the EarthCare Sudbury Local Action Plan 2008 Progress Report

Message from the Mayor

Greater Sudbury is striving to become a sustainable community, and our EarthCare Sudbury Local Action Plan is charting a course for us to get there. The Plan has become a recognized model for others, and our achievements in environmental stewardship are recognized worldwide. Our collective efforts have resulted in great strides in economic, social and environmental sustainability, and continue to inspire others. This progress report is an opportunity to reflect on our achievements and chart a new course for further action. Environmental leadership is a priority for the City of Greater Sudbury, and has been made possible through the collective commitment of EarthCare Sudbury partners and the many other individuals and organizations who have come together to implement solutions to our environmental challenges. There is a challenging agenda ahead for all EarthCare Sudbury partners. You should be proud of your success to date. Together we will continue to break ground and identify opportunities to move the sustainability agenda forward. I encourage all residents of Greater Sudbury to get involved and sustain the momentum that is creating a cleaner, greener, healthier community for all of us. On behalf of City Council, I congratulate you on your efforts.

Mayor John Rodriguez

 EarthCare Sudbury Steering Committee

A special thank you to our EarthCare Sudbury Steering Committee members:

John Hood, Chair, Cambrian College Joscelyne Landry-Altmann, Councillor Ward 12, City of Greater Sudbury Claude Berthiaume, Councillor Ward 3, City of Greater Sudbury Tony Cecutti, EarthTech (Canada) Inc. Bruce Fortin, Sudbury & District Health Unit Terry Fortin, FedNor Aaron Gervais, student, Laurentian University Bill Lautenbach, City of Greater Sudbury Les Lisk, Greater Sudbury Utilities Franco Mariotti, Science North Dougal McCreath, Laurentian University Barb McDougall-Murdoch, City of Greater Sudbury Stephen Monet, City of Greater Sudbury David Pearson, Science North/Laurentian University Chris Perry, Perry & Perry Architects Inc. Natalie Poulin-Lehoux, Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l’Ontario Bob Rogers, chair of the City of Greater Sudbury Healthy Community Cabinet Arik Theijsmeijer, FedNor Pat Thompson, independent (formerly Vale Inco)

ii Message from the Chair

I am pleased to present you with this report, which measures our progress against the goals and objectives that were established in the 2003 EarthCare Sudbury Local Action Plan. The report looks at everything from waste management, land use planning, to sustainable transportation, and improving our environment and the health of residents in Greater Sudbury, through improved quality of life. Through the effort of nearly 100E arthCare Sudbury Partners and through community action, we have made some real, measurable progress in a number of areas. That is not to say, however, that there are no challenges left. This report establishes a baseline from which to gauge our current successes and challenges and to help us set the stage for identifying future priorities. I am confident that through partnerships with government, our business and industrial community, educational institutions, local organizations and our residents, that we can continue to create a more sustainable Sudbury.

John Hood Chair EarthCare Sudbury

iii Contents

Message from the Mayor i EarthCare Sudbury Steering Committee ii Message from the Chair iii Progress Reports Partner Profiles Land Use Planning 1 Caisse populaire Lasalle Inc. 22 Energy 2 Cambrian College 22 Transportation 3 Canadian Mining Industry Research Organization (camiro) 22 Solid Waste 4 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (cmhc) 23 Landscape Recovery & Biological Integrity 5 Canada Revenue Agency 23 Soils 7 Canadian Shield Wind Power 23 Air Quality 8 CanSpec Inspection Services 24 Water Resources 9 Castellan James + Partners Architects Inc. 24 Wastewater 10 Canadian Climate Impacts Food 11 and Adaptation Research Network (c-ciarn) 24 Pesticides 12 Centre de santé communautaire de Sudbury 25 Eco-Procurement 13 City of Greater Sudbury 25 Economy 14 Collège Boréal 25 Community Projects 15 Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario 26 Industrial, Commercial & Institutional Sector 18 Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l’Ontario 26 The Residential Sector 19 Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit 26 Youth and the Environment 21 Custom Bio-Gas 27 D&J Filter Service 27 Dalron Construction Ltd. 27 Dawn’s Images Nature Photography 28 Day Construction Ltd. 28 Dearness Environmental Society 28 Dennis Consultants, a division of R.V. Anderson Associates Limited 29 Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf 29 EarthTech (Canada) Inc. 29 Eat Local Sudbury 30 Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) FCM Centre for Sustainable Community Development 30 FedNor 30 iv Fisher-Wavy 31 Northern Initiative for Social Action 40 The Foodshed Project 31 Northern Life 40 Gagnon Renewable Resources 31 Novenco Consultants Ltd. 40 Golder Associates Ltd. 32 Nutri-Lawn 41 Grassroots Economic Opportunity Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition 41 Development Evaluation (geode) 32 Partners in Eco-Adventure Tourism 41 Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce 32 Penguin ASI (Automated Systems Inc.) 42 Greater Sudbury Development Corporation 33 Rainbow District School Board 42 Greater Sudbury Environmental Network 33 Rainbow Routes 42 Greater Sudbury Housing Corporation 33 Renewed Computer Technology 43 Greater Sudbury Lake Improvement Advisory Panel (gsliap) 34 Rogers Sudbury Radio Group 43 Greater Sudbury Utilities Inc. (gsu) 34 Science North 43 The Home Depot 34 Sudbury and Manitoulin Workforce Partnerships Board 44 Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital (hrsrh) 35 Sudbury and District Health Unit 44 ICLEI – International Council for Sudbury Catholic District School Board (scdbs) 44 Local Environmental Initiatives 35 Sudbury Community Foundation 45 J.L. Richards & Associates Limited 35 Sudbury Horticultural Society 45 Josephine’s Vegetables 36 Sudbury Naturalists Club 45 Junction Creek Stewardship Committee 36 Sudbury Social Planning Council 46 K.R. Thompson Inc. (krt inc.) 36 Sundog Outfitters 46 Kal-Davies Energy Technologies 37 Toromont Energy Inc. 46 Kukagami Lodge 37 Union Gas Limited 47 Laurentian University 37 Vale Inco 47 Manitoulin Transport 38 Valley Growers 47 Mining, Innovation, Rehabilitation Valley Nursery Sod 48 and Applied Research Corporation (mirarco) 38 Vegetation Enhancement N.J. Robbins Consultants 38 Technical Advisory Committee (vetac) 48 National Car Rental, The Murdoch Group 39 Wahnapitae First Nation 48 Nickel District Conservation Authority 39 Waters Environmental Geosciences Ltd. 49 NORCAT (Northern Centre for Advanced Technology Inc.) 39 Xstrata Nickel 49

 Progress Report Introduction

The City of Greater Sudbury believes that every one of its citizens can play a role in creating a healthier environment and a better quality of life for local residents. That philosophy is being put into action through ‘EarthCare Sudbury’ an ambitious and visionary initiative, aimed at making Greater Sudbury cleaner, greener, healthier and more sustainable. It has been nearly five years now since theE arthCare Sudbury Local Action Plan was launched in the community. The plan ‘Becoming a Sustainable Community’ was the culmination of several years of work by EarthCare Sudbury – a unique partnership of nearly 100 community agencies, organizations and businesses and hundreds of Sudburians. In October 2003, the EarthCare Sudbury Partners and City Council formally adopted the Local Action Plan. Greater Sudbury collectively voiced a commitment to work together to implement this visionary plan, and the messages were clear – “we need to act now, we need to protect and enhance the natural environment, we need to all be involved, and we need to work together.” Partner commitment to a formal declaration of shared responsibility for building a stronger, more sustainable community was extremely valuable. Now well into the implementation phase of the plan, there have been numerous strides made by the EarthCare Sudbury Partners in meeting the goals and objectives of the Local Action Plan. This document provides a clear overview of the progress that has been made over the past 5 years towards meeting the goals and objectives of the EarthCare Sudbury Local Action Plan. It also highlights the numerous achievements of EarthCare Sudbury Partners. The Progress Report is presented in two parts: 1) report on issues; and 2) Partner briefs. The first part of the ProgressR eport is an update on the issues, and rates the efforts and achievements towards the goals and objectives in the form of a report card. The second part of the Report highlights EarthCare Sudbury Partner achievements since 2003. These findings will be used as a basis for launching discussions that focus on identifying priorities and exploring ways for the community to collectively work together to create a more sustainable city. On behalf of the City of Greater Sudbury, we would like to thank you for your unfailing efforts in helping to make this community more sustainable. Achieving the goal of sustainability will require the combined efforts of everyone. We look forward to working with all ourE arthCare Sudbury Partners in making even greater achievements towards sustainability over the next five years

Stephen Monet, Manager of Environmental Planning Initiatives Barb McDougall-Murdoch, Coordinator of EarthCare Sudbury Victoria Morrow, EarthCare Sudbury Intern vi Land Use Planning

