<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> <o:p> </o:p> <img width=446 height=122 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.gif@01C78614.F50AEBB0"><o:p></o:p> Friday April 27, 2007  Direct Energy Centre, <st1:address style="BACKGROUND-POSITION: left bottom; BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(res://ietag.dll/#34/#1001); BACKGROUND-REPEAT: repeat-x" tabIndex="0" w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">Exhibition Place</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Toronto</st1:City></st1:address><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Final Notice<o:p></o:p> <a href="http://www.weconserve.ca/summit/register.html" title="http://www.weconserve.ca/summit/register.html">http://www.weconserve.ca/summit/register.html</a> <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> There’s still time to register for this year’s conservation summit which is being held in conjunction with the Green Living Show.  We have a great agenda lined up, and this year’s summit promises to be chock full of great ideas, projects and campaigns to promote conservation.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> As usual, fine tuning on the agenda happens up to the last minute (and during the day) to make sure we all have a productive exchange of ideas.  Here’s what we have confirmed so far….<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> 9:30 a.m.          Community Conservation Initiatives Fund Announcement<o:p></o:p> Frank Klees, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Energy <o:p></o:p> 9:40 a.m.          Climate Change Solutions –  Fighting Hot Air<o:p></o:p>             Peter Love, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place>’s Chief Energy Conservation Officer<o:p></o:p>             Toby Heaps, President and Editor, Corporate Knights Magazine<o:p></o:p>             Bea Olivastri, Executive Director, Friends of the Earth<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p>             A free-ranging discussion on how we can move from talk to action on climate change..<o:p></o:p>             Background material:  <a href="http://www.weconserve.ca/climatestrategy.html" title="http://www.weconserve.ca/climatestrategy.html">A People’s Strategy on Climate Change</a>, Corporate Knights <a href="http://www.corporateknights.ca/content/page.asp?name=war_on_climate_change" title="http://www.corporateknights.ca/content/page.asp?name=war_on_climate_change">The War on Climate Change</a><o:p></o:p> 10:45 a.m.         Green Homes and Green Communities  (moderated by James Yacamoudis, Ontario Growth Secretariat)<o:p></o:p>             Jean-Marc Handfield, Vice President, Retail Operations, Citizens Bank of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place>’s green mortgage and an exciting partnership between Citizens Bank, the Conservation Council of Ontario, Green$aver, Evolution Green, and others   For information see <a href="https://www.citizensbank.ca/Personal/GreenMortgage/?id=gfo" title="https://www.citizensbank.ca/Personal/GreenMortgage/?id=gfo">https://www.citizensbank.ca/Personal/GreenMortgage/?id=gfo</a> <o:p></o:p> TBA,  <o:p></o:p> “Jane’s Walk”, a new community event (May 5) to promote awareness of the local assets and the value of an compact and complete urban village <o:p></o:p> Janet May,  Director, The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place> Smart Growth Network <o:p></o:p> Municipal Implementation Strategies for smart growth – OSGN update<o:p></o:p> 12:00 noon        Lunch and Guest Speaker <o:p></o:p> Flemming Hansen, Minister for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Energy</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Denmark</st1:country-region></st1:place><o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Tour of the Green Living Show to follow lunch<o:p></o:p> 2:00 p.m.          Use This Brand!  (moderated by Marcelo Levy, president of the Conservation Council of Ontario)<o:p></o:p> Chris Winter, Executive Director, The Conservation Council of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State></st1:place><o:p></o:p>             Scott McDougall, President, TerraChoice Environmental Marketing  (to be confirmed)<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Discussion and ideas around building a value-based social movement and green economy through social marketing and branding.  How do we translate public support for conservation into an integrated and robust transition strategy to a conserver society and a conserver economy?  How can “we conserve” become as widely used as “we recycle”, while at the same time challenging us all to make a meaningful commitment to reducing our environmental footprint.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Draft principles and guidelines for the use of “We Conserve” will be posted on <a href="http://www.weconserve.ca/" title="http://www.weconserve.ca/">www.weconserve.ca</a> prior to the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> All registrants for the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Summit</st1:City></st1:place> will receive free admission to the Green Living Show.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Thanks to the generous support of our sponsors, you can choose the registration fee that matches your budget: $125 full cost, $60 subsidized rate, or complimentary.  <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Our thanks go to the Province of <st1:State w:st="on">Ontario</st1:State> (Ministry of the Environment, Ministry of Energy, and Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal), The Beer Store, The Ontario Trillium Foundation, Citizens Bank of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Canada</st1:country-region></st1:place>, and Autoshare.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> To register, please go to <a href="http://www.weconserve.ca/summit/register.html" title="http://www.weconserve.ca/summit/register.html">http://www.weconserve.ca/summit/register.html</a> <o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>