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Another way to go green this St. Patrick's Day
Mar
17
2011
It's St. Patrick's Day. If you're anything like the rowdy folks strolling by my window right now, you are sporting green duds, and maybe even drinking some green suds. If you're Irish, it's a perfect day to celebrate your heritage. If you're not, ...
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It's St. Patrick's Day. If you're anything like the rowdy folks strolling by my window right now, you are sporting green duds, and maybe even drinking some green suds. If you're Irish, it's a perfect day to celebrate your heritage. If you're not, it's a perfect excuse to party.
No matter what your family tree looks like, we think this green holiday is a chance to remind you to be green. Since "green" is such an overused term (guilty), we know that can be confusing advice, so here are a few suggestions to make it easy on you:
Green your toilet. Upgrade to water-saving fixtures and appliances. Your municipality might even have rebate programs or other incentives to help you. Find out more about what you and your community can do to protect your watershed.
Green your dinner. If you live in Ontario, you should be proud to have access to the biggest greenbelt in the world, which means great greenspace, safer water, reduced sprawl, and protection of our stellar farmland. Get out and enjoy our natural playground, take a bite of a locally-grown veggie (or a sip of a locally-brewed beer?), or just enjoy the moments you are not spending sitting in traffic gridlock!
Green your energy. Thousands of farmers, community groups, churches, schools and individuals are taking advantage of Ontario's Feed in Tariff to generate clean energy for the province. You can be green power too. Check out others' stories, or find out how to get started.
Green your body. The products you use could be polluting your body and your environment. Use our Personal Care Products Shopping Guide to help you watch out for the Toxic Ten.
Green your wheels. If you're drinking green beer, you shouldn't be driving anywhere anyway, so you might as well use that as an excuse to take advantage of a lower carbon transportation option. While you're at it, take a moment to think about where all that oil comes from, and what our country is (or isn't) doing to reduce its impact.
Erin Charter
Communications Coordinator
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Mar
17
2011
does ontario really have the
lillerina says:
does ontario really have the biggest greenbelt in the world?
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