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Sustainable Okotoks "GREEN" Tools
"GREEN" Tools
Sustainability at Home Toolkit
The Natural Step and the Alberta Real Estate Foundation
The Natural Step and the Alberta Real Estate Foundation have partnered to produce Sustainability at home: A toolkit - Decision-making help for your everyday choices. "Sustainability at home is a toolkit that helps homeowners understand how to apply sustainable development concepts to everyday household decisions. The guide covers an explanation of sustainability; root causes of un-sustainability; questions to ask while making household decisions; concrete and simple suggestions for every room in your house; renovations; resources for further information and idea and more. Originally designed for Alberta, this guide will be useful for new and experienced homeowners alike." The Natural Step Download the Toolkit here: http://www.thenaturalstep.org/sites/all/files/HouseholdGuidebook_EVersion.pdf
Also check out:
The Earth Day Canada's EcoAction Team's Website!
What is the EcoAction Team?
Our mission is to be the source of practical, culturally relevant and economically-viable solutions that help Canadians improve their well-being, quality of life, and lessen their impact on the environment.
This site includes a Earth Day Toolkit and one of the best environmental footprint calculators in the Country, the EcoAction Calculator.
The EcoAction Calculator is a great on line tool to help you reduce your environmental impact.
* Savings are calculated in energy, waste, water, greenhouse gas emissions, and dollar savings |