The Goal: The Highlights: to ensure that municipal Council adopted the new Official Plan for theC ity of Greater Sudbury on June 14, 2006. policies and planning Sustainable development, one of the key founding principles of the Official Plan, is also the processes support the underlying theme of the document. The Plan is based on a ‘Healthy Community’ model that Local Action Plan. recognizes that the quality of life available in Greater Sudbury is determined by the economic, social and natural environments of the City. With this focus, the goals and objectives of the The Objectives: Local Action Plan are reflected throughout the newO fficial Plan. J Develop a new Official The Official Plan specifically includes a section entitled “Protecting theN atural Environment” l Plan that incorporates that establishes environmental planning policies for water resources and natural areas. EarthCare Sudbury Official Plan policies restrict development and site alteration in or near sensitive surface objectives and principles. water features and sensitive ground water features, and ensure that their related hydrologic functions and linkages are protected, improved or restored. Other Official Plan policies aim Develop Official lJ at ensuring that significant natural features and functions receive some level of protection Plan policies and or consideration during development and site alteration. Within the Official Plan, natural programs that assist in heritage features include: significant habitat of endangered and threatened species, wetlands, implementing EarthCare fish habitat, significant wildlife habitat, significantA reas of Natural and ScientificI nterest, and Sudbury objectives. sites of geological interest. J Position the City of In 2007, the City of Greater Sudbury was designated a Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) by l Greater Sudbury as a the United Nations University. An RCE is a network of existing formal, non-formal and informal Centre of Environmental education organizations, mobilized to deliver Education for Sustainable Development to Excellence. a regional community. The Greater Sudbury RCE is overseen by the Healthy Community Cabinet of the City of Greater Sudbury. K Monitor the Official Plan l to chart progress.

lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress  Energy The Goal: The Highlights: to become the most EarthCare Sudbury Partners serving all sectors (municipal, residential, industrial, commercial energy-wise community and institutional) have continued to reduce costs by implementing measures to increase their in Canada. energy efficiency. At the municipal level, more energy-saving improvements to City facilities have followed the The Objectives: deep energy retrofits that were implemented following the completion ofG reater Sudbury’s Strategic Energy Plan. The City’s arenas have been extensively upgraded, as has Greater J As an early action, l increase energy efficiency Sudbury’s Wastewater Treatment Plant, which underwent $2 million in energy efficient across all sectors and improvements including the installation of a solar wall. The energy upgrades that Sudbury reduce energy costs by Housing has underway also include installing a solar wall in one of its high-rise buildings. $5 million annually. EarthCare Sudbury’s largest industrial partner, Vale Inco Ltd. addresses about 100 operational energy deficiencies annually through the company’s Powerplay Program. Between 2000 As a long-term target, lK and 2005, Powerplay resulted in $60 million in energy savings across all Sudbury Vale Inco produce 50% of the operations. Vale Inco has also been investigating innovations in alternate energy including community’s energy and wind generation, alternative fuel vehicles and geothermal projects. fuels locally. Lighting retrofits carried out byE arthCare Sudbury’s large institutional partners, like Science J Manage energy uses in North and the Sudbury Taxation Centre, have significantly reduced their energy consumption. l the community’s day-to- In addition to retrofit projects, all of the educational institutions that areE arthCare Sudbury day operations. Partners are championing energy efficiency in their new constructions.S ome highlights: the opening of Northern Ontario’s first ‘green’ school J Reduce and offset ß l community greenhouse (Valley View Public School, Rainbow District School Board). gas emissions. ß LEED Silver design recognition for the Bachelor of Education Building and Student Recreation Centre (both to open at Laurentian University in 2008). ß construction to begin in 2008 for the Living With Lakes Centre, designed to LEED Platinum standards. ß construction to begin in 2008 of North America’s first Living Building – theS ustainable Energy Centre of Excellence at Cambrian College. For residential power consumers, Greater Sudbury Utilities now offers a number of consumption reduction programs targeting the residential market. The City of Greater Sudbury’s EfficientS udbury initiative, which was launched in 2006, is aimed at encouraging homeowners to use less energy by purchasing ENERGY STAR® home products. The Destination Conservation program, in which all four Greater Sudbury school boards have participated, is very effective at educating children on the need for energy conservation at school and at home. Greater Sudbury Utilities, along with Toromont Energy and the City of Greater Sudbury, spearheaded Northern Ontario’s first landfill gas generating station.T he plant, located at the Photo: Greater Sudbury Utilities Greater Sudbury landfill, became operational inS eptember 2007. At maximum capacity, the plant will supply power to approximately 1200 homes. Landfill gas generating station at the Greater Sudbury landfill. EarthCare Partners have continued to explore wind power, biodiesel production, solar power and geothermal energy as other possible methods of producing energy locally.  lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress Transportation The Goal: The Highlights: to reduce greenhouse In 2007, the City of Greater Sudbury purchased seven Toyota Prius hybrid vehicles as part of the gas emissions from scheduled replacement of the municipal fleet.T hese vehicles are among the most fuel efficient transportation sources automobiles on the market (4.0 litres/100 km in the city). Each Prius cuts greenhouse gas emis- in the City of Greater sions (GHG) by half, emitting 1,968 kg of CO2 per year. Science North and FedNor are also slowly Sudbury by 10 percent converting their vehicle fleet to hybrid vehicles.I n addition, two City ambulances were fitted by 2015. with hydrogen injection systems in September 2007. These systems, which are claimed to im- prove emissions and fuel efficiency, continue to be monitored.T hese initiatives follow a Biodiesel The Objectives: Demonstration Project that involved eight City vehicles (4 transit and 4 public works) in 2004. Greater Sudbury Transit has received substantial funding from the City for initiatives to increase Promote fuel efficiency J the appeal of using the public transit system. In July 2007, City council approved a Ridership l initiatives within Growth Plan that sets aside $750,000 per year over the next three years for ridership promotion municipal operations initiatives. To keep up with increasing passenger demand, the City purchased six new buses in and in the community 2007 and plans to buy five more in 2008.T he new buses have cleaner burning engines, which at large. lessens their impact on the environment. lJ Rationalize Sudbury’s The U-Pass Program that Greater Sudbury Transit began piloting in 2006 with Laurentian Uni- publicly funded versity students is one of the reasons for the pronounced increase in bus ridership. All full-time transportation systems undergraduate students at Laurentian University must now purchase a U-Pass as part of their to encourage increased student fees. For a reduced rate, the pass gives them unlimited use of transit services from the usage, while reducing last week of August to the last week of April. greenhouse gas To reach Greater Sudbury’s drivers, EarthCare Sudbury and Clean Air Sudbury partnered with emissions. Environment Canada in 2005 to host the LET’S DRIVE GREEN Vehicle Emissions Inspection Clinic, J Support the which tested emissions in approximately 185 local vehicles. EarthCare Sudbury also coordinated l development of trail a second phase of the Anti-Idling Campaign that was first launched in 2001 in partnership with networks for walking, Natural Resources Canada. In addition, an online commuter car-pooling network and a Trip hiking and cycling. Reduction Network, which helps local companies and organizations develop customized work- place trip reduction plans, have both been established. Ensure municipal and J The network of recreational and commuter trails in Greater Sudbury has grown by twelve l business planning and kilometres since 2003. New signage and a broadsheet map indicating the location of all the operations take the trails has made the trail system easier to navigate, and therefore, a more popular transportation environmental impacts option. The City also hosted a “Walkability Roadshow” on April 19th and 20th, 2007 in conjunc- of the community’s tion with Green Communities Canada and the International Walk21 Conference held in Toronto. transportation system The event brought together community stakeholders and international experts to explore and into account. discuss ways to make Greater Sudbury a community where people choose to walk. This was a K Prepare the community partnership effort led by theC ommunity and Strategic Planning Section of the City with active lto take advantage of participation from the Community Development and Infrastructure Departments, the Sudbury the introduction of District Health Unit, Rainbow Routes, EarthCare Sudbury and community volunteers. alternative fuel sources The City of Greater Sudbury’s new Official Plan, adopted in 2006, endorsesE arthCare Sudbury’s as these become transportation objectives in their entirety and commits to support, “all programs that reduce the commercially viable. environmental impacts of transportation.” Included are policies calling for the maintenance and expansion of walkways, trails and bikeways throughout the City. lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress  Solid Waste

The Goal: The Highlights: The City began piloting curbside organics collection with approximately 1110 Greater to increase the diversion Sudbury households in 2006. In 2007, the City expanded the pilot project to include some and re-use of solid waste businesses from the Commercial Sector, and eight of the City’s schools (1 elementary generated in the City of school and 1 secondary school from each school board). Early results indicate substantial Greater Sudbury, with the participation in the project. The pilot phase of the project is expected to end in June 2008, ultimate goal of reducing after which the feasibility of citywide household organics collection will be evaluated. the community’s total material needs, ensuring Also in 2006, the City became equipped for single stream recycling. This means that residents the proper disposal of of Greater Sudbury are no longer required to sort their blue boxes. Since then, the Greater hazardous wastes, and Sudbury Housing Corporation (GSHC) and Day Construction, both EarthCare Sudbury using diverted materials Partners, have endeavoured to expand single stream service to high-rise complexes and to generate local commercial properties respectively. The GSHC recently initiated a Big Blue Box program that economic development. provides 1500 of its high-rise rental units with the convenience of single stream recycling. Day Construction provides a similar industrial-sized recycling bin to businesses that use the The Objectives: company’s services for waste pick-up. EarthCare Sudbury Partners have several small-scale waste reduction initiatives in place. In Reduce the quantity of K addition to expanding their internal recycling programs, an increasing number of Partners l solid waste produced by are proactively encouraging reduced-waste office practices such as avoiding unnecessary the community. printing, holding paperless meetings, and selling ceramic coffee cups as a condition of coffee J Significantly increase the club membership. In the industrial sector, an expanded service offering at D&J FilterS ervice is l diversion rate across the enabling more varieties of industrial and commercial filters to be reused. community. Renewed Computer Technology and the Northern Initiative for Social Action are engaged in recycling and refurbishing old computer equipment. Their efforts have not only minimized Develop recycling J e-waste, but also benefit the community; as charitable organizations, they donate or sell the l processes and refurbished computers to schools, low-income families and non-profit organizations. manufacture products using collected recyclable As for re-using organic solid waste, preliminary data gathered in a two-year feasibility solid waste. assessment of an aerobic in-vessel bioreactor revealed that the bioreactor held significant potential to revolutionize organic waste management. EarthCare Sudbury Partner Gagnon Renewable Resources designed the bioreactor, which will be further tested in the near future.

