It’s time to turn down the heat, and turn up your sweater. On February 9, 2012 WWF is asking Canadians all across the country to unite together to put on an extra sweater and turn down the thermostats, to increase action on climate change. Help Celebrate National Sweater Day
We have been recently notified about a live and interactive half hour web-TV presentation that will be aired from Tokyo, Japan on the 20th of December (11:30 GMT). The web-TV show will be about the launch of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011-2020 and will feature two of the key figures driving the response to the planet’s loss of biodiversity answering your questions about the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity
Planet Aid is a nonprofit organization that collects clothing and shoes to help protect the environment and support sustainable economic development in many impoverished countries all around the world. They help protect the environment and preserveour natural habitat by helping to reduce the large volume of discarded textiles that entering landfills.
BambooSK8 is an ecologically-based skateboard brand and manufacturer of high quality skateboards made from sustainable bamboo from managed forests. They are social entrepreneurs who believe that giving back to their communities is as equally important as profits and passionately hope to inspire others to take actionable steps towards preserving our natural environment.
Planet People, the manufacturer of innovative and sustainable cleaning products, is proud to launch the Who cares about this Planet? Challenge, a video contest urging both individuals and groups to challenge convention and inspire environmental change. The Challenge asks for submissions of creative and innovative environmentally sustainable project ideas that can make a sustainable impact within their communities. To accept the Challenge, contestants need to create and upload a video of their idea to iQ’s Facebook page, where 10 finalists will be selected by an Advisory Committee.
Log onto a live webTV show with George Clarke who will be discussing what the Green Deal is and why it could be the most important mass home improvement programme for generations Show date: Friday 23rd September 2011 Show time: 3pm
On September 26, 2011, the MesotheliomaApplied Research Foundation will hold its eighth annual Mesothelioma AwarenessDay. First structured in 2004 by several volunteers, this group is proud to supportthis event which has grown to help raise both awareness and funding for this terminalillness.
Earlier this year Canadian politicians from the House of Commons declared that the Wednesday of every National Forest Week will be known as National Tree Day. A day that Canadians can come together to celebrate and appreciate all the benefits that trees provide to us.
This year National Tree Day will be celebrated on Wednesday, September 21, 2011.
Here is an interesting concept to our litter problems … The BigBelly Solar Compactor is a patented compacting trash receptacle that is completely self-powered. Its capacity is five times greater. Increased capacity reduces collection trips and can cut fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions by 80%. ..
The TD Friends of the Environment Foundation (TD FEF) is a national organization created by the TD Bank Financial Group to fund local projects that are dedicated to preserving & protecting the environment of our country in their own communities. The TD Friends of the Environment Foundation has provided more than 53 million dollars to help support over 19 thousand environmental projects in various communities all across Canada.
All the money that the foundation raises is spent directly into in the communities in which it was donated from. By donating to the cause, people are enabling the funding of projects all across Canada that in turn makes a difference in their own communities.
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