I find this very touching, what do you think about all this?

I just found a blog post about “Toronto’s Best Baby Stores” on blog T.O. . The post is from summer 2009 (I guess better late than never :-) ). Many of the stores sell our wooden building blocks. It feels great to be part of it all.

This is a little blurb on the evening news in Hamilton. Lots of game action with Ukoonto blocks.

So if you guys ever want to go to a really fun store that has a lot of really nice toys in the Hamilton area, you should visit Citizen Kid.

Hello,

Our blocks were on TV last night as part of CHCH news in Hamilton. Unfortunately there was no mention of us, but footage of kids playing with them. Gosh, I really need my branding iron to come in :-) Maybe I can even track down some video online about it.

Cheers, Hans

I just got an email from a store owner. It made me smirk.

“Kids are always enjoying our demo blocks in the store, actually I am dumbfounded that more people don’t buy them. Every single kid I show thinks they are great and plays a long time. Maybe you should make them out of lead based plastic!”

I will have to get right on that… NOT!

I visited the Socially Responsible Design Exhibit at the Toronto International Airport yesterday. It was great seeing what others are doing, some great ideas and some really neat other products that are manufactured in Canada.

A huge thank you to Lee, who is the curator for the art at the airport. She does a great job and is very passionate about representing Canada at the airport is great. “It is often the first and last impression of Canada for travellers.”

She also told me that Treehugger reported on the show and that our blocks are featured in their article. Thank You Treehugger.

(click on image to see the blog post at treehugger.com)

I just thought I would post a picture of the smart. I met Bernard Hellen from TheWorldsGreenestBusinessCard.com when I picked up our new business cards recently, and he mentioned that I didn’t mention it here anywhere. Well, here it is :-)

PS: I really want to make it look like a wooden toy car very soon…

“Can you put on music for the target?” One person asked me this weekend at a show (I still subsidize my income as a sound guy – my formal profession). The show was a free promo event from Nestea (Coca-Cola). I didn’t quite get what she was talking about until I realized she was talking in advertising terms.

Lets not just see our kids as targets anymore. Our children are not just some statistic on legs, not just an average dollar amount that they will spend in life. Lets become more human and listen to each other. Become friends and help communities.

Hi everyone, I just created this ad for the Hamilton Spectators Special “Active Kids” insert that is going to come out this week. What do you think?

Hi everyone,

Thanks to GET (Green Enterprises Toronto) and the City of Toronto (that sponsored the ISO 14001 seminar) I can now officially announce to you that Ukoonto is now ISO 14001 compliant.

ISO 14001 is an environmental management system that enables us to become an even greener company over time. It also enables us to show you that we are not greenwashing our company or our products.

For more info on what ISO 14001, please visit this (very formal) site.