Environment Winners
Green Change ProjectWinner – EnvironmentThe Green Change Project is just one of many programs run out of the Jane Finch Community and Family Centre. Under the program, a one-year initiative, the local resource centre helps green its neighbourhood by promoting environmentalism and providing green-job training. Through the project, 60 community volunteers were trained to perform environmental audits for neighbourhood residents. Thanks to these efforts, carbon emissions were reduced by 2,000 tonnes. Among the sessions offered to the community included those in energy conservation, waste management, social justice and a green economy. The community at large benefits from these efforts as its citizens are directly involved in local environmental solutions. By changing the conventional way people approach environmental matters, citizens have become better educated on environmental matters, and are now actively exploring ways to tackle other pertinent concerns in their community, such as poverty, through this method. |