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Environmental Defence helps people avoid toxic chemicals that our bodies don’t need and that nature doesn’t want.
We educate consumers about the chemicals and heavy metals in consumer products and cosmetics. We offer free practical tools, like our shoppers’ guide. And we connect customers with companies to let them know it’s time to get these toxics out. (This includes you, too, gentlemen—your shaving cream, body wash and shampoo are all considered cosmetics.)
We’ve done our own testing to find the levels of toxins in regular people like you.
We participate in the federal government’s Chemicals Management Plan Stakeholder Advisory Council and are proud to have been involved in protecting infants from the dangers of Bisphenol A (BPA).
We’re proud of what we’ve achieved but there’s more work ahead. At Environmental Defence, we believe that just because a company doesn’t want to tell you what’s in their product that you still have a right to know.
Action alert: Go to the petition urging cosmetic companies to clean up their act.
Toxics
Environmental Defence helps people avoid toxic chemicals that our bodies don’t need and that nature doesn’t want.
We educate consumers about the chemicals and heavy metals in consumer products and cosmetics. We offer free practical tools, like our shoppers’ guide. And we connect customers with companies to let them know it’s time to get these toxics out. (This includes you, too, gentlemen—your shaving cream, body wash and shampoo are all considered cosmetics.)
We’ve done our own testing to find the levels of toxins in regular people like you.
We participate in the federal government’s Chemicals Management Plan Stakeholder Advisory Council and are proud to have been involved in protecting infants from the dangers of Bisphenol A (BPA).
We’re proud of what we’ve achieved but there’s more work ahead. At Environmental Defence, we believe that just because a company doesn’t want to tell you what’s in their product that you still have a right to know.
Action alert: Go to the petition urging cosmetic companies to clean up their act.
We are at a crossroads. At a time when Canada aspires to become a global energy superpower, the window of opportunity to prevent catastrophic global warming is rapidly closing. Our planet could lock into irreversible climate change within five years if we don’t change where we get our energy now. The road leading backward is a dead end. We cannot continue to exploit unsustainable and risky sources like oil or coal for our energy. We cannot continue unchecked expansion of the tar sands and the pipelines that serve them. And we don’t need to. There is a better way forward – a green energy future.
Environmental Defence is leading the charge in helping Canada shift to a green economy. We seek to end wasteful fossil fuel subsidies, invest in energy efficiency and smart conservation ideas, and speed up the transition to clean and safe renewable energy. All of which are already growing our economy and creating new jobs.
Energy
We are at a crossroads. At a time when Canada aspires to become a global energy superpower, the window of opportunity to prevent catastrophic global warming is rapidly closing. Our planet could lock into irreversible climate change within five years if we don’t change where we get our energy now. The road leading backward is a dead end. We cannot continue to exploit unsustainable and risky sources like oil or coal for our energy. We cannot continue unchecked expansion of the tar sands and the pipelines that serve them. And we don’t need to. There is a better way forward – a green energy future.
Environmental Defence is leading the charge in helping Canada shift to a green economy. We seek to end wasteful fossil fuel subsidies, invest in energy efficiency and smart conservation ideas, and speed up the transition to clean and safe renewable energy. All of which are already growing our economy and creating new jobs.
We all value clean, fresh water. We drink it. We swim in it and fish from it. We enjoy lazy summer weekends or vacations by its shores.
We educate people about the need for safer, cleaner water – and how we can protect the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River, which hold 20 per cent of the world’s freshwater.
How we treat our land—especially the natural spaces where forests and wetlands thrive—greatly affects the quality and cleanliness of our water.
Environmental Defence works to protect one by protecting the other. By preserving green spaces, we protect the natural filters that keep pollutants from our rivers and lakes. It also helps keep local farmland for agricultural use. That’s why we’re so proud that the world’s biggest Greenbelt wraps around Toronto, and why we educate about the dangers that sprawl-type-growth presents.
We’re also proud our work to reduce water pollution has such a visible symbol: the Blue Flag. We brought this international symbol to Canada in 2004 to designate beaches and marinas that are clean, safe to use and involve local citizens in keeping them clean. Families rely on the Blue Flag to find beaches and marinas that meet high standards.
Action alert: Sign up for updates on Great Lakes, Lake Simcoe and Greenbelt work.
Land and Water
We all value clean, fresh water. We drink it. We swim in it and fish from it. We enjoy lazy summer weekends or vacations by its shores.
We educate people about the need for safer, cleaner water – and how we can protect the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River, which hold 20 per cent of the world’s freshwater.
How we treat our land—especially the natural spaces where forests and wetlands thrive—greatly affects the quality and cleanliness of our water.
Environmental Defence works to protect one by protecting the other. By preserving green spaces, we protect the natural filters that keep pollutants from our rivers and lakes. It also helps keep local farmland for agricultural use. That’s why we’re so proud that the world’s biggest Greenbelt wraps around Toronto, and why we educate about the dangers that sprawl-type-growth presents.
We’re also proud our work to reduce water pollution has such a visible symbol: the Blue Flag. We brought this international symbol to Canada in 2004 to designate beaches and marinas that are clean, safe to use and involve local citizens in keeping them clean. Families rely on the Blue Flag to find beaches and marinas that meet high standards.
Action alert: Sign up for updates on Great Lakes, Lake Simcoe and Greenbelt work.