Photo above: Photo at left: Renewed Computer Technology City of Greater Sudbury – Computers for Schools One of the seven Toyota Prius Refurbishing used computers hybrid vehicles in the City’s fleet. at RCT’s Sudbury Refurbishment Centre.  lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress Landscape Recovery & Biological Integrity

The Goal: The Highlights: to improve the quality In the past five years, theC ity’s Land Reclamation Program, with guidance from VETAC, of Sudbury’s terrestrial planted 870,682 tree seedlings in Greater Sudbury and limed and grassed close to 80 hectares ecosystems and, by of previously barren land. Since 1978, when land reclamation began in earnest, a total of so doing, improve the 8,830,695 trees have been planted and 3,392ha of barren land has been grassed. health of our watersheds, As for urban beautification,G reater Sudbury’s biggest industrial players have started large- our urban and rural scale slag re-greening projects to transform the most visible slag piles in Sudbury and environments, and the Falconbridge into attractive vegetated hills. In addition, the Ugliest Schoolyard Competition quality of place. initiated by VETAC and other initiatives by individual schools to beautify schoolyards, distribute seedlings, and engage students in tree-planting projects have enhanced urban tree The Objectives: cover across the City. J Increase tree cover in A watershed approach was adopted by the City’s Land Reclamation Program in 2004 and l both urban and rural resulted in the completion of liming and seeding in the Silver Lake watershed. Liming and portions of the City of seeding was also undertaken in portions of the Ramsey Lake watershed, the Coniston Creek Greater Sudbury. watershed and the Wahnapitei River watershed, and the watershed areas of McFarlane Lake, Richard Lake and Crooked Lake were targeted for tree planting. Sections of the Junction Increase vegetation cover lJ Creek watershed were treated as well, and the Junction Creek Stewardship Committee in critical watersheds, significantly rehabilitated the creek by planting over 10,850 native trees and shrubs along its thereby contributing to banks. improved water quality. Biodiversity plots to encourage the spread of ground level herbaceous plants on reclaimed J Increase the biological land have become part of Greater Sudbury’s official land reclamation strategy.S o have special l diversity within tree plantings that facilitate the introduction of additional tree species. EarthCare Sudbury developing vegetation Partners that coordinate their own landscape recovery initiatives are planting a greater variety communities. of tree species that contribute to biological health and diversity in reclaimed areas. To sustain Greater Sudbury’s extensive land reclamation efforts, the LocalA ction Plan J Improve knowledge of l and seek to protect key recommends that EarthCare Sudbury Partners explore growing more trees locally. Many tree natural heritage areas. planting projects initiated since 2003 by EarthCare Sudbury Partners use seedlings grown locally in Vale Inco’s underground greenhouse or by Collège Boréal’s Forestry students. In 2006 Land Reclamation staff received training in seed collection to facilitate the future propagation of native tree species in reclaimed sites. A natural heritage study was completed in 2005 as a background study to the City of Greater Sudbury’s Official Plan, which identifies policies aimed at protecting significant natural heritage features. EarthCare Sudbury Partners involved in ecotourism have also been active in improving public knowledge of Greater Sudbury’s natural heritage and protecting key natural heritage areas. Photo: Vale Inco Slag re-greening.

lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress  Finally, a Green Space Advisory Panel was formed in 2007 with the mandate to: ß recommend to Council a Parks and Open Space ClassificationS ystem which is suitable for the City of Greater Sudbury as per Official Plan program #2; ß recommend to Council natural assets which should be considered for inclusion in the City’s Park and Open Space System as per Official Plan program #4; ß recommend to Council a rating or evaluation system which might be utilized to assist Council in establishing acquisition priorities and making park and open space acquisitions; ß review the City property inventory and recommend to Council properties to be included in the Leisure Services portfolio and identify those Leisure Services properties which should be declared surplus to parks and open space needs and disposed of as per Official Plan policy 7.2.1 (8).

Photo: City of Greater Sudbury Manual liming by the City’s Land Reclamation Program has resulted in the treatment of over 3,300 hectares since 1978.

 lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress Soils

The Goal: The Highlights: to determine the extent The Sudbury Soils Study has been ongoing since 2001. The Sudbury Soil Study is one of the and severity of soil metal most comprehensive assessments of its kind ever to be undertaken in North America. In levels in the Greater 2004, a summary report was released on the metal levels found in soil samples taken from Sudbury area in order to rural and remote parts of Greater Sudbury, schoolyards, parks and residential areas, and prepare an Ecological several locations in and around the community of Falconbridge, where the Xstrata Nickel Risk Assessment and Smelter is located. A full report on the Sudbury Soil Study, including a Human Health Risk a Human Health Risk Assessment and an Ecological Risk Assessment, is expected to be available sometime in 2008. Assessment and make Both Vale Inco and Xstrata Nickel have committed to managing unacceptable risks identified recommendations for by the Sudbury Soils Study. remediation, if needed. The Objectives: J Determine the levels of l metals and arsenic in soils in residential communities adjacent to smelting centres. J Determine the levels of l metals and arsenic in industrial lands adjacent to residential communities. J Contribute to the l development of ecological and human health risk assessments for the Sudbury area communities. J Through detailed soil l sampling, attempt to determine background levels of metals and arsenic in the Sudbury Basin due to the presence of base metal ore bodies. J Determine the geographic l extent of the atmospheric deposition of metals and arsenic, based on the natural background levels. lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress  Air Quality The Goal: The Highlights: to encourage reduced Reports on Greater Sudbury’s air quality were updated in 2005. Clean Air Sudbury, emissions of air pollutants a committee comprised largely of representatives from EarthCare Sudbury Partner locally, and to respond organizations, commissioned a study that tracked regional air quality trends dating from 1953 appropriately when to 2002, and prepared a report entitled Clearing the Air that highlights the key findings of the smog alerts are issued. study. The report reveals lower levels of carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, and particulates in the City of Greater Sudbury, with the most noticeable improvements in local air quality The Objectives: being realized through very significant reductions in the concentrations of sulphur dioxide and how frequently SO2 levels exceeded provincial criteria. The hourly levels of ground level Educate the community lJ ozone exceeded the provincial ambient air quality criteria in most years, but there were no about the health effects noticeable trends in the annual averages. In comparison to other selected cities in Ontario, of air pollution. the City of Greater Sudbury ranked as one of the best for a number of air pollutants during the period of study, mostly from 1990 to 2002. J Document and report on l local air quality. EarthCare Sudbury’s larger industrial partners have continued to support this trend by further curbing their emissions. For example, measures over the past year at Manitoulin Transport Reduce air pollution lJ have resulted in a 40% drop in the amount of particulate matter emitted by Manitoulin locally. Transport trucks, and a 45% drop in their nitrous oxide emissions. Since Vale Inco Ltd.’s state- of-the-art fluid bed roaster facility became operational in 2006, the company’sSO emissions J Prepare the community 2 l to respond appropriately have decreased to 175 kilotonnes from a previous 265 kilotonnes. Likewise, Xstrata Nickel to smog events. now captures and processes about 85% of the SO2 produced by its smelter, with a goal of reaching 95+% by 2015. Some EarthCare Sudbury Partners have also conducted research on improving air quality in workplace environments, particularly underground, to reduce the health implications of industrial work. A number of initiatives that encourage individuals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have also recently been established. Clean Air Sudbury created the Sudbury Trip Reduction Network and hosted workshops on topics such as responsible fuel management and reducing vehicle use, EarthCare Sudbury coordinated phase two of an Anti-idling Campaign in the community, and most recently, EarthCare Sudbury established an online carpooling network tool for commuters in Greater Sudbury. The Sudbury & District Health Unit (SDHU) is primarily responsible for notifying the Greater Sudbury community of smog and hot weather. When the Ministry of Environment puts out Photo at left: a smog advisory, the SDHU issues a press release that advises people of the health effects of MIRARCO - smog and recommends appropriate responses. There is also a closely associated Hot Weather Centre for Environmental Plan through which the SDHU and the City of Greater Sudbury issue Hot Weather Alerts. Monitoring Soil profile from a soil sampling site used in the Sudbury Soils Study.

 lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress Water Resources

The Goal: The Highlights: to improve the quality FulfillingE arthCare Sudbury’s objectives concerning water resources has been an ongoing of Sudbury’s surface and task and EarthCare Sudbury Partners continue to support progress in this area. groundwater resources The Nickel District Conservation Authority established the Greater Sudbury Source Protection while using our water Committee in October 2007. The multi-stakeholder committee will identify vulnerable areas resources wisely and in the local watershed, anticipate threats to municipal drinking water sources, and oversee efficiently. the creation of a local Source Protection Plan. The Source Protection Committee’s work will build on the findings of theG reater Sudbury The Objectives: Groundwater Study, which was conducted with the involvement of several EarthCare J Protect drinking water Sudbury Partners and became publically available in 2007. It will also expand upon the l supplies. efforts of certainE arthCare Sudbury Partners to promote and rehabilitate Greater Sudbury’s waterways. With the leadership of Greater Sudbury Lake Improvement Advisory Panel Reduce stresses on the lJ (GSLIAP), the Junction Creek Stewardship Committee (JCSC) and the City of Greater Sudbury aquatic system. over the past five years, these efforts have included: lJ Maintain the water ß establishing four new Lake Stewardship Committees for a total of 35; quality of lakes with low ß releasing thousands of fish into water bodies with appropriate water quality; nutrient levels. ß removing over forty tonnes of garbage from creek banks and lake depths; J Improve water quality in ß conducting storm sewer inventories to identify pollution hotspots; l lakes with medium and planting trees and implementing other shoreline restoration strategies, and; high nutrient levels. ß ß completing detailed watershed maps of Lake Nepahwin and Lake Ramsey. Maintain healthy fisheries J The Freshwater Ecology Cooperative Unit continues to conduct valuable research on the l where they exist and ecological state of local lakes and is joined by many other EarthCare Sudbury Partners in reintroduce fisheries to monitoring the quality of Greater Sudbury’s surface and/or groundwater resources on an recovering lakes. ongoing basis. lJ Reduce metal and Cambrian College’s Sustainable Energy Centre, to be built as North America’s first Living nutrient concentration Building, is anticipated to use 25-30% of the water used in a typical building. Only about 5% in the Junction Creek of its water use will come from municipal water, which is very energy-intensive to treat. watershed (Kelly to McCharles).

Photo: Kukagami Lodge Kukagami Lake.

lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress  Wastewater

The Goal: The Highlights: To optimize the The City of Greater Sudbury’s 2007 budget allocated $20.5 million for water and wastewater municipal wastewater project capital projects. $27 million in spending is expected for 2008. The money will pay system, both for renewed infrastructure and facility upgrades, which will have the effect of reducing economically and inflow, infiltration, and spill situations. While this is the first substantial public funding for environmentally. wastewater projects in recent years, private sector firms in theE arthCare Sudbury network have successfully engineered several private stormwater management systems designed to The Objectives: prevent inflow into the sanitary sewer system.T hese include stormwater ponds, engineered wetlands and on-site groundwater infiltration systems. J Reduce inflow and l infiltration into the Junction Creek’s Stewardship Committee’s Stormwater Pollution Prevention Campaign is collection system. part of ongoing efforts to address stormsewer discharge into this waterway.I n addition to providing information about preventing household and lawn chemicals from entering the J Maximize the returns on water, the organization now also has a Creek-Friendly Car Wash Program, and has conducted l municipal investment in a storm sewer inventory along Junction Creek to identify where storm sewer discharge is wastewater infrastructure damaging the waterway. (both for collection and Energy efficient features that were part of a $2 million upgrade at theS udbury Wastewater treatment) Treatment Plant are also being put into operation at other water and wastewater facilities in Greater Sudbury. In addition to new windows, new insulation, new lighting, and mechanical J Reduce the potential for l adverse effects on area upgrades, retrofits at theS udbury Wastewater Treatment Plant also included the installation lakes, rivers and streams. of a solar wall. On a hot day, the wall reduces energy use by about 10%. After performing satisfactorily at the Sudbury Plant, the City decided to have a solar wall installed at the Capreol lJ Reduce the potential for Wells and Distribution System as well. This wall is currently approaching completion. adverse effects on private Construction of the $31.1 million sanitary rock tunnel in Sudbury’s south end has been property. ongoing since 2005. The South End Rock Tunnel will eliminate six sewage lift stations, thereby minimizing energy expenditures and boosting the City’s spill control capabilities. Dennis J Minimize energy l expenditures and Consultants, a division of R.V. Anderson Associates Limited of Sudbury and EarthCare Sudbury greenhouse gas Partner, is the City’s consulting engineer for this major project. emissions.

Photo: Dennis Consultants, a division of R.V. Anderson Associates Ltd. The Solar Wall Pre-heating System at the Sudbury Wastewater Treatment Plant.

10 lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress Food The Goal: The Highlights: To develop a more Efforts to produce more food locally and reduce the environmental impact of producing and sustainable food strategy transporting food gained momentum with the creation of the City of Greater Sudbury Food for Greater Sudbury. Charter. In 2004 the City of Greater Sudbury became one of only six Canadian communities to have a The Objectives: working Food Charter. The Charter specifically endorses programs that relate to population health and wellness, community development, investment in the regional food system and K to increase the amount l of food grown and the development of a sustainable food system. It was adopted by the City of Greater Sudbury, processed locally. the Sudbury & District Health Unit, and several other EarthCare Sudbury Partners. The Charter continues to influence projects carried out by these organizations. to reduce the lK Strategies developed by EarthCare Sudbury Partners to enhance community food security transportation include the following: a Community Shared Agriculture program managed by Eat Local requirements and Sudbury; a Climate Friendly Shopping Planner and a Food Security Report Card published environmental impacts of by The Foodshed Project; a community garden supported by the Sudbury Social Planning food delivery systems. Council that serves a social housing complex; and a container gardening program started by the Sudbury & District Health Unit to grow vegetables for local community kitchens. The K to develop integrated l waste management Sudbury & District Health Unit has also overseen the Food Security Network and published a solutions that minimize booklet listing local food producers. As these programs become more established, they will the environmental have a greater impact on the amount of food grown locally and the environmental factors of impacts of food food production and distribution. production. Food producers that are EarthCare Sudbury Partners have also done their part to reduce the environmental impact of their own production processes. State-of-the-art Use local energy lL farming techniques and alternative packaging options has helped Valley Growers shrink opportunities as an its environmental footprint, and Josephine’s Vegetables continues to be a prominent attractor for local community advocate for herbicide-free farming methods. food production and processing industries.

Photo: Josee Rainville- Josephine’s Vegetables A herbicide-free farm since 1982.

lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress 11 Pesticides

The Goal: The Highlights: to reduce the non- The City of Greater Sudbury and the Sudbury & District Health Unit formed a Pesticide essential use of pesticides Reduction Partnership, with input from the Ministry of the Environment. In the spring of 2007 in the City of Greater this Partnership launched a pesticide reduction campaign to inform the public about natural, Sudbury. pesticide-free gardening and lawn-care practices. Pesticide reduction was also endorsed as part of the Greater Sudbury Food Charter, adopted The Objectives: by the City of Greater Sudbury and the Sudbury & District Health Unit in 2004. J Increase public Among the EarthCare Sudbury Partners, lawn professionals and food producers have both l awareness of alternatives made progress in reducing their usage of non-essential pesticides: to pesticides. ß state-of-the-art GPS position farming has enabled Valley Growers apply pesticide with precision accuracy, thereby avoiding application overlap. K Increase public l awareness of the risks ß Josephine’s Vegetables continues to be a prominent community advocate for herbicide- associated with the free farming methods. misuse of non-essential ß Valley Nursery Sod perfected a new variety of sod grass called ‘Elite Kentucky Blue Grass’ pesticides. that grows so densely that most pesticides are virtually unnecessary to maintain it. This is now the only variety sold by Valley Nursery Sod. J Decrease the misuse of l non-essential pesticides ß in 2007, Nutri-Lawn Sudbury became the first lawn care business inS udbury to become in all sectors. accredited in Integrated Pest Management (IPM). The Local Action Plan considers IPM to be the preferred approach to pest management because it focuses on pest prevention and cultural practices that promote optimum plant health, while applying pesticides only when necessary and using reduced risk products when available. Premier Dalton McGuinty promised legislation to prohibit the cosmetic use of pesticides during the 2007 election campaign and it is expected that the Government of Ontario will introduce a province-wide ban on cosmetic pesticides sometime in 2008.

Photo: Valley Nursery Sod Lawn sodded with ‘Elite Kentucky Bluegrass’.

12 lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress Eco-Procurement

The Goal: The Highlights: to ensure that municipal A handful of highly effective initiatives have resulted in both increased availability of green procurement practices products in Greater Sudbury and increased interest in purchasing environmentally friendly are consistent with products among the City’s residents. EarthCare Sudbury goals EarthCare Sudbury launched the EfficientS udbury Campaign in 2006. Over 50 local retailers and objectives. now participate in this one-of-a-kind initiative to encourage homeowners to purchase ENERGY STAR® qualified merchandise and promote consumer awareness of energy efficient The Objectives: products. In 2007 the EfficientS udbury Campaign earned City of Greater Sudbury a Certificate ofR ecognition from Ontario’s Chief Energy Conservation Officer and theENERG Y K Design and implement l a green procurement STAR Advocate of the Year Market Transformation Award awarded by Natural Resources system that will result in Canada. lower financial costs and The growing number of incentive programs developed ‘in-house’ by EarthCare Sudbury decreased environmental Partners like The Home Depot, are also influencing consumers inG reater Sudbury to make impact. environmentally friendly purchasing decisions more frequently. EarthCare Sudbury Partners are making progress in promoting environmentally sustainable J Encourage l environmentally friendly food choices among Greater Sudbury consumers as well. In 2004, several EarthCare Sudbury purchasing decisions Partners collaborated to create the City of Greater Sudbury Food Charter, making Greater by EarthCare Sudbury Sudbury one of only six Canadian cities to have a working Food Charter. In order to increase partner organizations the availability of regionally-grown food in Greater Sudbury and to get Sudburians buying and the citizens of more local food, the Charter specifically endorses investment in the regional food system. Greater Sudbury. Also in 2004, the Foodshed Project created a Climate Friendly Shopping Planner that provides consumers with ideas on how to minimize their ecological footprint by making good food purchases. Eat Local Sudbury, a recently formed community organization and new signatory to the EarthCare Sudbury Declaration, is working on developing further initiatives to help consumers in Greater Sudbury eat more sustainably.

