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The City of Toronto is helping Torontonians get green with a new website that calculates their individual carbon footprint and offers tips on how to minimize their impact on the environment.

Toronto.zerofootprint.net features an online carbon footprint calculator that allows people to tally how many tonnes of carbon dioxide they produce as a result of their day-to-day

The Cape Bretton Post: Erin Pottie

Most parents get upset when kids leave garbage in their vehicle, but for the MacNeils, who live in this Richmond County community, waste in the family van is a sign of their seven-year-old son's compassion.
"He's the kind of kid who gets really upset with litter. My van ends up full of garbage because if he's out somewhere he always picks up

Toronto, May 21, 2008 - The Canadian Environment Awards today announced the short list of finalists who will be honoured during its annual celebration of environmental achievement. Inspired by the community-action objectives of Canadian Environment Week, which takes place this year from June 1 to 7, the Canadian Environment Awards program is a national bilingual celebration that

First 30 Days: Expert Interviews

Mathematician Ron Dembo is applying his knowledge of science and engineering to one of the greatest missions of our time-creating a greener world. He is the founder and CEO of Zerofootprint.net, a not-for-profit organization that helps people measure their environmental impact in order to guide them in reducing their overall footprint. Dembo has taught

Ottawa Business Journal: Peter Kovessy

The first Rideau Canal Festival is scheduled for this August, incorporating the Rideau Canal Flotilla and Colonel By Day festivities. But veteran Ottawa festival organizer Michel Gauthier is poised to pioneer another first in the nation’s capital, when he hosts what’s believed to become Ottawa’s first carbon-neutral festival.

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Guelph Tribune

The University of Guelph has unveiled an online tool that will let people measure their ecological footprint and reduce their collective impact on the environment.

The web-based “Zerofootprint” calculator, launched Friday, allows people to estimate and analyze the impact of daily activities such as car travel and electricity use on the environment.

It not only

7-10 May, 2008, Exhibition Place

Toronto, Canada 06 May, 2008: The Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative (TREC) is launching a unique and exciting new festival on May 7-10 at Exhibition Place to showcase renewable energy technologies and energy conservation using a fun, interactive approach that will appeal to people of all ages. The Kids' World of Energy Festival will take place over

The Globe and Mail: Eric Reguly

Societe Generale SA struggled yesterday to defend its stated assertion that Jerome Kerviel, the young trader the French banking giant accuses of massive fraud, acted entirely undetected for almost a year as his trading positions climbed to tens of billions of euros.

French investigators said Eurex, the European futures and options exchange,

BlogJunkies

The City of Toronto and Zerofooprint have 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,” Mayor David Miller said yesterday at the launch.

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Metro

A website unveiled in Toronto Tuesday (toronto.zerofootprint.net) allows people to calculate their carbon footprint and see how they and others are doing in the battle to slash greenhouse gas emissions.

"You can click on your neighbourhood and compare yourself with other people in the area," said Deborah Kaplan, executive director of zerofootprint.

Kaplan said a