Toolkits
A New Climate for Conservation - Nature, Carbon and Climate Change in British Columbia - Full Report
This report reviews the scientific and technical literature on climate change and biodiversity in British Columbia. It examines the scientific rationale behind the need for conserving natural ecosystems as a critical component of a climate action plan in four key areas: sequestering carbon, avoiding emissions, managing resilience and maximizing stocks and flows of ecosystem services.
A Manitoba Solution for Plastic Bags
Plastic bags are now regulated as service packaging under the Packaging and Printed Paper Stewardship Regulation, passed in December 2008. The Guideline for Plastic Bags under the Regulation establishes a target to reduce the use of single use plastic bags by 50% within five years.Multi-Material Stewardship Manitoba (MMSM) will launch a new industry program to manage packaging and printed paper, including plastic bags in spring 2010.
Your Personal Carbon Calculator
Zeroghg.com has a simple and easy-to-use calculator. Click here"Buy American" bogeyman: Instead of fretting about US purchasing policies, we should focus on stimulating Canada's economy
Who knew? It turns out the biggest threat to the Canadian economy and jobs is not collapsed global financial institutions, weak markets, lack of innovation or declining infrastructure. No - apparently the clear and present danger Canada suddenly faces is "Buy American."Local Government Operations GHG Protocol
In 2008, a consortium of environmental organizations collaborated to develop the Local Government Operations (LGO) Protocol, a program-neutral greenhouse gas (GHG) protocol that is designed to allow local governments to quantify and report GHG emissions resulting from their operations. Contributors to the Protocol included the California Climate Action Registry (CCAR), the California Air Resources Board
Population Health: the New Agenda
What determines your health? Genetics? Doctors? Drugs? But what about the neighborhood you live in? Your job? The amount of money you earn? These are called the social determinants of health, and they can expose more than you think.
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Carbon Footprint Calculator for Canadians
Calculator can be found here.
Carbon footprint calculations are typically based on annual emissions from the previous 12 months. The calculations for primary emissions are based on conversion factors sourced from:
Global Action Plan: Community Lifestyles Campaign
The Global Action Plan (GAP) Community Lifestyles Campaign is targeted at households. A group of friends or neighbors get together eight times over 4 months. At each of these meetings they work through a chapter of the straightforward Household Ecoteam Handbook. Chapters cover such topics as energy efficiency, transportation, water conservation and waste reduction. Each chapter includes a variety of actions that households can take to reduce their environmental impact.The BC Climate Action Toolkit
A climate action resource for local government by local government
in collaboration with UBCM and the Province of BC.
