Environmental Action

You can reduce your impact on the environment in a variety of ways by choosing eco-friendly products; saving energy at home, work and school; composting and recycling. This section also covers human health issues, education, youth, and volunteer programs. The articles below provide important lifestyle choices in order to help you maintain a healthy environment.

Consumers   We Wish You an Eco-Holiday   Will Canada Lead the new Industrial Revolution?   Revitalizing Environmental Assessment in Canada   Mounting concerns over electronic waste   Ecological Fiscal Reform   EcoLogo - the Environmental Seal of Approval   Save Money and Energy by Choosing: Energy Star   Ecotourism: the Way to Travel   Clean Electricity Choices for Consumers   Green Camping and RVs   Composting Starts in Your Own Backyard   What To Do With Your Old Computer  Communities & Volunteers   Taking Action for the Environment – Canadian Environment Week, June 4-10 / Clean Air Day, June 7   Habitat JAM, December 1 - 3, 2005   Lichens Used to Measure Air Quality   Gear up for Environment Week!   Interested in Volunteering?   Winter is for the Birds!   Taking Action for Our Environment   The Real Value of Community-Based Monitoring   Be a Scientist in Your Own Backyard   Shaping a Sustainable Future   Tracking the Green Wave of Spring   Ice Watch – a Great Canadian Tradition   Canadian Environment Week - Acting Today for Tomorrow   Listening To Our Frogs   Keep Your Bird Feeders Clean

Education & Youth   Envirothon attracts Students from across North America   First Class Citizens   Your Career at Environment Canada Starts Here   Students Journey to Antarctica   Teaching Sustainable Living   Canada's Youth Active in the Environment  Funding   Helping Communities Create a Healthy Environment  Health   Getting Active on Your Daily Commute   West Nile Virus - What You Should Know   Invasive Species Threatening Supplies of Essential Fatty Acids   Active Transportation Drives Healthy Body, Healthy Environment   Canada Phases Out CFC Inhalers   Working With CCA-Treated Wood   Children's Environmental Health

 Questions about environmental action

  Can I plant a tree in fall? How do I prepare the young trees in my yard for winter?

  How do I find out about recycling in my city?

  Are there any subsidies or rebates for a household that installs solar panels?

  How do various light bulbs compare for energy efficiency?

  Why should people recycle?

  What are the environmental benefits to using cloth versus disposable diapers? What types of cloth diapers are available?

  Are electric solar panels an efficient and cost saving alternative for household use?

  I would like some information on lawn care products.

  What does the recycling symbol stand for and what do the numbers inside the triangle represent?

  How do I buy good quality compact fluorescent light bulbs? Does turning them on and off every time one leaves the room shorten the life of the bulb?

  Is pressure-treated wood a good choice for fencing?

  What can be used to seal or paint a pressure-treated wooden play structure to make it safe?

  What do you do with old computers and the parts that are obsolete or just a few years old but lack the latest capabilities?

  Are plans available for building your own compost bin?

  What to do with your old appliances?

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