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What does EnerACT do?
Our projects (what we call "innovations") occur within different spheres of influence –
on a household/individual level, at a neigbourhood level, and within the non-profit
community.
Green Convergence
A unique and – typical of Eneract – pioneering project,
Green Convergence seeks to bring the community, the non-profit world
and green businesses together in one space that has been renovated
using the best of sustainable design showing the world just how
easy it is to work and play sustainably. Click here
to read more about Green Convergence.
Smart Steps,
Simple Solutions
Since 2002, Eneract’s Smart Steps, Simple Solutions program has demonstrated
remarkable success at providing simple solutions to high energy bills for the residents of
the Greater Toronto Area and, via its website – www.smartliving.ca, to people
around the world. We offer a tangible tool that allows visitors to explore their space and
to learn about the simple things they can do to reduce dependence on energy, to
understand how smart living applies to them, and to learn about what is happening across
Canada.
Click here
to visit the Smart Steps, Simple Solutions website.
The Diversity Outreach Initiative
The GTA is remarkably diverse, with more than 90 ethnic groups.
In the City of Toronto, for example, over 50% of the population is part of a visible
minority. Such a remarkable cross-section of peoples – yet educational
programming, especially environmental programming, occurs mostly in English
despite the fact that over one-third of area residents speak a language other than
English at home.
In order to capture the attention of these ethnic communities, it is necessary to
conduct outreach from within their communities – in their language (where applicable),
via community media and using representatives of their communities as “agents of
change”. Click here
to visit the smartliving.ca website for conservation information in Chinese.
The
smartliving Guide
We need to make it easier for people to access information on green alternatives
to everyday products and services. The smartliving Guide aims to do just that.
The guide is a business directory that provides listings of environmentally sound
businesses, services and products for all aspects of life. From morning until midnight
– what are the products and services that the regular citizen purchases and what are
the green alternatives? Where are the green dry-cleaners? Where can I find organic
produce?
Advertising and sponsorship opportunities are available for both
the print version and website. Visit the website for more information.
Green Pride
There are many large community festivals in Ontario, almost none of
which provide recycling facilities for festival attendees. Eneract has entered
into an ongoing agreement with Pride Toronto, hosts of one of the city’s largest
annual events, to coordinate a recycling initiative over the course of Pride
Week.
The 2004 initiative was successful in raising awareness of the availability
of recycling facilities and creating a template for the program in future years
which is expected to result in the diversion of large amounts of waste from the
landfill.
Take a look at our past successes:
Would you like to learn more?
Click here
to download a copy of our organization overview package.
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