<html> <body> Dear friends: A draft of our first Progresss Report for We Conserve is now online at <a href="http://www.greenontario.org/cco/progress1.pdf" eudora="autourl"> http://www.greenontario.org/cco/progress1.pdf</a>. The report reviews our amazing progress to date (just four months after launching our consultation).  More importantly, it sets out an agenda for an aggressive five year campaign to maximize the potential for conservation in Ontario.  It covers many issues  -- including energy conservation and renewable power, smart growth, local and organic food, shifting to a conserver economy. There are two items which stand out in our progress to date:  the emergence of new collaborative projects involving several like-minded organizations with different skill sets, and the ability of the Doors Closed campaign to bring together 27 organizations (including four municipalities and two chambers of commerce) to promote a common conservation message. This movement has legs!  Let's get it up and running ... Our agenda is ambitious, but achievable if we work together.  It includes: 1.  A common conservation pledge, followed up with an action plan to go from simple steps to integrated commitment over a five year period 2.  More collaborations to address conservation priorities 3.  A $5 million annual fund to support the conservation movement 4.  Integrated public engagement campaigns to promote conservation and connect people with solutions 5.  Supporting a measurable shift to a conserver economy (everything from housing, transportation, food, consumer goods, natural resources, tourism, and financial investments) I welcome your comments and PLEASE,  if you can make it to our meeting next Tuesday (from 12 - 4 pm at the Holiday Inn on King), register before Friday at 3pm (we have to give the hotel catering numbers then).  Go to <a href="http://www.greenontario.org/cco/agm2005.html" eudora="autourl"> www.greenontario.org/cco/agm2005.html</a> for details. With thanks, Chris Winter Executive Director <x-sigsep></x-sigsep> Stand Up for Conservation November 15, 2005 <a href="http://www.greenontario.org/cco/agm2005.html" eudora="autourl"> www.greenontario.org/cco/agm2005.html</a> </body> </html>