Brockville Climate Action Group

From the campaign:

Every year in the UK we throw away a staggering one third of all the food we buy. Love Food Hate Waste – a campaign from WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) – highlights the fact that wasted food is a waste of money and a major contributor to climate change.

Ottawa Citizen / Editorial / 15 August 2008

Music, grass and garbage. For too long, they have all been part of the summer festival experience. Pack thousands of people into a park-like space for an evening of music and the result is usually a mess.

Fortunately, that is changing, as some of the world's biggest festivals begin to demonstrate that waste need not be a byproduct of outdoor music and fun.

Ottawa, a city of festivals, is part of the green revolution.

Toronto Star / Vanessa Lu / 22 May 2008

Climate change is here to stay, and even if greenhouse gas emissions were cut to nothing, the impact, including extreme weather, cannot be stopped.

That means it's time for people and cities to find ways to cope and prepare. And Toronto wants to require every agency and division of the city to come up with ways to adapt to climate change in next year's budget. The proposal was approved by the parks and environment committee yesterday, but still needs city council's approval.

www.mybrockville.com / 06 May 2008

I am searching for Brockville residents (female heads of the household) to participate in a round table discussion about reducing & recycling our household waste. The study is being conducted by Stewardship Ontario (stewardshipontario.ca), a not-for-profit organization.

All individuals participating in the research will receive an honorarium immediately after participating in the session as a token of appreciation for their views and opinions.