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Get Involved

Inspired to help? Don’t want your newly found love of environmental activism to go to waste? Volunteer in your area. Make sure local leaders know the environment is your number one priority. And commit to small changes that will green up your every day life.

London

  • Citizens' Coalition To Maintain The Environment: contact Jim Mahon at (519) 681-3680, 120 Tufton Place, London, Ontario
  • G.R.E.E.N. Team (Group Respecting the Earth's Environment is Non-Renewable): contact Edie Shaw at (519) 685-4292, Parkwood Hospital, 801 Commissioner’s Road East, London, Ontario
  • Tallgrass Ontario: www.tallgrassontario.org
  • Thames Region Ecological Association: www.trea.ca

Toronto

Kingston

  • Ducks Unlimited Canada – Ontario: www.ducks.ca
  • Kingston Field Naturalists: contact Nancy Bayly at (613) 374-5211, 7846 Bedford Road, RR #1, Hartington, Ontario
  • Paddle Canada Pagaie Canada: www.crca.ca
  • Ontario Public Interest Research Group – Kingston: www.opirgkingston.org

Ottawa

  • Buy Locally – Buying local 'farmers market' fruits and veggies is better than purchasing imported food that’s been hauled halfway around the world. A 40-tonne transport truck releases 5,000 kg of greenhouse gas emissions on an average food shipment. That’s almost the same as what a single Canadian produces for an entire year.
  • Bike, Walk or Take Transit – Carpooling and public transit are other options for leaving the car behind.
  • Buy Less Stuff – The less you buy, the less you throw away. It also means less shows up on the shelves at the store and less is produced in the first place. Oh but when you do go shopping, do remember to bring your own reusable bag!
  • Recycle – Tried but true. It’s so easy, just think twice before you throw anything in the bin. You can save 2,400 pounds of carbon dioxide per year by recycling half of your household waste.
  • FLICK OFF – Of course! Power down at home, at work and at school. If you aren’t using it, turn it off. And for those items that sap up energy just by being plugged in, pull that plug!