[greenon-l] The Ontario Friends of Conservation (broken link fixed - with apologies)

Fri Dec 18 15:52:44 EST 2009

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

Join the migration to a conserver society

Friday, December 18, 2009

Dear friends,

This is a people-raiser.  

I'm asking you to become one of Ontario's Friends of Conservation. We need
an army of people who are conservers in their own lives, who believe that
Ontario needs to make the transition to a conserver socety, and who will
lend their names to our cause. 

You can join with a small donation ($10 minimum) to the Conservation Council
of Ontario. You will help us develop a united conservation movement across
Ontario, and press for stronger legislation and incentives to help all
Ontarians become better conservers.

We will publish our 2010 Friends on our website, www.weconserve.ca
<http://www.weconserve.ca/> .  Please lend your name (personal or business)
to the cause of a united conservation movement.

It's that simple.  Click here <http://www.weconserve.ca/donate.html>  to
join, or read on if you need more convincing.

Climate Change Leadership

With the world is focused on Copenhagen, it is sad to see Canada image so
tarnished through poor leadership.  Our federal government has failed to
take a meaningful stand on climate change, and the world has noticed. It is
doubly sad in that many of Canada's leadership is lost on the world stage. 

  Ontario has a climate strategy
<http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/en/air/climatechange/index.php>  and has shown
tremendous leadership with the Green Energy Act and the coal phaseout.
Sure, they are still falling short of their targets, as Environmental
Commissioner Gord <http://www.eco.on.ca/eng/>  Miller pointed out in his
review of the Province's annual report, but they are on the right track. 

  The Greening Greater Toronto <http://www.greeninggreatertoronto.ca/>  Task
Force is promoting voluntary leadership by business, municipalities and
groups across the Greater Toronto region.  They've just launched the
greening Canada Fund, the first-ever voluntary carbon emissions reduction
fund aimed exclusively at large Canadian corporations.

*  Ontario's municipalities are tackling climate change, often as part of an
integrated commitment to energy conservation and healthier, green
communities.  Toronto's Mayor David
<http://www.toronto.ca/livegreen/mayor_summit.html>  Miller heads the C40
Cities Climate Leadership Group and is in Copenhagen promoting the role of
cities as climate leaders. 

*  We Conserve <http://www.weconserve.ca/>  is a provincial level campaign
to support a united movement involving individuals, groups, municipalities
and businesses.  It is the first high-level integrated voluntary transition
strategy in Canada, and possibly the world
<http://www.weconserve.ca/replicate2.html> .

We are all Climate Leaders

Frankly, our future is too important to entrust to our politicians.  We need
to take action ourselves, now. 

So many of us are making a personal or professional migration of our own to
a more sustainable lifestyle or business model.  

If we did it together, I know we could get there faster, and more
efficiently.   

Hence the picture of Canada Geese at the top.  

Building the New Movement

We've created We Conserve <wttp://www.weconserve.ca>  as a space where every
one of us, as individuals, groups, businesses and municipalities can make
their personal environmental commitment part of a growing social and
economic movement.

But more that just creating a website, we are developing innovative programs
to help connect and promote our common commitment to taking action now!

*  We've developed a GreenLeaders <http://www.weconserve.ca/leaders.html>
rating program: a simple and common way for organizations and businesses to
demonstrate their commitment to the environment.

*  Our ECOscore Challenge <http://www.weconserve.ca/individuals.html>  is a
simple way for individuals to rate their level of commitment in each of the
top ten priority actions.  What's more, we are arranging for affordable,
eco-friendly printing of the challenge cards with your personalized message
on the front.  

*  Through our Community Networks
<http://www.weconserve.ca/communitynetwork.html>  program, we are already
helping Live Green Toronto, the City of Oshawa, and the Town of Oakville to
develop community-based networks and action plans.

*  We will launch WeConserveTV <http://www.weconserve.ca/weconservetv.html>
in 2010:  an on-line video forum that allows you to share your Conserver
story with people all across the province. 

*  We're creating a Great Green Directory
<http://www.weconserve.ca/directories.html> :  everything you
need....products, services, programs, incentives and resources...local,
provincial, and national... all in one easy to search directory. 

The bottom line is, we think like a movement.  

We embrace complexity and we promote simple solutions that connect our
efforts together as part of a broad social movement.

2010 will be a critical year for us.  

You can see we have an aggressive agenda for organizing and supporting
conservation across Ontario.

We need your support - as a Friend of Conservation!

Become a Friend of Conservation

We need some friends, lots of them: people and businesses who have made a
personal commitment to be conservers and green leaders, and who support our
mission to transform Ontario into a conserver society -- by choice, not by
crisis.

Whether you've followed our work for years, or are new to the conservation
movement, now is the time for you to step forward. Now is the time to help
put Ontario on the right path!

*  Click here to join <http://www.weconserve.ca/donate.html>  -- even if
only $10.  No amount is too small, but your name on our list of friends is
vital.  We will post the names of all the 2010 Friends of Conservation on
the We Conserve website starting in January.  

Why so little? Two reasons.  Sure, we need the funding, but two other things
are more important right now.  First, your name on our list of friends means
the world to us.  Second, we believe the greatest change will come from
individuals who invest in conservation in their own lives.  Give what you
can, but be sure to make a personal commitment to your own conserver budget.
<http://www.weconserve.ca/onepercent.html>  

I thank you all for your support, and most importantly for your ongoing
dedication to our common future.

Sincerely

Chris Winter
Executive Director
The Conservation Council of Ontario 

To subscribe or unsubscribe from this newsletter, enter your e-mail address
in the box and check the appropriate box at www.weconserve.ca
<http://www.weconserve.ca/> . 

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