[greenon-l] Pledge to conserve - an open letter to Ontarians

[Conservation Council of Ontario]

An open letter - Please forward to friends and colleagues. 

 

 

Lighten Up, Ontario!  

Let's Generate a Long-Term Commitment to Conservation.

www.lightenupontario.ca <http://www.lightenupontario.ca/> 

 

 

August 3, 2006

 

Dear friends,

 

On August 1st, Ontario set a new record for power consumption.  The new
level of 27,005 megawatts smashed last years record by almost 1,000
megawatts, even with the calls for emergency conservation measures.

 

We can't all perform conservation miracles overnight, or only when the
thermometer soars.  Conservation needs to be an ongoing commitment. 

 

On behalf of the Conservation Council of Ontario (a 55 year-old provincial
association of conservation groups and a registered charity), I'm asking for
your help. Please show your support for conservation as a top priority for
meeting Ontario's electricity demand by making a personal pledge to use less
electricity in your home.

 

Visit www.lightenupontario.ca <http://www.lightenupontario.ca/>  to make
your pledge.  You can also pick up a pledge booklet at your local Beer
Store, or from other participating local retailers and community groups.
Look for the distinctive posters featuring that Canadian icon of improve
comedy, Colin Mochrie.

 

This is not a quick-click campaign, but rather the first step in a
multi-year commitment to improve your habits and to make appropriate
investments in conservation products.  In return, our commitment to you is
to help you along the way with advice, with links to our local partners and
with information about products, services and incentives that will make it
easier for you to improve.  Our goal is to help make conservation easier.

 

Individually, we can shave a few dollars of our monthly electricity bills.
Together, we can reduce the need for fossil or nuclear power, to spend over
$40 billion on new plants and transmission lines, or to import expensive
power from smoggy U.S. coal-fired plants. We might even turn down the global
thermostat a notch.  

 

Please help us make Ontario a conserver society.  If you give us your
commitment to conserve, we will be able to back you up with a stronger
conservation movement.

 

With thanks,

 

Chris Winter 

Executive Director

The Conservation Council of Ontario

www.weconserve.ca <http://www.weconserve.ca/>  

 

 


 <http://www.lightenupontario.ca> www.lightenupontario.ca 

 

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