Photo: City of Greater Sudbury EfficientS udbury in-store ‘shelf-talker’.

lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress 13 Economy

The Goal: The Highlights: to achieve community Greater Sudbury’s Strategic Economic Development Plan (2003) identified the promotion economic development of Eco-Industrial and Renewable Energy opportunities as one of the region’s economic goals while improving development “Engines” for growth. This set the stage for environmental sustainability to factor the natural environment significantly in theC ity’s business development strategy. and sustainability. Achievements have included the formation of an Eco-Industrial Networking Strategy that builds relationships between and among businesses, governments, and the community to The Objectives: share and more efficiently use resources such as municipal infrastructure, land, energy, and transportation. An online Eco-industrial Information System that lists the needs and offers J Foster the expansion l of businesses and the of l00 local businesses is currently being finalized.T his information system will facilitate the development of new formation of eco-industrial partnerships among private and public sector businesses and enterprises within the institutions. The Eco-industrial Networking Strategy was developed following the completion environment, energy and of an Eco-Industrial Waste Streams Study, which identified existing industrial waste sources food sectors. and possible resource synergies in Greater Sudbury. The Green Mines-Green Energy Project also holds a lot of eco-industrial promise. A number of Increase productivity lK EarthCare Sudbury Partners have been involved in the preliminary stages of this multi-million of participating dollar study to assess the feasibility of covering mine tailings with an organic matter cover organizations. capable of supporting the growth of oilseed crops to supply the bio-fuels industry. K Enhance the Ongoing work at the grassroots to support micro-businesses and social enterprises that l competitiveness of the benefit the environment has helped to compensate for unforeseen roadblocks that limited City of Greater Sudbury the development and expansion of the larger scale environmental enterprises that were as a location for doing envisioned for Greater Sudbury when the Local Action Plan was written. Dozens of new business. eco-friendly businesses have been established with the assistance of GEODE’s Stepping Stone Program, while other EarthCare Sudbury Partners in the non-profit sector have been Promote waste reuse as lJ investigating social enterprise ventures like the bio-diesel production project proposed by a business development the Centre de santé communautaire. strategy. Greater Sudbury is now home to a total of thirty-one Rainbow Routes trails, with the addition J Increase eco-tourism of seven non-motorized recreational trails over the past five years.E arthCare Partners in the l opportunities. ecotourism industry continue to draw visitors to Greater Sudbury by marketing the City’s quality-of-place features such as its recreational opportunities. Some, like Kukagami Lodge and Sundog Outfitters, have also upgraded their off-grid facilities to demonstrate for guests the latest in off-grid technology and the possibilities of sustainable living.E co-technology tourism that showcases Greater Sudbury’s success with land reclamation and technological innovation is central to the Local Action Plan’s interpretation of ecotourism.

Photo: City of Greater Sudbury Tom Davies Square.

14 lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress Community Projects

The Goal: The Highlights: To develop and implement community Healthy Community Strategy projects that promote In 2004, elected municipal officials in theC ity of Greater Sudbury made the development and demonstrate of a Healthy Community Strategy a priority. Using the healthy cities approach proposed by actions that improve the the World Health Organization, an Expert Panel was formed with participation from various environment and the opinion leaders in the community, the province, the country and the world. city’s quality of place. Before beginning the process of developing a Healthy Community Strategy, the City of Greater Sudbury was fortunate to have a rich history of visioning and planning healthy The Objectives: community initiatives. In fact, there have been a number of success stories in the community that directly contributed to an improved quality of life. The goals of developing a Healthy Develop, operate and J Community Strategy, however, functioned to intertwine ongoing projects, evaluate local l maintain projects that strength and opportunities, and begin to critically and uniformly address the challenges that recognize the progress faced the community’s health and well-being. being made towards sustainability Over the course of several months, the City of Greater Sudbury Expert Panel reached four strategic priorities as part of its Healthy Community Strategy: Demonstrate J active Living/ Healthy Lifestyle l environmental and ß energy technology for ß natural Environment public education and ß civic Engagement/ Social Capital eco-technical tourism ß economic Growth lJ Create lifestyle amenities These four components of the Healthy Community Strategy form the foundation of to attract tourists and the Greater Sudbury Healthy Community Initiative. Throughout the development of its knowledge workers and recommendations, the Expert Panel emphasized the importance of taking a holistic approach beautify the city to community concerns - noting that all challenges are equally important and solutions are interdependent. To support its recommendations, the Expert Panel created a healthy community definition forG reater Sudbury that reads: “A healthy community model embraces a broad vision of health, one that recognizes balanced economic, environmental and social development that enhances human health.” In addition to listing four strategic priorities for Greater Sudbury to use as a model for the Healthy Community Initiative, the Expert Panel also recommended an implementation Photo: process in order to ensure the work that it started continued in a positive direction. The ST. DAVID SCHOOL (SUDBURY implementation process involved creating a Healthy Community Cabinet to oversee the CATHOLIC DISTRICT SCHOOL responsibilities of working groups for each of the four strategic priorities, in addition to a BOARD) research and communications team. Greening the schoolyard at St. David - the 2006 winner of the Ugliest Schoolyard Competition.

lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress 15 Subsequent to the completion of the Healthy Community Strategy and the responsibilities of the Expert Panel, a Healthy Community Cabinet was formed. The Healthy Community Cabinet reports directly to the Mayor and Council of Greater Sudbury. One of the Healthy Community Cabinet’s first successes was receiving designation as a Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development by the United Nations University, a branch of the United Nations based in Japan. The City of Greater Sudbury, with its Healthy Community Initiative, is now one of 45 RCEs worldwide. The purpose of applying for this unique designation was to be part of a network that shares best- practices, fosters community involvement, and empowers citizens to take responsibility for the future. After receiving designation from the United Nations, the Healthy Community Cabinet promptly planned and scheduled a community consultation session, inviting stakeholders and members of the public, to share their ideas for addressing and improving the four strategic priorities identified in the HealthyC ommunity Strategy. The session resulted in hundreds of recommendations and also served as an educational session for the community to learn about past and current successes, notable gaps and concerns, and the importance of sustainable development. Using the recommendations from the community consultation session, the Healthy Community Cabinet has chosen four priority projects for immediate implementation. Likewise, four non-profit community entities have been selected to lead the projects under the direction of the Cabinet. Each community partner has received approval from its board to participate and proceed with realizing the objectives. As well, the Healthy Community Cabinet is circulating a Resolution of Responsibility to citizens requesting that they become involved in the healthy community movement and champions for sustainable development. EarthCare Sudbury has been selected to be responsible for the project of ‘food security and sustainability’, selected as a priority project under the Natural Environment pillar by the Healthy Community Cabinet. In addition to the Healthy Community Strategy, EarthCare Sudbury’s Partners have been involved in planning and/or implementing the following community-based projects to benefit the local environment:

Photo: Junction Creek Stewardship Committee Junction Creek.

16 lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress Extending the Greater Sudbury trail system Greater Sudbury is now home to a total of thirty-one Rainbow Routes trails. Twelve kilometres of non-motorized recreational and commuter trail have been added to the Greater Sudbury system within the last five years for a total of 145 kilometres.

High performance green buildings Progress has been ongoing at Laurentian University to build the first EEL D (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum institutional building in Canada, and at Cambrian College to establish the first Living Building inN orth America. In 2008, Laurentian University will also open a new Bachelor of Education Building and a new Student Recreation Centre, both of which have been designed to reach the LEED Silver standard. These buildings are instrumental in establishing the community of Greater Sudbury as a champion of environmental excellence and innovation.

Local lake improvement initiatives The Lake Stewardship Groups have undertaken various initiatives with funding from the City of Greater Sudbury through its Lake Water Quality Program.

Schoolyard Naturalization The Ugliest Schoolyard Contest gives schools in Greater Sudbury a chance to win a schoolyard makeover package worth tens of thousands of dollars. VETAC, with contributions from many local businesses and organizations, has organized the contest since 2004. Xstrata Nickel Inc. has committed $75,000 for each of 2007, 2008 and 2009 to the improvement of schoolyards through this Contest.

Bio-diesel social enterprise The Centre de santé communautaire has received approval to use FedNor funding to conduct a market study assessing the feasibility of a bio-diesel pilot project in Greater Sudbury.

