Sustainability

Fairwind Creative was formed with the sole purpose of providing businesses with sustainable options for all their graphic design, web development, and digital marketing needs. Our creators practice green methods inside and outside the office.

Saving Energy

Fairwind offers 100% wind-powered web hosting. We buy only certified energy efficient electronics, use LED lightbulbs, heat/light/power only spaces currently in use, recycle used batteries, and have plans to install solar panels to power our office.

Working Paperless

We rarely print anything, with the exception of test proofs for our clients’ design projects before print orders are placed. We use recycled paper, print on both sides, and recycle when we’re done. All written correspondence is conducted digitally.

Reducing Waste

A shocking 58% of food is wasted each year in Canada, even when 1 in 9 globally (8.8%) are undernourished. Fairwind buys carefully, composts like crazy, conserves water and electricity, and maintains our own vegetable garden.

Carbon Offsetting

To help combat climate change, we calculate the amount of energy our creators consume each year (measured in tonnes of CO2-equivalents) then donate that amount to organizations who support wilderness, ecology, and wildlife.

Eating Less Meat

About 80% of Amazon deforestation is from animal agriculture. Vegan diets have a 60% lighter carbon footprint. Although humans evolved to eat meat, we can do it smartly. We all buy local and organic.

Driving Smart

With some of our team still waiting to shift over to electric vehicles, the others rarely drive. When we do, our commutes are short and we tend to opt for cycling or public transportation. Most client meetings are conducted virtually, or by phone.

Flying Less

Air travel constitutes 12% of transportation emissions. We structured our business in a way that prevents unnecessary air travel. Video conferencing, no out-of-province business travel. And when we do have to fly, we choose the shortest routes, even if they cost more and take longer.

Buying Organic

The soaps, cleaners, detergents used by our creators are certified organic. Our bath tissue is made from bamboo instead of trees. Our garbage bags and cleaning cloths are compostable. Our coffee is organic, as well as fair trade.

Have ideas for your project?

We offer a free 30-minute consultation via video, phone, or in person within Greater Victoria. Contact us to discuss your business. We’ll ask you some questions to get a better idea of your design needs, review your past and current marketing strategies, and brainstorm some long-term goals. You may be surprised at the green options available to those concerned with conserving nature and protecting our planet, without sacrificing cutting edge technology that will help grow your business!.

Let’s Grow Some Success!

We Supprt

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We respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on the ancestral land of the Coast Salish, encompassing the traditional territories of the Xwsepsum (Esquimalt), Lkwungen (Songhees), Scia’new (Beecher Bay), T’Sou-ke (Sooke) Nations, and many others. We offer our gratitude to the First Nations for their care for, and teachings about, our earth and our relations. May we honour those teachings.