Environment Canada and Health Canada have led the development of a health-based air quality index, known as the Air Quality Health Index. Toronto Public Health has designed an electronic Toolkit for use in education and promotion. The toolkit is available at http://www.halton.ca/aqhi.
The Canadian Co-operative Association’s Sustainability Toolkit serves as an on-line resource providing guidance and assistance to co-ops and credit unions on how they can embed environmental sustainability strategy development, measurement, monitoring, and reporting within their organization. Visit www.coopscanada.coop for access these resources.
Ontario Trillium Foundation Grants and Deadline information can be found here. Grant application deadlines are March 1, July 1, and November 1. Grant applications can now be made online.
The Metcalf Foundation has released a new series of reports that together present a new vision for how we think about, produce, and consume food. The reports offer a range of strategies to promote local economic development and improve access to healthy and abundant locally-produced food. Visit www.metcalffoundation.com. The Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association has [...]
The Halton Region Health Department has released two discussion papers and two 1-minute videos that may be of interest to you. "Creating Walkable and Transit-Supportive Communities in Halton" (MO-09-09 and Attachment). This discussion paper identifies the parameters or criteria that could/should be captured in the long-term land use planning process to encourage walkable and transit [...]
