David Miller to share Toronto green projects
June 20, 2008
Mayor David Miller has been asked to speak about what Torontonians are doing in the fight against climate change at two prominent gatherings of international municipal leaders. On Friday, Mayor Miller will address the third annual Mayor’s Hemispheric Forum and on Sunday, he will join President Bill Clinton and Mayors Richard Daley of Chicago and Antonio Villaraigosa of Los Angeles in a plenary session at the 76th annual U.S. Conference of Mayors.
David Miller named chair of climate change committee
June 4, 2008
In recognition of Toronto’s role as a world-leading environmental city, Mayor David Miller was today appointed chair of the influential C40 Group of major international cities committed to tackling climate change. The C40 cities have pledged to work together to share best practices and to take action in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In order to achieve this, the group entered into a partnership arrangement with the Clinton Climate Initiative in 2006 to develop programs that would that would help cities drive forward action.
Environmental group on the grow
May 2, 2008
Are you a young professional concerned about the health of our planet? Toronto’s Young Environmental Professionals (YEP) is on the hunt for new chapter leaders. If you have the drive to save the earth and the ambition to network and make environmental contacts across Toronto, you may be just what they’re looking for.
Green Toronto Award winners
April 29, 2008
Congratulations to the eleven winners of the city’s Green Toronto Awards, presented last Friday at the Green Living Show by Mayor David Miller and Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone. The Green Toronto Awards recognize individuals, organizations and companies helping to lead the way to a cleaner, greener Toronto.
Pass the salt
January 11, 2008
Laurie Varga doesn’t like road salt. Toronto uses 201 salt trucks to distribute between 130,000 and 150,000 tonnes of the stuff annually over 5100 km of roads and 8200 kim of sidewalks. We have to do something to make our winter roads safe, right? But a five-year assessment by Environment Canada determined that in sufficient concentrations, road salts pose a risk to plants, animals, birds, lakes, ecosystems and groundwater and should be considered toxic substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (EPA).
Margaret Atwood: green inventor
December 6, 2007
Acclaimed writer and poet Margaret Atwood is also an environmental pioneer. Her LongPen™ invention, comprised of a video screen and digital writing pad at one location and a video screen and automated pen at another, helps authors and other celebrities reduce their ecological footprints by allowing them to forgo air travel.
Stars go green
November 27, 2007
On Monday night we caught the first of four Stars shows at the Phoenix in Toronto, and while checking out the merch were thrilled to see the band promoting the “greening” of their tour.