Junction Creek Re-vitalization Over 5000 community volunteers and many EarthCare Sudbury partner businesses and organizations have been involved in creek clean-ups, shoreline plantings, fish releases, and children’s educational activities relating to Junction Creek. Since the Junction Creek Stewardship Committee was established in 2000, more than 40,000 Kg of garbage has been removed, over 10,850 trees and shrubs have been planted, and 8,600 brook trouts have been released into the Creek. Photo: Rainbow Routes Kelly Lake Trail.

lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress 17 Industrial, Commercial & Institutional Sector

The Goal: The Highlights: to foster sustainability Improving energy efficiency is one of the largest priorities forE arthCare Sudbury Partners within the industrial, in the ICI Sector looking to become more environmentally sustainable. EarthCare Sudbury commercial and has hosted energy management workshops for the ICI sector and facilities personnel to institutional (ICI) sector demonstrate the business case for energy efficient operations. Further progress in developing in the City of Greater formal programs and networks to support energy reduction within the ICI sector has been Sudbury. limited, but despite this, EarthCare Sudbury’s ICI Partners have been highly successful in making their facilities more energy efficient. Many, particularly the educational institutions, The Objectives: are even incorporating LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Standard green design features into new buildings. Two examples include the Living With Lakes Centre, Develop programs lK to be constructed in 2008 for the Co-operative Freshwater Ecology Unit, which is affiliated and services that meet with Laurentian University, and the Sustainable Energy Centre of Excellence for Cambrian identified sustainability College. The Living with Lakes Centre is poised to be the first institutional building inC anada needs within the ICI to receive LEED Platinum Certification. sector. Taking advantage of the green building trend in the ICI Sector, Cambrian College hosted K Foster the sharing a Living Building Conference and Trade Show in September 2007. The conference was l of information and attended by over 100 energy experts and green building specialists eager to share their knowledge on expertise. Plans are still on schedule for Cambrian College to construct the first Living Building sustainability within the in North America - a Sustainable Energy Centre of Excellence. The Living Building concept ICI sector. goes beyond LEED requirements to embody the highest green building standards that are currently attainable. K Assist the ICI sector l to meet EarthCare The International Mining and the Environment Conference is another opportunity for the ICI Sudbury targets using Sector to network around environmental issues. The conference was hosted jointly in 2007 by strategies that integrate MIRARCO’s Centre for Environmental Monitoring and the Co-operative Freshwater Ecology both business and Unit (both EarthCare Sudbury Partners). Every four years, the Conference brings around 500 environmental objectives. technical experts, policy makers and regulators from around the world to Greater Sudbury to discuss mine, land and waterways rehabilitation and related environmental protection issues.

Photo: Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit Representation of the future Living with Lakes Centre.

18 lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress The Residential Sector

The Goal: The Highlights: To involve Greater Programs that involve residents in activities and actions that benefit the environment are Sudbury residents in underway for all sections of the Local Action Plan. actions that contribute A number of initiatives are aimed at heightening awareness of residential energy to a cleaner environment consumption and showing homeowners ways to reduce energy use: and a more sustainable city. ß Dearness Conservation’s web-based Interactive Home Audit, which is promoted through local schools, allows homeowners to quickly determine their homes energy The Objectives: consumption and provides useful tips on reducing energy use. ß two types of easy-to-use energy metering devices are available for loan at all Greater J To increase people’s Sudbury libraries. l understanding of greater Sudbury Utilities has initiated several programs to encourage Greater Sudbury environmental issues ß residents to consume energy more responsibly and prepare for the Province-wide and the environmental implementation of Smart Meters by 2010. impacts of their actions. ß the City’s EfficientS udbury campaign informs consumers about the energy and cost J To increase participation advantages of purchasing ENERGY STAR® products. l in positive actions shoreline home visits coordinated by the City’s Lake Water Quality Program inform that help to improve ß numerous lakeside homeowners every year on the benefits of responsible shoreline the environment living. and contribute to sustainability. ß the Junction Creek Stewardship Committee’s Creek Friendly Homes Program educates people on how to minimize their impact on nearby waterways. To develop a stewardship J Science North’s Climate Change Show also educates the public about the ways our lifestyle l ethic across the practices affect the environment.O riginally launched in 2002, The Climate Change Show community. object theatre continues to draw visitors to Science North, and the overall reach of the show has expanded far beyond what was originally envisioned. A 3,000 square foot travelling version of the exhibit has been developed that includes the object theatre as well as engaging, hands-on exhibits that reinforce the show’s messages. The travelling exhibit is currently booked through until 2009--at which time close to half a million people will have experienced The Climate Change Show.

lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress 19 Building on heightened public awareness of environmental impact, many EarthCare Sudbury Partners are further engaging the residents of Greater Sudbury by getting them to take action: ß Union Gas provides free Energy Saving Kits to its residential customers to get them to install energy-saving devices in their homes. ß For over a year, approximately 1100 households have participated in the City of Greater Sudbury’s Curbside Organics Collection Pilot Program. ß sudbury Housing’s new Big Blue Box Program has made recycling more accessible for over 1500 of its high-rise rental units. ß the Home Depot has developed an effective and growing arsenal of promotional incentives to entice consumers to purchase energy efficient and environmentally- friendly products. ß canSpec Inspection Services helps approximately 200 homeowners a month access retrofit grants by conducting home energy audits as part of the FederalG overnment’s ecoENERGY RetrofitI nitiative. The home energy audit is a thorough home assessment which provides homeowners with an overall picture of the home’s energy use, uncovers problem areas, and identifies the most cost-effective solutions to improve home comfort, reduce energy bills, and potentially improve the value of the home. Cambrian College’s Sustainable Energy Centre will conduct applied research and undertake prototype development of green building technologies and sustainable energy systems for residential buildings. Its particular focus will be on the Living Building concept that results in buildings that are net zero energy and net zero water (i.e., supplies their own energy and water needs).

Photo: Dalron Pond area and boardwalk at Dalron’s Mallard’s Landing neighbourhood. Protecting the environment was a key aspect of this residential development project.

20 lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress Youth and the Environment

The Goal: The Highlights: to embed environmental Since 2003, when the EarthCare Sudbury Local Action Plan (LAP) was released, youth at all action in the day-to-day levels of education have benefited from increased environmental content in their school lives of youth of all ages programs. in the City of Greater Thanks to the commitment of Greater Sudbury’s post-secondary institutions, youth pursuing Sudbury. higher education now have more options when it comes to gaining expertise in natural resource management, green technology and building design, and other environmental The Objectives: fields of study. For example, students enrolled inC ambrian College’s new Energy Systems Technology program will be involved in developing the Sustainable Energy Centre of J To raise awareness l in youth of climate Excellence, a ‘Living Building’ that will embody the highest green building standards that are change, sustainability, currently attainable. environmental At the elementary and secondary levels, the momentum of environmental activities is restoration and local largely due to the expansion of Dearness Conservation (DC). The DC program has provided environmental action an exemplary foundation for students to take part in activities to promote environmentally strategies through friendly behaviour in their schools. It is a framework that has been used by all the school multi-tiered education boards in Greater Sudbury to teach students about environmental sustainability and engage programs. them in initiatives to reduce resource consumption and waste generation in their schools, homes and communities. Initiatives have included school and home energy audits, litterless J To directly involve youth lunches, environmentally themed field trips, and energy reduction awareness campaigns. l in all phases of local environmental action For the past two years, youth in grades 1 to 12 have also participated in a community- including the use of wide contest that challenged them to use various media to create and deliver behaviour- behaviour change tools. changing environmental messages on specific environmental themes.T he contest, which was organized by the City of Greater Sudbury, has been a popular way for students to “draw attention” to environmental issues and “spread the word” about how residents of Greater Sudbury can adopt more environmentally responsible lifestyle habits. The selection of unique youth-oriented educational experiences provided by EarthCare Sudbury Partners outside the classroom has also grown and improved. Initiatives like Rainbow Routes’ ‘Learning Through Trails’, the Sudbury Community Foundation’s Sprouts Program, the Ugliest Schoolyard Competition organized by VETAC, and the Sudbury Children’s Water Festival led by the SDHU, have been welcome additions to the impressive line-up of environmental activities for youth in the City. Existing programs coordinated by Photo: Science North, the Junction Creek Stewardship Committee, Collège Boréal, and the Nickel Nickel District District Conservation Authority continue to build on past successes in raising awareness of Conservation Authority environmental issues and inducing positive behaviour change among the youth of Greater Enjoying the NDCA’s Sudbury. summer day camp for kids – Camp Bitobig.

lJ Complete / Ongoing lK Limited Progress lL No Progress 21 Partner Profiles Caisse populaire Lasalle Inc. Staff at theC aisse populaire Lasalle are adopting more environmentally responsible Key Contact: Lysanne Lesage, office behaviour by implementing the DesjardinsG roup’s 12 Corporate Actions and Communications and Public Affairs limiting paper consumption. Also, by participating in the Mobile Take-Back Program, Address: the Caisse populaire Lasalle contributes to another EarthCare Sudbury Action 1380 Lasalle Blvd., Sudbury, ON – promoting the re-use of materials. Phone: 705-566-3644 ext 145 Email: [email protected] Website: www.desjardins.com Cambrian College Recognizing the opportunities for Greater Sudbury in developing and advancing Key Contact: John Hood, green technology, Cambrian College is moving forward on establishing a Sustainable Program Manager Energy Centre of Excellence. The Centre will represent excellence not only as an Address: innovative applied research facility, but also as a Living Building that goes beyond 1400 Barrydowne Rd. Sudbury, ON even the highest LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. Phone: 705-566-8101 ext.7578 It will act as a key support for emerging technologies in the community and will contribute to energy conservation efforts in the long-term. Email: [email protected] Cambrian launched its new Energy Systems Technology Program in September 2007. The new program covers energy management, energy efficiency, energy Website: conservation and sustainable building. A key feature of the program will be www.cambriancollege.ca involvement with the Sustainable Energy Centre of Excellence. Energy Systems Technology students will gain excellent practical experience during the construction phases of the Centre, and once it is operational, future students will benefit from participating in the research that will be conducted there.

