LIVE GREEN TORONTO
The City of Toronto has a terrific website dedicated to sharing information and great and innovative ideas for living green – and friendly! Check it out here: Green Toronto There are tips for conserving energy and recycling in your home… great ideas for alternatives to traditional transportation… and ways and means for getting your community involved in “green” and healthy projects. You can ask advice from experts or share your own thoughts and tips.
You’ll also find rebates for taking simple steps, grants to apply for to turn your community ideas into reality, and awards offered for people who are doing their part – and more – to help Toronto to become part of a healthier planet.
Current deadlines:
February 27th: get your nominations in for the 2009 Green Toronto Awards. The awards honour excellence and celebrate individuals and organizations walking the walk to make Toronto a greener, cleaner and more liveable city for all of us.
If you know someone who is making a difference, nominate them now. Hurry – nominations are closing in just a few days! Click here to find at more and fill in the on-line nomination form: Green Toronto Awards
March 2nd is the deadline for applying for grants for community projects in the City of Toronto through the Live Green Toronto Program. Grantees can receive human and financial resources to undertake collective action on climate change, clean air and sustainable energy.
Click here: Live Green Grants for more information and links to the program guidelines, eligibility requirements and online applications.
The 21st Century Citizen. How do we Get Involved Today?
For the past ten years my partner at qmedia solutions and I have been doing a lot of pro bono work for a number of not-for-profits and charities. We've really enjoyed it but we wanted to do more. First we wanted to tell stories about some of the amazing people who had inspired us. And so we started with TV storytelling and on October 26th Get Involved had it's World Premiere on TVO-- Ontario's premiere public broadcaster. So far we have produced 25 profiles of amazing innovators, social entrepreneurs and activists. Take a look at our stories. Tell us what you think. Tell us about people or organizations that inspire you. During our research we sensed a growing movement growing all around us-- people realizing their skills and their expertise can be used not only to bring them financial rewards but deeper connection and meaning in their lives. And so our next step was to concieve of a website that would transform the inspiration of the television profiles and help propell people into action and Getinvolved.ca was born. Join the conversation...
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