The project involves working closely with the senior staff at SIRCH to …Read More

Environmental Defence

By Ryan Turnbull

March 3, 2014

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Eco-Ethonomics Inc. is working with Environmental Defence on their Eco-Beauty Markets project and assessing the feasibility of developing it into a social enterprise. The Eco-Beauty Markets currently is a spin off of a successful non-toxic pledge program that has drawn attention from producers of beauty products. Environmental Defence has been hosting market events where vendors are all self-declared for the past two years. Sales and participation have merited a more thorough exploration of …Read More

Canadian Hearing Society

By Ryan Turnbull

March 3, 2014

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Eco-Ethonomics Inc. is working with the senior management team and internal champions at the Canadian Hearing Society to assess the feasibility of multiple business activities currently operating within the organization. The process will include in-depth business planning on a defined set of core services that have the potential to be integrated into an accessibility solutions social enterprise model. The project includes a 4-6 month planning process which begins with feasibility, progresses through …Read More

Green IT

By Ryan Turnbull

February 12, 2014

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Eco-Ethonomics worked closely with Green IT, a social enterprise owned and operated by Green Communities Canada, to facilitate a business planning process with the current staff. The business offers a number of information technology support and training services to small-to-medium sized organizations, including IT support, website design and hosting, teleconferencing and webinar services, as well as, e-learning seminars on how to utilize collaborative technology. Our work included market research, financial …Read More

Enterprising Non-Profits Canada

By Ryan Turnbull

February 5, 2014

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In the Summer of 2013, Eco-Ethonomics Inc. was contracted by Enterprising Non-profits to research social enterprises across Canada that train and employ individuals that experience multiple barriers to employment. The research study involved working collaboratively with three other research teams to conduct a total of 60 interviews and 20 case studies. The research was funded by the Government of British Columbia and focused on how social enterprises of this kind …Read More

Five County Food Hub

By Ryan Turnbull

January 23, 2014

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Eco-Ethonomics worked in collaboration with Eko Nomos to provide advisory services to develop a five county food hub that would aggregate, market and manage the supply and distribution of local food in a five county area. The participating counties included, Huron, Bruce, Grey, Wellington and Perth. Several open community meetings were held which were widely attended by key stakeholders. Collaborators from the five counties worked to prepare an application to …Read More

Perth County Regional Food Hub

By Ryan Turnbull

January 21, 2014

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Eco-Ethonomics Inc. and associates completed a 6 month feasibility study for the Corporation of Perth County to assess the strength of their social enterprise idea. The business concept was to utilize existing capacity at the Local Community Food Centre in Perth County and develop a distribution hub for locally grown and sustainably produced food. The regional food distribution hub was seen as having great potential for filling in a major …Read More

Healthy Living Niagara

By Ryan Turnbull

January 7, 2014

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In the summer of 2013, Eco-Ethonomics Inc. was contracted to develop an implementation plan for the Fuelling Healthy Bodies pilot project on behalf of Healthy Living Niagara in partnership with Niagara Region. Over the course of several months the consultant team, worked with concession operators at three arenas across Niagara Region to customize a marketing strategy and implementation process for successfully introducing healthy food options into arena concession stands. The …Read More

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