51 min
EP20 Mike Morrice - Ushering a sustainable future for the Waterloo region Nearly Verified
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- Empreendedorismo
My last podcast episode was posted 5 months ago. Finishing school + moving to a new city + starting fulltime work has really slowed me down on doing this, but I am very happy to get back into it :) More episodes coming soon!
Mike founded Sustainable Waterloo Region and piloted Canada’s first Green Economy Hub while completing a double degree in business and computer electronics at Laurier in 2008. Within five years, the Hub had engaged companies employing 14% of the region’s workforce, all committed to setting and achieving voluntary climate goals.
Mike also spearheaded the creation of ClimateActionWR, a collaborative effort that secured unanimous support from Regional and City Councils for our community’s first-ever climate target (a 6% reduction by 2020, since raised to 80% by 2050)
In response to global interest in replicating Green Economy Hubs, Mike founded Green Economy Canada in 2013 and led the award-winning organization until late 2018. Today there are 8 Green Economy Hubs across Canada supporting over 250 organizations lowering their impact and increasing their profitability.
In the 2019 federal election, Mike was Kitchener Centre's Green Party candidate for Member of Parliament. Over the course of a 10-month campaign, Mike and his team made history: they knocked on every door in the riding (most of them twice) and increased the Green vote from 3% to 26% (from 1,500 to over 14,000 voters), the highest of any Green candidate in Ontario, Quebec and the Prairies.
Thank you so much to Mike for coming on the show – we dove into his experiences and what they taught him along the way, and why it is so important to find passions in life that can drive your work ethic and your personals and professional goals.
My last podcast episode was posted 5 months ago. Finishing school + moving to a new city + starting fulltime work has really slowed me down on doing this, but I am very happy to get back into it :) More episodes coming soon!
Mike founded Sustainable Waterloo Region and piloted Canada’s first Green Economy Hub while completing a double degree in business and computer electronics at Laurier in 2008. Within five years, the Hub had engaged companies employing 14% of the region’s workforce, all committed to setting and achieving voluntary climate goals.
Mike also spearheaded the creation of ClimateActionWR, a collaborative effort that secured unanimous support from Regional and City Councils for our community’s first-ever climate target (a 6% reduction by 2020, since raised to 80% by 2050)
In response to global interest in replicating Green Economy Hubs, Mike founded Green Economy Canada in 2013 and led the award-winning organization until late 2018. Today there are 8 Green Economy Hubs across Canada supporting over 250 organizations lowering their impact and increasing their profitability.
In the 2019 federal election, Mike was Kitchener Centre's Green Party candidate for Member of Parliament. Over the course of a 10-month campaign, Mike and his team made history: they knocked on every door in the riding (most of them twice) and increased the Green vote from 3% to 26% (from 1,500 to over 14,000 voters), the highest of any Green candidate in Ontario, Quebec and the Prairies.
Thank you so much to Mike for coming on the show – we dove into his experiences and what they taught him along the way, and why it is so important to find passions in life that can drive your work ethic and your personals and professional goals.
51 min