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Greening Sacred Spaces is now available for Faith Organizations in Wellington and Dufferin Counties ( Aug 2009) Help your faith community create an environmentally-friendly place of worship, and educate members of your community about environmental issues. Elora has joined the rest of the world for Green Drinks (July 2009) Green Drinks is an international movement of people getting together to discuss environmental issues informally, over drinks. Gatherings take place the first Thursday of each month at the Elora Mill, at 7.30 pm. There will be no imposed discussion topic, but folks are encouraged to introduce themselves, and network over environmental issues. For more information check out the international website: http://www.greendrinks.org/. A local Facebook group has also been created: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=116658311638&ref=mf Elora Environment Centre launches Green Hotline (June 11/ 09). CLICK HERE for full story. Ontario will no longer require homeowners to perform a green energy audit when they sell their houses, Energy Minister George Smitherman said Monday (April 27/09). CLICK HERE for full story. Canadians said that low energy consumption is an important consideration when buying a home. Energy efficiency is rated just as important as the look and appearance of the home, cited by 94 per cent.CLICK HERE for full story Ontario government agrees to match federal ecoENERGY grant increases. ( Mar 31/09).CLICK HERE for press release Federal government increases ecoENERGY grants by 25%! (Mar.30/09)The federal government has announced that effective immediately, ecoENERGY grants are being increased by 25%. In addition, new extensions are being granted to allow homeowners more time to make energy efficient upgrades once they have completed the initial home energy evaluation. CLICK HERE for press release. The Uk government announces the 'great British refurb' home retrofit incentive program. (Feb.09)The target is a green makeover for every home in Britain by 2030. The plan makes it a link to job creation for these recessionary times and compares it to a campaign that saw large-scale conversion to central heating in Britain in the 1960s-70s. CLICK HERE for the full story. Ontario government: Green Energy Act stipulates mandatory Home Energy Ratings (Feb. 23/09)Home buyers need adequate information before they make the biggest purchase in their lifetime. A home energy rating, like the vehicle emission test and fuel consumption rating, will indicate how the house performs. (We already have mandatory emission tests and mpg figures for cars, and Energy Star ratings and EnerGuide consumption figures for appliances to guide consumers) CLICK HERE for more details Delays in payment of EcoENERGY grants (Feb. 09/09)The Government of Canada’s ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes program continues to be exceptionally popular among Canadian homeowners. Since the program was launched in April of 2007, the Government of Canada has delivered over $58 million in grants to more than 52,500 homeowners. The popularity of the program has meant some Canadians are experiencing delays in receiving their retrofit grants. These delays have been caused by the need to obtain Parliamentary approval to transfer additional funds to the program to meet the greater-than-expected demand. In the meantime, the program will continue to send completed applications from homeowners to provinces that offer complementary home retrofit grants. This way, payment of provincial grants will not be delayed.Thank you for your patience while the program continues to review and process applications. Grant cheques will be issued to homeowners as quickly as possible.For more information please contact: 1-800-O-Canada (1-800-622-6232 (toll-free), 1-800-926-9105 (teletype for the hearing-impaired) Press Release from RetroFoam Canada (Feb.03/09)Health Canada Advisory (Feb. 09)Federal government announces Home Renovation Tax Credit. (Jan. 27/09)Home renovations are smart investments in the long term value of a home and also create economic activity by increasing the demand for labour, building materials and other goods, Renovations can also reduce energy consumption and the long-term cost of owning a home. FOR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, CLICK HERE Press Releases from 2008Trees Help Newlyweds Share Their Love (Oct.08)To thank guests for attending their October 11 wedding in Elora, Melanie Anderson and Curt Hammond will offset the carbon emissions from the car and plane trips that guests generated getting to the ceremony. The couple will make a donation to NeighbourWoods, which will use the funds to plant trees in Elora. For the full Press Release, click here. County of Bruce Supports Well Aware Program (May 21/08)Bruce County Council has approved the recent partnership and funding request in support of the Well Aware Program. The program is to be implemented in Bruce County over the next two years. The Well Aware Rural Water Protection Program is funded by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, run by Green Communities Canada local member The Elora Centre for Environmental Excellence in partnership with the Ontario Ground Water Association and the Association of Professional Geoscientists. For the full Press Release, click here. Toni Ellis Named Citizen of the Year (Apr. 01/08)“Tree planting is really important to this community and Toni takes the lead on that.”- Joanne Ross-Zuj, Mayor of Centre Wellington
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