Going Green
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This room by room guide was assembled by the CCOC Green Team. It’s full of great tips to help you reduce waste and save electricty, heat and water in your apartment.
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There is a lot of information out there about sustainability, the environment, climate change, carbon emissions, and going green. It’s easy to get confused! Here are some websites and organizations in your community that can help you in your journey towards sustainability.
Sustainability
CBC’s One Million Acts of Green
A national campaign to show that one small act can make a big difference.
David Suzuki Foundation
A Canadian organization that uses science and education to promote solutions that will help us achieve sustainability within one generation. Call toll-free: 1-800-453-1533
Zero Footprint Ottawa
An interactive web site that lets Ottawa residents track and reduce their carbon footprint. Sign up as a member of the CCOC community and compare your footprint to other tenants’ as well as to other citizens in Ottawa.
Local Food
Ottawa Good Food Box
Monthly food boxes of local in-season produce with over twenty pick-up locations around Ottawa. Phone: 613-860-6767
Ottawa Just Food Network
The Just Food Network produces a Buy Local Guide for Ottawa and coordinates the Community Garden Network and Community Supported Agriculture program. Phone: 613-236-9300 ext. 301
Shopping
Environment Canada’s EcoLogo Program
The EcoLogo symbol lets shoppers know that the product is environmentally friendly, and that the manufacturer of the product has been audited by a third party. Call toll-free: 1-800-478-0399
National Capital Region Green Pages
An Ottawa-specific resource on making green purchases. Click on “Green Pages.” Phone: 613-446-2117 ext. 4
Skin Deep
A website that rates personal care products and cosmetics according to their danger to human health.
Toxic Nation by Environmental Defence
Environmental Defence is an organization that has a mission to protect the environment and human health. Find out more about the toxins that surround us and how you can reduce the toxins you are exposed to. Call toll-free: 1-877-399-2333
Transportation
Citizens for Safe Cycling
An Ottawa-based group that provides resources on safe cycling and bike maps. Phone: 613-722-4454
OCTranspo
Ottawa’s public transportation system. Some of their resources include an online travel planner, maps, and detailed system information for those who are new to transit. Phone: 613-741-4390
Recycles Bike Coop & Salvation Cycles
A not-for-profit, volunteer-staffed bicycle recycling shop. Open from 6pm to 9pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during the winter months, and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6pm to 10pm in the summer. 477 Bronson Ave.
VRTUCar
A car-sharing service in Ottawa. Phone: 613-798-1900
Waste Reduction
The Composting Council of Canada
Information and directions on how to get started with composting. Call toll-free: 1-877-571-4769
City of Ottawa: Recycling
Call the City at 3-1-1 or 613-580-2400 for all your recycling and Take it Back! questions.
City of Ottawa: Take it Back!
The City of Ottawa’s Take it Back! Program diverts more than 400 tonnes of waste from city landfills each year. You can take over 100 different products back to the shop that sold them, including expired medication, batteries, and used tires.
Funding for CCOC’s Go Green Initiative was provided by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment.