Fact Sheets

How to Make Home Energy Retrofits Go Viral

This question was asked at a community meeting hosted by Green Neighbours 21 on Nov-23-2016. Retrofitting the large number of leaky, poorly insulated older homes in city is necessary for fast..

Ahead of the Storm: Extreme Weather Resilience in the City of Toronto

Slide presentation by David MacLeod, Toronto Environment and Energy Office, City of Toronto, March 2013. Presentation includes weather projections for Toronto to 2040 and beyond, infrastructure challenges caused by climate..

Weather Sealing

Home energy efficiency – weather sealing Download fact sheet (PDF)

Keep Cool Without Heating the Planet

Cool It! Keep cool without heating the planet Download fact sheet (PDF)

Transition Towns

Transition Towns is a globe-spanning movement that provides a framework for creatively developing local resilience as a solution to climate change and energy scarcity (peak oil). The first Transition Town..

Greening Your Apartment

Your apartment There are many no- or low-cost things you can do to conserve energy and water. Here are a few ideas: Low Cost Install a low-flow showerhead and faucet..

Eating Local

Buy local food Fiesta Farms (200 Christie St., north of Bloor) (sells Local Food Plus-certified food) Greenbeltfresh.ca Greenbelt Farmers’ Online Market (a directory to find local food) Karma Food Co-operative..

Draft-Proofing Tips

You will need: Access to basement A ladder Flashlight Incense sticks A piece of paper What are you looking for? Light from the outside coming through joints in the wall…