CartaNova is proud to share our latest work for Red Hill Coffee Trade, a fair-trade organic coffee roasterie.  Red Hill's new site runs on the cloud-hosted Shopify eCommerce Platform.  Being able to help successfully grow ethical green companies like Red Hill is one of the core goals of our business philosophy.

Last Thursday, the CartaNova team attended Hamilton’s Sustainable Cities Forum and a talk by on economist and recent author Jeff Rubin (TVO Video) at the beautiful Liuna Station. The forum brought together local professionals to discuss issues of waste management, transportation, energy, and sustainability. It was an informative morning where we were lucky to connect with like-minded people who are also working in the Hamilton area.

We started off this week with a Green Space Meeting in Cootes Paradise, a wetland near our home city of Hamilton, Ontario. We spied the antlered whitetail deer (above photo) grazing in the marsh, along with a wild swan and about 100 cedar waxwings. More photos can be found on our new Flickr Stream and Green Space Meetings Flickr Group Photo Pool.

Photo taken while returning from one of our 'green space' meetings near Hamilton, Ontario. 

We've recently updated our about page, which now includes a new Flickr Photo Stream of our "Green Space Meetings" along the Niagara Escarpment.  About a year ago, we decided to start our meetings by walking and talking in outdoor spaces.  Here's Why:

We're happy to relate that one of our oldest clients, The Bike Train has announced pilot service to Muskoka area on their new Ontario North lines this August and September.  Be sure to check out this great Bike Train Video.

Accounting is one of the toughest challenges for new small businesses - we asked our accountant Michael Williamson to share his advice.  Michael maintains the Tax Link Blog - with regular financial advice for small businesses in Ontario and beyond.