Help Yourself to Our Free Online Campaign Resources!

Welcome to the Idle-Free Zone, Canada's first Web site dedicated to helping Canadians stop unnecessary engine idling in their communities. This Web site offers ready-made information and graphic materials to help municipalities, school boards, businesses and others implement idling campaigns.

Build Your Own Anti-Idling Campaign

These resources were developed by Natural Resources Canada and/or provided by Canadian communities from their own campaigns. All materials have been proven effective by municipalities across Canada - and we've assembled them here, for your use, free of charge.

• Ready-to-use graphic materials
• Dialogues for intervention
• Sample Letters
• Reports/research
• Personal 5-Step Action Plan
• Links
• The CO₂ Calculator
• Video

What Communities Are Doing

Learn how communities and businesses across the country are taking action to reduce unnecessary vehicle idling, one project at a time, one community at a time.

Select a community on the map below to learn about innovative approaches to one of the biggest challenges facing the transportation sector today - vehicle idling.

Launch your own idling campaign - it's easy! We've provided all the tools and information you need to get started - and to make sure your community shows up on Canada's "map with a message."

Can we add your community to the map? If your community has implemented an idling campaign but is not shown on the map, tell us your story today. You deserve the recognition - and you will be helping other Canadian communities by sharing your knowledge and experience. We also welcome new resources that can be added to our campaign resources.