This week, we had a open house to get public input on the draft recommendations of the Waste Management Master Plan Committee. The committee introduced a Waste Stewardship Convenant, a vision of zero waste, diversion targets (55% by 2011, 65% by 2016 and 70% by 2021) along with programs and policies to minimize waste generation and divert waste from [...]
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We launched another small step in the implementation of Guelph’s Community Energy Plan today.
We have joined several other municipalities in the Province, including Mississauga and York Region, to demonstrate leadership in the fight against climate change by purchasing some green power.
We are purchasing green power to run the F.M. Woods Pumping Station. The power is [...]
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One of the most discussed issues after infrastructure at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) this weekend was climate change. FCM has been supporting municipal work on climate change for many years through their partnership program and the Green Municipal Fund.
At the conference, their Environmental Issues and Sustainable Development Committee announced the launch of an [...]
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It has been an interesting experience as a newbie to the world of blogging to watch the posts that generate the most comments and traffic. The anti-idling post is the hands down winner so far.
I say this as I suspect that this post will have little drawing power (thanks for staying with me so far) yet it is of great [...]
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