Better Living Health and Community Services

Anyone who signed up to do at least one 'Act of Green' was invited to the BBQ to hear the announcement of the total number of Acts. Prizes were given out for Most Original Act (Doug Stephenson), Most Hilarious Act (Marilyn White), Most Impressive Act (Jean O'Bright), Most Impactful Act (Janice Ho) and the Pioneer Award - person most able to live without modern conveniences (Bernita Borgh). Thank you to everyone for your commitment to this campaign.

And what was the grand finale? Since the campaign launch on - Earth Day April 22- there were 840 Acts of Green!

Those Acts were uploaded to the One Million Acts of Green website to help us translate the Acts into an equivalent weight of greenhouse gases. Our Acts of Green will prevent 46 tonnes of CO2 being released into the atmosphere per year. What does that amount look like? The average Canadian makes a series of decisions every day that creates nearly nine tonnes of CO2 each year.

Even if you were not part of the campaign, you can still be part of the healing of this planet. And it will actually save you money. The returns on compact fluorescent light bulbs actually outperform the stock market!

Thank you to all our participants and we hope your Acts of Green have turned into Active Green Habits!

For more information, please contact:
Katherine McLeod
Manager of Administration and Special Projects
Better Living Health and Community Services
Tel: (416) 447-7244 ext. 615
E-mail: kmcleod(at)betterlivinghealth.org