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Sustainable Communities Toolkit

Bring smart growth home with the Canada Green Building Council’s Sustainable Communities Toolkit. 
Originally developed in 2006 with support from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities as the Green Building Toolkit, this updated resource reflects the evolution from green buildings … to green communities. 
The aim is to equip owners of public sector buildings with the information they need [...]

Village of Gold River Creates YouTube Video in Bid for Energy-From-Waste Plant

Residents of the Vancouver Island community of Gold River have put their overwhelming support for a proposed energy-from-waste facility into a video on YouTube. 

The video, along with a Letter of Support signed by 318 village residents over a three-day period last week, requests that the Board of Metro Vancouver and BC’s Minister of Environment, Barry [...]

Energy Efficient Rural Homes for Cold Climates

In Alaska, two prototype homes are being tested that are supposed to reduce energy bills as well as cost less to construct, reports Kyle Hopkins of the Anchorage Daily News.
One prototype is octagonal.  With no hallways, this home is easier to heat, using as little as 150 gallons of oil a year.  Existing homes can use up [...]

Green Streets Program Funding Open!

TD Friends of the Environment Foundation has just announced a new partnership with Tree Canada that includes title sponsorship of its Green Streets program over the next three years.
“Green Streets is the only national tree program that works with communities, and it fits perfectly with our goal to preserve and enhance the environment at a grassroots level,” [...]

Wind Turbines Not a Health Risk

Whew.  And here I was lying awake at night thinking about those giant, wicked wind turbines … evilly whirring away, plotting humanity’s downfall.
But seriously, though, an international panel of health experts has released a report based on a review of a large body of scientific literature on sound and health effects, and specifically with regard to sound [...]

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