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Simcoe County Master Gardeners
Type: Local Groups
Web Address:
www.geocities.com/urbanonion/mgsimcoecounty.htm


Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority
Type: Conservation Authorities
Web Address:
www.nvca.on.ca
At approximately 3500 km2, NVCA's watershed is one of the larger Conservation Authority jurisdictions in Ontario. The watershed drains northward to Georgian Bay and is composed of 18 municipalities.

Conservation Ontario
Type: Conservation Authorities
Web Address:
www.conservation-ontario.on.ca
Conservation Ontario is a network of 36 Conservation Authorities of Ontario, community-based environmental organizations dedicated to conserving, restoring, developing and managing natural resources on a watershed basis.

David Suzuki Foundation
Type: Environmental Organizations
Web Address:
www.davidsuzuki.org
Since 1990, the David Suzuki Foundation has worked to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us. Focusing on four program areas - oceans and sustainable fishing, forests and wild lands, climate change and clean energy, and the web of life - the Foundation uses science and education to promote solutions that help conserve nature.

Ontario Environmental Network
Type: Local Groups
Web Address:
www.oen.ca
The Ontario Environment Network (OEN) is a non-profit, non-governmental network serving Ontario's environmental non-profit, non-governmental community. Ontario has over 500 environmental groups that range from national to neighbourhood-based and focus on a wide range of issues.

What's My Ecological Footprint?
Type: Environmental Organizations
Web Address:
www.mec.ca/Apps/ecoCalc/ecoCalc.jsp

Have you ever stopped to wonder how your lifestyle impacts the planet we're living on?
Mountain Equipment Co-op
, a not-for-profit Canadian outdoor gear provider, has built an interesting tool to help people determine how much land area is required to sustain their current lifestyle.

This is a very interesting and easy-to-do exercise that might surprise even the most ecologically-minded visitors! Well worth a visit.



Professional Touch Dry Cleaners
Type: Green Business
Web Address:
7 Anne St. South, Barrie, ON tel: (705)-792-2818
Professional Touch Dry Cleaners uses environmentally-friendly Green Jet cleaning technology and environmental products.

The WAVE Program
Type: Organic Gardening and Lawn Care
Web Address:
www.thewaveprogram.com
The WAVE is an action program to help residents - community by community, home by home - make their yards more water-friendly. The WAVE is the first educational project of the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition, a three-year-old citizens group. Follow the link for more details, including how you can get a free scientific analysis of your soil by the WAVE Patrol!

cleanairpass
Type: Green Business
Web Address:
www.cleanairpass.com
A business where you can buy an annual pass which pays for enough carbon-reduction activities to cancel your year's carbon emissions from driving your car, based on your make, model, and other specifics.

cool drive
Type: Green Business
Web Address:
www.cooldrivepass.com
Another site where you can purchase emissions-reduction activity to offset the emissions from your automobile, based on your make, model, and other specifics.






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