ENERGY
Energy saving tips from Transition Brockville:
Energy Savings for Homes (Hydro One Networks)
Tools, tips, and incentives to reduce electricity consumption and save money.
Manage Your Energy Use (Enbridge)
Energy efficiency tips, rebates and incentive programs, renovations and upgrades, and more.
Home Winterproofing Program (Enbridge)
Take advantage of our free Home Winterproofing Program, keep your home warm and comfortable all winter, and save energy.
Conservation Tips e-Booklet (Bullfrog Power)
Easy ways to conserve energy and save coin.
Energy Efficient Products (NRCAN)
EnerGuide is the official Government of Canada mark associated with the labelling and rating of the energy consumption or energy efficiency of not only household appliances and room air conditioners, but also heating and ventilation equipment – such as gas and propane furnaces, air-to-air heat pumps, central air conditioners and gas fireplaces
Save on Energy (IESO)
Energy-saving opportunities
Electric Vehicles and Plug-in Hybrids (PDF)
A presentation by Frank Ahern to Transition Brockville on Sunday, July 28, 2019. Owner of a Hyundai Ionic plug-in hybrid, Frank discussed his personal experiences and the merits of each car type.
CAA EV Charging Station Locator
The electric vehicle charging station locator helps you find public charging stations across Canada. The map is maintained by CAA in partnership with ChargeHub, which supplies the crowd-sourced data. The map is updated daily.
You don’t need to own a hybrid vehicle to be an eco-driver. You can significantly reduce your fuel consumption just by making small changes to the way you drive.
Squeezing Oil Out of Your Travel
Whether it causes you to consume oil or not, time spent in a car is not quality time. For most people it makes them stressed, unhappy, and fat. By shedding VMT, you will not only give less money to corporate CEOs and Saudi princes, you’ll make your family healthier, happier and likely wealthier in the process.
ENVIRONMENT
Local municipal recycling – Links
What goes where? In Brockville and neighbouring townships.
The quiz estimates the amount of land and ocean area required to sustain your consumption patterns and absorb your wastes on an annual basis. After answering 27 easy questions you’ll be able to compare your Ecological Footprint to others’ and learn how to reduce your impact on the Earth.
Green Eco Tips for Sustainable Living
The goal of Global Stewards, created in 1998, is to provide green eco tips for creating a sustainable lifestyle.
The Climate-Friendly Gardener: A Guide to Combating Global Warming from the Ground Up, shows you how to reduce the impact of climate change in your own backyard.
How green is it? How to sort out the environmental hype
Here is a list of resources that will help you determine whether companies are being upfront about their environmental claims.
This library contains a prioritized list of solutions for going green.
101 ways to fight climate change
Our goal is to provide practical, implementable advice on an individual level, as well as to illustrate the power of collective commitments.
RESILIENCE
A list of the food and nutrition-related programs, organizations and businesses in Leeds, Grenville and Lanark. It includes all stages of the local food system, and addresses all visions of the local Food Charter.
Suggestions for dealing with a deflationary scenario
City of Brockville Emergency Management
In a coordinated effort between the City of Brockville and Emergency Management Ontario, we can provide you with the following information pertinent to emergency management situations.
United Counties of Leeds and Grenville Emergency Planning
The United Counties and the Emergency Management Program Committee are committed to promoting and encouraging public education and awareness of emergency planning. Our primary focus is encouraging individuals and their respective families to take actions to ensure personal emergency preparedness.
LG&L District Health Unit: Emergency Preparedness
Stressful incidents and emergencies are not always predictable. When they occur they affect our communities and our loved ones. You can reduce the impact on you and your family by being aware of the hazards that are the most likely to occur in your community and knowing how to prepare for them.
The “Get Prepared” campaign encourages Canadians to be prepared to cope on their own for at least the first 72 hours of an emergency, enabling first responders to focus on those in urgent need.
Start building resilience into your life today. Ensure that you, your family, and your community are as prepared and sustainably situated as possible so that you can enjoy a high quality of life regardless of how the future plays out.
Food choices when money is tight
Download and print these information sheets. They provide budget-friendly recipes, practical tips on saving money at the grocery store and healthy meal ideas that make the most of each ingredient.
Indulge your passion for taste and flavour – succulent produce, zesty preserves, delectable meats, carefully aged cheeses, mouth-watering baked goods, delicious honey, gourmet maple products, epicurean delights prepared by local chefs and the exciting discoveries at Farmers’ Markets, farm stores and farmgate stands.
Search the eDirectory of the Ontario Co-operative Association
Tips developed by the 50 attendees during the workshop portion of the BCAG presentation on frugal living held March 2011.
Ontario Home Economics Association Blog
OHEA promotes high professional standards among its members so that they may assist families and individuals to achieve and maintain a desirable quality of life.
Last updated: 2019-09-25