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Mayor David Miller and Ron Dembo, Founder and CEO of Zerofootprint, officially unveiled a new community-based weapon in the ongoing battle against climate change.

“It is up to all of us to do our part to minimize the impact of our day-to-day activities,” the Mayor said. “Each of us can make a difference as we work together to make Toronto the greenest, most livable city in North America.”

Zerofootprint Toronto (www.toronto.zerofootprint.net) is an Internet portal that lets residents, businesses, neighbourhood and community groups measure, track and reduce their carbon footprint. For the innovative venture, the City is partnering with Canadian-based Zerofootprint.net.

The software, pioneered in Toronto, provides information and services that help residents take action to combat global warming. Zerofootprint Toronto combines a carbon footprint calculator with an interactive web site designed to encourage partnerships and competition towards reaching Toronto greenhouse gas reduction goals.

When Mayor Miller announced Toronto’s partnership with Zerofootprint at the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit New York in May 2007, he challenged other world leaders to join the new web-based initiative.To date Seattle and Boulder, Colorado have come on board and other cities are gearing up to join.

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