[getsmart-l] New Ontario climate change strategy provides everyday practical solutions

[Media Release]

Emacs!


New Ontario climate change strategy provides everyday practical solutions

Finally, a strategy that is aimed at helping people take action

(Toronto, Ontario, April 5, 2007)   Today, the 
Conservation Council of Ontario released an eight 
step consumer-oriented climate change strategy 
called We Conserve: The People's Strategy on Climate Change.

In a word, the strategy is "conserve."  In four 
words, "Be a better conserver."  And in 28 words 
and eight actions, the strategy is
"Live in an 
energy efficient home with renewable power, in a 
compact and complete community with lots of green 
spaces.  Drive less.  Buy local.  Eat local.  Waste less."

On the Council's website, www.weconserve.ca, 
people can find a page of ideas for each of these 
eight actions, with links to organizations and 
companies that make it easy to take the actions.

"There's absolutely no point in asking people to 
conserve if we can't back it up with tailored 
advice and support services, and with easy access 
to conservation products like renewable power, 
car-sharing and locally-produced food," said 
Chris Winter, Executive Director of the 
Conservation Council of Ontario and the strategy's author.

The strategy is based on the Council's work over 
the past three years to link a provincial 
conservation movement with an emerging conserver 
economy.  It also points to the need for 
provincial and federal climate change strategies 
to emphasize public incentives, support for an 
emerging conserver economy, and strengthening the 
social infrastructure for conservation.

"Any long term solution has to be based on a 
consumer-driven strategy," explained 
Winter.  "Caps and emission-trading are great, 
but people also need to see that their 
governments are backing them up in their personal efforts to conserve energy."

We Conserve is being promoted this month with 
posters in all 441 locations of The Beer Store 
across Ontario.  And for the month of April, 
donations can be made to the Conservation Council 
of Ontario through coin boxes in all The Beer Store locations.

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CONTACT:

Chris Winter, Executive Director, Conservation 
Council of Ontario, 416-533-1635 ext 1., cell: phone at 647-393-5000

The Conservation Council of Ontario is a 
provincial association of organizations and 
conservation leaders working to facilitate the 
transition to a conserver society and a conserver 
economy in Ontario.  Visit www.weconserve.ca for 
more information. (Charitable # 11887 4858 RR0001)

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