Foodstpck poster
Posted on October 11, 2011Publication Date:
October 11, 2011
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At Sierra Club Ontario, our work mainly focuses on protecting the Great Lakes ecosystem, increasing awareness about air pollution, and promoting Green Energy adoption in Ontario. Sierra Club Ontario also works on very local issues, in coordination with smaller communities in Ontario.
Planet in focus image
Posted on October 11, 2011Publication Date:
October 11, 2011
Thank you card to Mary Muter
Posted on October 11, 2011Publication Date:
October 11, 2011
Brampton tree plan
Posted on October 5, 2011Publication Date:
October 6, 2011
Sierra Club Deputation DRCW final Sept6
Posted on September 7, 2011Publication Date:
September 7, 2011
Letter from Prof Ostrom to IUGLS2
Posted on August 19, 2011Publication Date:
August 19, 2011
Prof Ostrom Bio
Publication Date:
July 29, 2011
Action H2O Forum - results report
On May 26th2011, Sierra Club Ontario hosted the Action H2O Forum, a day long workshop to discuss water policy, public outreach and communications, and collaborative action. The Forum was attended by over 25 representatives of environmental non-government organizations (ENGOs) that are actively working on Great Lakes and water-related issues in Ontario.
Middle Great Lakes losing 200 tons of water per second
Great Lakes Symposium - Schiefer presentation
Publication Date:
April 8, 2011
Karl Schiefer, a consulting Aquatic Biologist, gave this presentation "Great Lakes Ecosystems: Do We Value Them?" at our Port Huron event. Schiefer gives a brief history of human uses and impacts on the Great Lakes with a focus on Huron/Georgian Bay. Schiefer says our European value system (an anthorpocentric world-view with an emphasis on advanced technology) dominates our management of the Great Lakes. This has a huge impact on the environment as compared to the First Nations that coexisted with the resource for millenium without depleting it.
Great Lakes Symposium - Gauthier presentation
Publication Date:
April 8, 2011
Recently retired as a Program Director for the Great Lakes Commission after 8 years of service, Roger Gauthier gave this terrific presentation at our Great Lakes Symposium (April 8, 2011 in Port Huron, Michigan). The title of the presentation is: Great Lakes Levels and Flows.
Great Lakes symposium on water levels: April 8th
Is there impending disaster for GL nearshore ecosystems? What are the impacts of sustained low waterlevels? Join subject matter experts, concerned citizens and the Sierra Club for this discussion April 8th in Port Huron, Michigan.
Register by emailing kristinaj@sierraclub.ca or calling 647-346-8744. There is a $50 registration fee to defray costs. You may pay by check, cash or credit card ahead or at the event. Please RSVP so we know you are coming!
Click on the pdf below to see the agenda. We hope to see you there!
Submission to the Darlington New Nuclear Power Plant Project Joint Review Panel
Posted on February 23, 2011Publication Date:
February 22, 2011
There is no justification to accept either the expense or the risks of nuclear technology. All it takes is the courage to stand up to the nuclear lobby. Sierra Club Canada along with thousands of Ontarians is not convinced there is any justification for accepting the risks to health, the environment or the economy presented by the proposal to build additional nuclear reactors.
Lake Simcoe sprawl plan a.k.a Proposed Amd. 1 for Greater Golden Horseshoe
Publication Date:
January 31, 2011
The “Proposed Amendment 1 to the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe” is a plan for more sprawl development in the Lake Simcoe watershed. See SCO's letter submitted against the approval to the Ontario Gorwth Secretariat, Jan 31st.
Citizens simply will not buy the province’s line that this plan represents responsible growth. We know sprawl when we see it. We know this proposal will exacerbate highway congestion, strain water supplies, pollute surface and ground water, and encourage leapfrog development.
Economics show -- demand does not support new DRIC bridge
Posted on January 19, 2011Publication Date:
January 19, 2011
Sierra Club Ontario released an Econometric Research Limited study that concludes that there is no need for a new Windsor-Detroit bridge. Econometric Research determined that projections for increased cross-border traffic are erroneous, defy common sense are in deep denial of the fact that cross-border traffic has been down since 1999, two years before 9/11.
Click title above to go to attachments page & download the Econometric's report.
Sanctuary newsletter - fall 2009
Guelph growth: SCO says, 'Don't sacrifice the environment!', The Money Tree: Home Renovation Tax Credit opportunities, welcome John Bennett as new SCC Director, sustainable cities are different than sustaining wildlands, positive Northern ON agricultural trends - a report from Thunder Bay, Dumpsite 41 blockade a success, and more...
Sanctuary newsletter - summer 2010
Deepwater Horizon/ tar sands and the need to clean up our act, children need wild time, York Energy Centre in King Township defies democracy, The G20 = lost opportunities for climate work, and more...
Sanctuary - spring 2010
Diversity Program will strengthen the Green Movement and SCO, road tolls - the best option for transit expansion, water issues are a focal point for Greening Nipissing, and more...
Sanctuary newsletter - winter 2010
Publication Date:
January 30, 2010
Priorities for preservation in Peel, Pedal for the Planet pushes for policy not climate change, international policy & cooperation needed to combat global climate change, TO City election evaluations, and more...
Sanctuary newsletter - summer 2009
Publication Date:
August 30, 2009
No Going Home: victim of toxic contamination in Cambridge ON describes the effect on her life, ON building codes need updating for sustainable materials, protecting the Rouge via National Park status, can Sierra help Canada become the next green "economic tiger"?, ON takes a nuclear time-out, and more...