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Children who ride in diesel school buses are exposed to polluted air, which can raise the risk of developing cancer and asthma and can lead to learning difficulties and memory disorders. Even over a short period, this exposure can severely affect brain function.🧠 In Canada, vehicles are the primary cause of air pollution, which causes 15,300 deaths a year. 🚗 💨 Read more in our report, Pathways for Canadian #ElectricSchoolBus Adoption https://buff.ly/3NMYnnT Alt text: Decorative image with two circles and a heading: "Debunking Electric School Bus Myths." The first circle says: "Myth #1," and the second one says, "We've always had diesel school buses, and they haven't harmed the thousands of children who ride them." The circles overlap with a school bus graphic next to them. The logos for CESBA, Green Communities Canada, and @Equiterre are at the bottom of the image.

The Transportation Research Team at McGill University (TRAM) have launched the Canadian Mobility Survey, a cross-Canadian study which seeks to understand how Canadians experience transport in their regions and their public-transit needs. The survey is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada SSHRC-CRSH. Complete this survey to help the research team collect data and feedback from the Calgary region. You also enter a draw to win one of 50 prizes. Survey: http://mobility-canada.ca/ The deadline to complete this survey is October 31st.

Could electric cargo bikes transform the way we get around #Ottawa? We think so! Read our op-ed in today’s Ottawa Citizen written with our friends at Vélo Canada Bikes and find out the ways electric bikes could change the way we live our city. Cassie Smith is EnviroCentre’s Stratetic Lead on Transportation ⚡️🚲🚌 https://lnkd.in/gwcwTrua

A reminder that the expression of interest for the BC School Streets Initiative is still open❗✨ Apply now at the link 👉 https://buff.ly/4da9pxG Alt Text: A decorative image with school-themed icons and the text: "Reminder: Applications for B.C. School Streets are due soon!"

💭 Picture transformative transportation tech. You might think of self-driving cars or personal hovercraft. 💡 It may be e-cargo bikes that make the biggest transformation in transportation this decade and beyond. Check out our op ed in today's Ottawa Citizen with EnviroCentre's Cassie Smith ⬇️

Today is #WorldFoodDay! To celebrate, we would like to highlight two great organizations that we were proud to support this year through our #LivingCitiesCanada Fund. Both are instrumental in their communities, supporting access to healthy, affordable, and locally grown food. 🥬🍠 🍂 Hope Blooms, in Halifax NS, is a social enterprise and non profit offering educational programming for youth in gardening and culinary arts and a weekly farmers’ market, which offers a diversity of locally grown foods. Just last month, GCC and Hope Blooms teamed up to support a community tree planting event in honour of National Tree Day! 🌳 🍂 The BE Initiative (Black Environmental Initiative) is a nonprofit which focuses on educating the black community on issues of environmentalism and food justice. This year BEI ran weekly workshops from June to September for black youth, supporting them to connect with urban agriculture. These workshops covered everything from planting, to composting, food preservation, and more! 🌿 Growing food in urban spaces has so many positive impacts, empowering people to take part in their local food system, sparking meaningful connections to nature, and providing vital access to nutritious foods for all. 🫑🌽

Registered yet? Durham Greener Homes Heat Pump Workshop🏡 In-person👉 https://lnkd.in/gfMyXiPf Virtual👉 https://lnkd.in/gcv_FBF8 Exploring the advantages of heat pumps! Is it the right fit for your home? The second in the series is happening in Scugog! 📅 October 29, 2024 🕒 6 to 7:15 p.m. 📍 Location: Scugog Library, 231 Water St, Port Perry, ON. 🧍♂️Speaker: Kasper Gruszczynski, Energy Advisor, Windfall Centre Register for FREE The call for more effective ways to reduce our carbon emissions in Canada and continuously involve homeowners in the race to mitigate the impacts of climate change has drawn a lot of attention to practical home energy retrofit technologies like heat pumps. Heat pumps are fast becoming a must-have for energy-conscious homeowners, offering versatile, climate-friendly heating and cooling solutions. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn how you can make your home more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly with heat pumps at the workshop hosted by Durham Region (The Regional Municipality of Durham) in partnership with Windfall Ecology Centre. The second in the series is in collaboration with the Corporation of the Township of Scugog #DurhamGreenerHomes #HeatPumpWorkshop #HomeEnergy #EnergyEfficiency

Happening this Saturday, October 19 in Cambridge, ON!

The Transportation Research Team at McGill University (TRAM) have launched the Canadian Mobility Survey, a cross-Canadian study which seeks to understand how Canadians experience transport in their regions and their public-transit needs. The survey is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada SSHRC-CRSH. Complete this survey to help the research team collect data and feedback from the Calgary region. You also enter a draw to win one of 50 prizes. Survey: http://mobility-canada.ca/ The deadline to complete this survey is October 31st.

🌳 Check out the City of Hamilton’s new 300-square-metre #MiniForest at Johnson Tew Arboretum! Volunteers planted 900+ native plants of 38 species! This vibrant project supports the city's goal of 40% canopy cover by 2050 🌿🌱 #UrbanForestry https://buff.ly/3Y9tgr1 Photo by CanGeo Alt text: A group of people standing at the planting site with shovels. There is a mini forest signboard in the center of the group.