Spring is here and Earth Day is near
The trees are budding, flowers are blooming and new grass is sprouting. With Earth Day just around the corner, this a great time to welcome a little more green into your life!
To help you start your own team for Earth Day, we’ve put together an Earth Day toolkit which gives you all the pieces you need to get people excited about joining your EcoAction Team.
And maybe all this talk of budding, blooming life will get your creativity flowing. Help us find a new name for the EcoAction Teams program by participating in our “What’s in a Name” contest. Read on to learn how you can get involved.
Yours truly,
The “team”
P.S. Check us out in our brand new Earth Day t-shirts! Make an environmental statement while lookin’ good in organic cotton. Order yours today!
Earth Day Toolkit
Happy Birthday Earth Day! 20 years in Canada and Earth Day remains a great motivator to go green. This April, use our handy toolkit to get others involved in eco-action.
Toolkit Contents
Earth Day Canada’s Top 10 Actions [658KB PDF]
Earth Day 2010 Poster [4.4MB PDF]
EcoAction Teams Brochure [4.3MB PDF]
EcoAction Calculator User guide [1.9MB PDF]
EcoAction Teams Activities Checklist [148KB PDF]
Start a Team for Earth Day 2010 [175KB PDF]
Download the Earth Day Toolkit as a single ZIP archive file [10.2MB]
New direction, new name
The EcoAction Teams program is shaking things up! We recently updated our program mission and website to reflect a new program direction:
To be the source of practical, culturally relevant and economically-viable solutions that help Canadians improve their well-being and quality of life while lessening their impact on the environment.
With a new direction, we feel a new name is in order. So we’re asking you, our supporters, What’s in a name? Submit your ideas for a new program name by April 30 and you’ll be entered to win one of three Earth Day Canada t-shirts or a copy of Thomas M. Kostigen’s The Green Blue Book.
Clean with green
Embrace the season of renewal by attacking…grime! This year, give your homes and offices a natural spring cleaning by using baking soda in a variety of ways. Read the full article for a few fresh ideas.
Featured team: Mount Allison University
Keleigh Annau (Toyota Earth Day Scholarship winner and founder of Lights Out Canada) has 85 members and growing on her EcoAction Team! How does she do it? Find out.
Partner news: Alberta Environment
I commit to…taking shorter showers? Biking to work? Using a reusable mug?
Alberta Environment’s One Simple Act program and Earth Day Canada are in the second year of a partnership. Read more.
