CoolCaledon -- Public Awareness



	Upcoming Events November 13, 2004 COOL Caledon Energy Show Brampton Fairgrounds, Junior Farmers Hall 12942 Heart Lake Rd., Caledon Learn about renewable energy and the latest ideas for saving money on your next energy bill. Electricity Doctor Seminars Watch for notices at your local Caledon Library for more information. Technology Tour and Trade Show Conservation and Renewable Energy Sources can help reduce our 'Ecological Footprint' Canada has world’s third-largest ecological footprint OTTAWA, Sept. 29 – Canada has the world’s third-largest “ecological footprint,” and if everyone in the world consumed at the Canadian rate, it would take four more Earths to support them. That’s one of the findings of “Ecological Footprints of Canadian Municipalities and Regions,” a report prepared for the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) by economist Mark Anielski and Jeff Wilson of Anielski Management Inc., released today and available on FCM’s website at www.fcm.ca. FCM president Ann MacLean, Mayor of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, said the ecological footprint is a useful for tool for Canadians to assess their impact on the environment and find ways to reduce it. “This report is a wake-up call to Canadians. FCM’s member municipalities, particularly those in our Quality of Life Reporting System, are committed to developing tools to help municipal governments preserve and improve the quality of life in their communities. The ecological footprint is one such tool. Communities and individuals can use this report as a guide to making the changes needed to reduce our impact on the planet while improving our quality of life.” An ecological footprint measures the impact each person or group makes on the environment. The footprint is the biologically productive area needed to produce all the products a person or group consumes and to absorb all their waste. The report finds that it takes 7.25 hectares of land and sea throughout the world to support each Canadian. However, the Earth has only 1.9 hectares of productive land and sea available to meet the needs of each person. By this measure, Canadians consume almost four times the Earth’s capacity. In comparison, the United States has the world’s second largest ecological footprint at 9.7 hectares per person. France, with a population twice the size of Canada’s, has the 14th largest footprint at 5.26. COOL Caledon - A Local Demand Side Management Program Success Story. This article was created for publication at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario Conference in Ottawa in August 2004. Click here (PDF) to read about COOL Caledon, it's Electricity Doctor Program in action and a showcase of a local success story. COUNTRY ROADS – by Kay MacDuffie, 18 July 2004 edition of the Caledon Enterprise. Click here to read article (PDF). Click on the titles below to read more. Return to this list at any time by clicking BACK TO TOP. • News Items • Article of the Month • Press Releases • Brochures and Awareness collateral • Your Views News Items EnergyStar Ontario PST Rebate Extended to July 31 www.energystar.gc.ca to learn more about EnergyStar appliances, electronics, heating and cooling systems, and commercial-industrial equipment COOL Caledon has joined the federal One Tonne Challenge program www.climatechange.gc.ca/onetonne/english Article of the Month 6 Easy Ways to Lose a Tonne (of Air Pollution) Click here more interesting articles BACK TO TOP Press Releases • COOL Caledon launches website • Electricity Doctor ‘do-it-yourself’ Kit BACK TO TOP Brochures • COOL Caledon Helpful Hints & Contacts page BACK TO TOP Your Views • Ideas to save energy • Anecdotes about your own experiences with reducing energy consumption • Suggestions for future articles of the months, or tips of the week • Comments about this website BACK TO TOP