http://www.greenlivingonline.com/WinnersSinners/some-green-ontario-winners-of-summer-2007/
(Oct 1, 2007)
Not everyone took a vacation from green this summer.
Green TV
No, your programs won’t look weird -- far from it. Sharp’s Aquos flat-screen TVs give great visuals, but what really matters is that they’re made with environmentally friendly technology, including both the manufacturing process and also the plant’s day-to-day operations. Plus they use 20 percent to 30 percent less energy than traditional equivalents and about 40 percent less energy than plasma TVs.
Power Voting
With an Ontario election looming, stay informed on the province’s environmental and eco-power issues by visiting www.voteforcleanenergy.ca and www.prioritiesforontario ca. Both sites are supported by highly regarded green organizations, including Greenpeace Canada, the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, the Pembina Institute, the Sierra Club and Environmental Defence. And by the way, Ontario’s coal-fired electricity-generating stations are among the biggest sources of greenhouse-gas emissions in the country. The Nanticoke coal station on Lake Erie is one of the biggest single greenhouse-gas-emitters in North America.
Bag it Up
A plastic bag takes about a thousand years to dissolve, and the average Canadian uses about 200 of them a year, which translates into almost seven million plastic bags each day in Ontario alone. But retailers are rallying. Loblaws has led the way, offering inexpensive, reusable, recyclable shopping bags made from recycled plastic bottles. And the company’s new Milton, Ont., superstore has banished all plastic bags. For its part, IKEA, which aims to reduce its plastic-bag use by 50% in the next year, will charge 5 cents for each plastic bag beginning in October. But the biggest winner may be Leaf Rapids, Manitoba. In April, it became the first municipality in Canada to ban plastic shopping bags altogether.
Green Living Kids
The Kids Zone at at the Green Living Show was festooned with gorgeous art created by Toronto school children from Grades 4 to 7 on the theme of "The Earth Today." The grand prize-winner, Dana Whitelaw, then a Grade 6 student at Hillcrest Community School, submitted a beautifully painted and imaginative umbrella -- how cool is that! We’re sure Dana, as well as the other entrants, will help green our world when they grow up.
Save our species
This spring, Ontario passed a new Endangered Species Act that was hailed as the best in Canada. The new act replaceshighly outdated, ineffective legislation from 1971 and offers new hope for more than 200 Ontario endangered plants and animals. One of the most hopeful aspects? The new law received broad support from all of the province’s political parties. Amazing.
Winners of summer 2007
This article was originally seen in the Fall/Winter 2007 issue of Green Living Magazine. View the original article (pdf).
Green TV
No, your programs won’t look weird -- far from it. Sharp’s Aquos flat-screen TVs give great visuals, but what really matters is that they’re made with environmentally friendly technology, including both the manufacturing process and also the plant’s day-to-day operations. Plus they use 20 percent to 30 percent less energy than traditional equivalents and about 40 percent less energy than plasma TVs.
Power Voting
With an Ontario election looming, stay informed on the province’s environmental and eco-power issues by visiting www.voteforcleanenergy.ca and www.prioritiesforontario ca. Both sites are supported by highly regarded green organizations, including Greenpeace Canada, the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, the Pembina Institute, the Sierra Club and Environmental Defence. And by the way, Ontario’s coal-fired electricity-generating stations are among the biggest sources of greenhouse-gas emissions in the country. The Nanticoke coal station on Lake Erie is one of the biggest single greenhouse-gas-emitters in North America.
Bag it Up
A plastic bag takes about a thousand years to dissolve, and the average Canadian uses about 200 of them a year, which translates into almost seven million plastic bags each day in Ontario alone. But retailers are rallying. Loblaws has led the way, offering inexpensive, reusable, recyclable shopping bags made from recycled plastic bottles. And the company’s new Milton, Ont., superstore has banished all plastic bags. For its part, IKEA, which aims to reduce its plastic-bag use by 50% in the next year, will charge 5 cents for each plastic bag beginning in October. But the biggest winner may be Leaf Rapids, Manitoba. In April, it became the first municipality in Canada to ban plastic shopping bags altogether.
Green Living Kids
The Kids Zone at at the Green Living Show was festooned with gorgeous art created by Toronto school children from Grades 4 to 7 on the theme of "The Earth Today." The grand prize-winner, Dana Whitelaw, then a Grade 6 student at Hillcrest Community School, submitted a beautifully painted and imaginative umbrella -- how cool is that! We’re sure Dana, as well as the other entrants, will help green our world when they grow up.
Save our species
This spring, Ontario passed a new Endangered Species Act that was hailed as the best in Canada. The new act replaceshighly outdated, ineffective legislation from 1971 and offers new hope for more than 200 Ontario endangered plants and animals. One of the most hopeful aspects? The new law received broad support from all of the province’s political parties. Amazing.
1 Comment
posted Feb 29, 2008 - 6:57 pm by Chelsea Bell
Good job Dana Whitelaw! As an alumni of Hillcrest from over 25 years ago, I have to say it's great to see that the children have continued and enriched the tradition of environmental awareness that was present when I was a little girl at school there. I now work with my family creating environmentally friendly bedding products, and we eat organic at home for our health (and for the planet!) I attribute these life choices to having an early education in environmental awareness, just like Miss Whitelaw.
(As an aside, I think the URL is incorrect for Hillcrest; it should be: http://www.hillcrestcommunityschool.net/)
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