I don’t know what things are like in your country, by here in Canada, our Public Health Agency is constantly on our cases about “accumulating” (as they like to put it) 30-60 minutes of physical activity each day.

So, this past summer we decided to take advantage of GT’s natural geography (the 5th floor), and hosted a stair climbing challenge. We determined that the height of our floor from the street was 1/465th the height of Mt. Everest, and devised a tracking poster to measure this ascent in individual treks up to the 5th floor.

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On May 9, 13 members of the Gossamer Threads office participated in a longstanding Vancouver tradition that’s become a big part of office life here at GT: The Vancouver Sun Run!

And They’re Off!

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Gossamer Threads’ commitment to environmental sustainability doesn’t begin and end with our fabulous green roof, no siree Bob. Currently, we’re up to our elbows in worms.

You heard us, worms.

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As part of Gossamer Threads’ ongoing commitment to sustainability, we’ve partnered with our landlord DeeCorp and fellow tenant TBWA\ to create a green roof on the building of our new office.

At the time, there was not much happening up on that flat tar & gravel expanse, but that was all to change soon enough!

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Waterfront Gossamer Station.
Photo by flickr user miss604.

Now it’s even easier for Gossamer Threadians to stream jubilantly to work each morning, with the opening of the much anticipated extension to Vancouver’s beloved light-rail system, the Skytrain. Per our request, the new line terminates literally a stone’s throw from our front door.

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