Canadian Mining Industry Research Organization (camiro) CAMIRO assists mining companies with finding solutions to their environmental Key Contact: Charles Graham, challenges. As mine practices become more innovative, CAMIRO’s research holds Managing Director, positive implications for air quality, water resources, energy, soils and other areas of CAMIRO Mining Division concern identified in the LocalA ction Plan. Address: 935 Ramsey Lake Rd., Sudbury, ON Phone: 705-673-6595 Email: [email protected] Website: www.camiro.org

22 EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (cmhc) CMHC has been promoting greener building practices for over twenty years. Key Contact: Arnie Gallo, EQuilibrium housing is CMHC’s newest campaign to promote healthy housing for a District Manager – Northern Ontario healthy environment in Canada. The defining factor of anE Quilibrium home is that, Address: on an annual basis, it produces as much energy as it uses – made possible through 2037 Long Lake Rd., Sudbury, ON the use of resource-efficient and energy-efficient technologies.T he CMHC’s long- term vision is for all new homes to be built to EQuilibrium Housing standards by 2030. Phone: 705-523-2930 Further, when someone uses CMHC insured financing to buy an energy efficient Email: [email protected] home, or to build a new ENERGY STAR® or R-2000 home, CMHC grants a 10% rebate Website: www.cmhc.ca on their mortgage insurance premium. The rebate is also available to people who make energy-saving renovations to their newly-purchased home, or add environmentally friendly features to their existing home, provided that they are paying Mortgage Loan Insurance. Canada Revenue Agency The Sustainable Development Committee (STC) at the Canada Revenue Agency’s Key Contact: Patti McDowell, (CRA) Sudbury Taxation Centre has coordinated the STC’s participation in the City’s Chairperson Sudbury TSO/TC Organics Collection Pilot Project, spearheaded a ceramic mug coffee club, and posted Sustainable Development Committee anti-idling signage, among many other initiatives. Through these activities, CRA Address: employees not only gain knowledge of sustainable practices but get to participate 1050 Notre Dame, Sudbury, ON directly at work. Phone: 705-673-6390 Energy usage at the CRA has decreased by thousands of kilowatt-hours since equipment upgrades were completed. The next stage of the campaign to Email: [email protected] reduce that amount of energy that the CRA consumes will focus on the personal Website: www.cra.gc.ca consumption of the building’s employees.

Canadian Shield Wind Power Canadian Shield Wind Power is continuing to work towards developing small, Key Contact: Rick Gagnon, medium and large-scale wind farms around Northern Ontario. In the Greater Sudbury President area, CSWP’s ultimate goal is to produce 150-250 MW of wind power. Address: P.O. Box 260, 121 Hwy 540B, Gore Bay, ON Phone: 705-282-6224 Email: [email protected] Website: www.pteragen.com/ canadian_shield.htm

EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles 23 Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network (c-ciarn)

Through numerous events and workshops organized by C-CIARN on topics ranging Key Contact: Al Douglas from ground water quality, to fisheries, to Kyoto, the organization succeeded in Address: raising awareness about the impact of climate change in circles that are responsible Willet Green Miller Centre, 935 Ramsey for taking action on the Local Action Plan. Further, C-CIARN assisted many municipal Lake Road, Sudbury, ON stakeholders with increasing their capacity to satisfy commitments made in the Local Phone: 705-675-1151 ext. 1506 Action Plan and cope with the effects of climate change in sustainable ways. Although C-CIARN has officially disbanded, the network is continuing to Email: [email protected] influence policy-makers inO ntario. Dr. Dave Pearson, the former Chair of the C- Website: www.c-ciarn-ontario.ca CIARN Management Committee in Ontario, has been appointed Co-Chair of the Environmental Advisory Committee to the Ontario Government, and in December 2007 the Ontario Government launched what amounts to a provincial version of C-CIARN. The new initiative is called the Ontario Center for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources - OCCIAR and aims to assist Ontario municipalities with managing the impacts of climate change. CanSpec Inspection Services CanSpec Inspection Services is the only business based in Northern Ontario that Key Contact: Fraser Rees, conducts home energy audits. Since 1999, the company has audited over 5000 homes Director in Greater Sudbury. Currently CanSpec is auditing between 175 and 200 houses per and Certified Home Inspector month in the City. Considering that CanSpec services all Northern Ontario, the company Address: 190 Church St., Garson, ON is educating hundreds of people every month on how to reduce the amount of energy that their homes consume. As homeowners implement the company’s recommenda- Phone: 705-693-5587 tions, CanSpec also directly contributes to drastic reductions in wasted energy. CanSpec Email: [email protected] is currently expanding into corporate and commercial energy auditing as well. Website: www.canspecinspection.com Castellan James + Partners Architects Inc. Focussing on the synergies between sustainable design and positive learning Key Contact: Dennis Castellan environments, Castellan James + Partners is behind many prominent green building Address: initiatives in the Sudbury area. These include: 289 Cedar St., Sudbury, ON ß Valley View Public School, which became the first ‘green’ school inN orthern Phone: 705-674-2300 Ontario when the Rainbow District School Board opened it to students in September 2007 Email: [email protected] ß the new Bachelor of Education Building, which will open at Laurentian University in February 2008 ß the Sustainable Energy Centre of Excellence at Cambrian College and the Living with Lakes Centre at Laurentian University, both expected to begin construction in 2008

24 EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles Centre de santé communautaire de Sudbury The Centre de santé communautaire de Sudbury engages francophone residents Key Contact: Lorraine LeBlanc, of Greater Sudbury in initiatives that foster sustainability and environmental Promotrice de la santé responsibility. Recognizing that the environment is a social determinant of health, the Address: Centre de santé communautaire de Sudbury began to incorporate environmental 19 Frood Rd. Sudbury, ON principles into their programs six years ago. The organization started an internal recycling program, as well as a recycling contest to promote awareness about the Phone: 705-670-2274 ext. 217 ‘three Rs’ in the community. Through consultations with other socially minded Email: organizations, the CSCS led a feasibility study of a bio-diesel enterprise, and is now [email protected] poised to conduct a market study of a small-scale bio-diesel pilot project. Also, CSCS Website: www.cscsudbury.on.ca provides French content at Greater Sudbury’s annual Earth Day celebration. City of Greater Sudbury Initiatives undertaken by various City departments have served to address issues Key Contact: Stephen Monet, falling under virtually every area of the EarthCare Sudbury Local Action Plan. Initiatives Manager – Environmental Planning include energy retrofits to several buildings, introduction of hybrid vehicles to the Initiatives fleet, several initiatives to reduce the impact of municipal solid waste, electricity Address: 200 Brady St., Sudbury, ON generation using methane gas from the City’s main landfill site to power up to 1,200 homes, water and wastewater initiatives to reduce water and energy use, introduction Phone: 705-674-4455 ext. 4297 of the City’s Official Plan, development of a HealthyC ommunity Strategy and Email: formation of a Healthy Community Cabinet, the Land Reclamation Program, the Lake [email protected] Water Quality Program, the EfficientS udbury campaign, the anti-idling campaign, Website: www.greatersudbury.ca introduction of a community carpooling tool on the web, formation of a Green Space Advisory Panel, and many others. While progress in some areas has been more significant than in others, at minimum, a solid foundation for further progress on the issues of the Local Action Plan has been established. Collège Boréal Every program at Collège Boréal incorporates environmental issues. Some, however, Key Contact: Daniel Giroux such as Collège Boréal’s programs in Forestry, Fish, and Wildlife Management, have Vice-président, Les Entreprises “ Boréal ” a stronger environmental focus. From running a fish hatchery to stock local lakes, to Address: 21 LaSalle Blvd., Sudbury, ON managing a greenhouse that produces approximately 90,000 seedlings each year, students in these programs are involved in a number of activities as part of their Phone: 705-560-6673 coursework that have positive implications for the local environment. Email: [email protected] Website: www.borealc.on.ca

EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles 25 Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario The EarthCare Sudbury Local Action Plan advocates more environmental content in Key Contact: Michel Seguin, the school curriculum because it lays the groundwork for environmentally positive Directeur du Service d’entretien et behaviour change. This has proven true for CSCNO schools, where the Action de conciergerie Conservation program has motivated students and staff to insist more measures be Address: implemented to reduce their environmental footprint. One of CSCNO’s responses 201 Jogues St, Sudbury, ON has been to expand recycling in CSCNO schools. The Board now sets aside $28,000 a year for recycling – up from only $8,000 in 2002. CSCNO also participates in the City’s Phone: 705-673-5626 ext. 714 Organics Collection Pilot program. Retrofits and other infrastructure improvements Email: [email protected] are being completed on an ongoing basis as well, and have resulted in increased Website: www.nouvelon.ca efficiency and dramatically decreased costs forCSCNO . Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l’Ontario CSPGNO continues to embed environmental action in the day-to-day lives of their Key Contact: Natalie Poulin- students, undertaking several actions suggested in the Local Action Plan to engage Lehoux, Conseillère pédagogique en youth. Special environment-related activities both in the classrooms and throughout curriculum each school provide students with more environmental content in their education. Address: 190 Larch St. Sudbury, ON Visits to Science North support its leading edge youth programming and CSPGNO Phone: 705-671-1533 ext.2225 has also been pro-active in arranging for and supporting ecological field trips that highlight the importance of sustainability. Some of CSPGNO’s schools have started Email: [email protected] tree-planting programs, and all operate recycling programs. As well, retrofits and Website: www.gno.edu.on.ca other infrastructure improvements are being completed in schools on an ongoing basis. Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit In 2008, construction is expected to begin on the 28,500 sq.ft Living with Lakes Key Contact: Dr. John Gunn, Centre - the future home of the Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit and the first Canada Research Chair - ‘green’ institutional building in Canada to receive LEED (Leadership in Energy and Stressed Aquatic Systems Environmental Design) Platinum certification.I n addition to the advanced aquatic Address: 1222 Ramsey Lake Rd. labs, research equipment and teaching facilities that the Centre will house, it will Sudbury, ON also have a flow through aquatic lab that will use natural lake water for heating and cooling, storm and grey water treatment systems, a green roof, smart building Phone: 705-675-4831 controls, and many other environmental features. As an institution for advanced Email: [email protected] freshwater research, the Centre will also be instrumental in fulfilling many of the Website: www.livingwithlakes.ca Local Action Plan’s Actions on water resources, including monitoring and improving the quality of surface water resources, protecting long-term monitoring lakes, and increasing understanding of local water resources.

26 EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles Custom Bio-Gas

Biogas is a product of the anaerobic digestion or fermentation of biodegradable Key Contact: Warren Maskell, materials such as manure or sewage, municipal waste and energy crops. Biogas is Manager - Sales & Technical Services comprised primarily of methane and carbon dioxide. Methane can be utilised in Address: 1351 Highway 144, modern waste management facilities where it can be used in gas engines to generate Chelmsford, ON electricity. Biogas is a renewable fuel and electricity produced from it can be used to Phone: 705-855-0539 attract renwable energy subsidies in some parts of the world. While several thousand bio-gas plants of various sizes currently operate in Europe, the technology is very new Email: [email protected] to Canada, and Custom Bio-Gas would like to see Canada catch up to the advances of our European neighbours. Custom Bio-Gas continues to promote the feasibility of operating this type of bio-gas facility in Greater Sudbury. D&J Filter Service D&J Filter Service has developed cleaning systems for several types of filters including Key Contact: Don Charette, mine hoist filters, drill rig vacuum filters, and engine and cabin filters for large Owner/Operator construction equipment. Typically, as soon as a filter becomes clogged with airborne Address: 99 Levesque St., Sudbury, ON dust it is discarded and thrown in the landfill. However, if there is no other damage, D&J Filter Service can wash each filter up to five times without compromising its Phone: 705-524-2395 efficiency (up to three times for industrial bag filters).T he owners of D&J Filter Service Email: [email protected] estimate that business has expanded by five times in the last five years.N ow serving a variety of large clients in Greater Sudbury, the positive impact that D&J Filter Service has on local landfills measures several tonnes of diverted waste. Dalron Construction Ltd. In 1983 Dalron became the first company to complete anR -2000 home in Ontario. Key Contact: Ron Arnold, Today, every home that Dalron constructs incorporates measures for energy efficiency President that go beyond the requirements of the Ontario Building Code. Dalron’s mission Address: 130 Elm St., Sudbury, ON however, is not simply to build homes; it is to create neighbourhoods. This philosophy Phone: 705-560-9770 emerged during the development of Mallard’s Landing, Dalron’s first neighbourhood development project. The property featured a natural wetland that inspired the Email: [email protected] company to make protecting the environment the keystone of the project. The Website: www.dalron.com company will be replicating this approach in future phases of its Foxborough at Harrington neighbourhood where plans for stormwater management ponds and a trail system are in place, and within their Moonlight Ridge neighbourhood where a boardwalk and bird watching station are planned.

EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles 27 Dawn’s Images Nature Photography Dawn’s Images Nature Photography provided the images for the 2003 publication of Key Contact: Don Johnston, the EarthCare Sudbury Local Action Plan. Photographer Don Johnston remains on Photographer the look out for images that portray the environment as a resource worth protecting, Address: 388 Kantola Rd., Lively, ON and his work continues to communicate the beauty, fragility, and preciousness of a healthy natural environment wherever they are showcased. Phone: 705-692-3901 Email: [email protected] Website: www.donjohnstonphotos.com Day Construction Ltd. Day Construction’s large fleet of heavy trucks and construction equipment has led Key Contact: Denis Blais, the company to be involved in Vale Inco Ltd.’s initial efforts to re-green a prominent, Environmental Manager two-kilometre section of piled slag, and to participate in a $3 million project to Address: P.O Box 700, Copper Cliff, ON remove creosote deposits from Junction Creek. Day Construction also provides curbside garbage collection for about 18,000 residences and waste pick up for Phone: 705-682-1555 1200 commercial companies in Greater Sudbury. For the past year, the company Email: [email protected] has provided the latter with a ‘single stream’ bin for recycling, a service that the City Website: www.daygroup.ca introduced to residential Sudbury in May 2006. All recyclable materials go in this industrial sized blue box without needing to be sorted beforehand. The strategy has so far been successful in increasing waste diversion. Dearness Environmental Society Dearness Conservation is the Dearness Environmental Society’s flagship resource Key Contact: Eric Foster, reduction program that motivates students and their schools to reduce energy, Managing Director water and waste. The program incorporates practical activities such as school Address: 51 Prince George Drive, energy/water/waste audits into classroom work to demonstrate why reducing energy Etobicoke, ON usage is important. All the school boards in Greater Sudbury have used Dearness Conservation as a framework to teach students about environmental sustainability Phone: 416-231-0757 and engage them in initiatives to reduce resource consumption and waste Email: [email protected] generation in their schools, homes and communities. Website: www.dearness.ca

28 EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles Dennis Consultants, a division of R.V. Anderson Associates Limited

Dennis Consultants’ services have helped the City of Greater Sudbury follow through Key Contact: Shawn Scott, on its commitments to EarthCare Sudbury. Dennis Consultants’ has been the Associate Director, Sudbury Manager consulting engineer on several prominent projects for the City of Greater Sudbury Address: including the Sanitary Rock Tunnel in Sudbury’s South End and major energy 436 Westmount Ave., Sudbury, ON efficiency upgrades at theS udbury Wastewater Treatment Plant. The company has also designed sustainable stormwater management systems for clients ranging Phone: 705-560-5555 from Laurentian University to private developers. In brief, Dennis Consultants uses Email: [email protected] the expertise of its environmental and infrastructure specialists in water, wastewater, Website: www.rvanderson.com transportation, and urban development to incorporate environmental solutions into design projects. Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf The proprietors of Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf have chosen to avoid herbicides and to Key Contact: Josee Rainville, use environmentally friendly gardening practices in maintaining the grounds of this Owner tourist attraction. They are also advocates for the banning of herbicide use in Greater Mailing Address: 3316 St. Laurent St. Sudbury and across Ontario. Their efforts to maintain a clean, healthy environment, (on Valley View Rd) along with Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf’s support of various community initiatives and Greater Sudbury, Ontario, P0M 1L0 recreation organizations, all help to foster responsible economic development by strengthening Greater Sudbury’s quality of place. Phone: 705-897-6302 Email: [email protected] Website: www.dinosaursudbury.com EarthTech (Canada) Inc. Many of the commitments in the Local Action Plan require engineering expertise Key Contacts: Tony Cecutti, P.Eng. before they can be implemented. With the assistance of Earth Tech, the City of (Regional Manager) Greater Sudbury is able to satisfy its commitments to implement projects in a well- Address: 1040 Lorne St. South, Unit 1, engineered and environmentally sustainable manner. Earth Tech has conducted and Sudbury, ON completed studies for the City on creek remediation, transportation, landfill design and closure, soil testing, and in particular, wastewater issues. The City has shown Phone: 705-674-8343 support for the findings of some of these studies through the policies contained in Email: [email protected] the City of Greater Sudbury’s new Official Plan. Website: www.earthtech.com

EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles 29 Eat Local Sudbury Eat Local Sudbury is a group of farmers, food professionals and consumers working Key Contact: Allison Muckle, to promote the purchase and consumption of locally-grown food in Greater Sudbury. Chair Initiatives currently supported by Eat Local Sudbury include a Local Food Buyer’s Address: 30 Ste. Anne Road, suite 217, Club, and a Community Shared Agriculture (CSA) program. The organization was also Sudbury, ON involved in presenting Sudbury Food, Film & Forum … What a Mouthful! - an event that featured local food and a community discussion of food issues affectingG reater Phone: 705-521-6717 Sudbury. An Eat Local Sudbury Food Cooperative is in the planning stages. Email: [email protected] Website: www.eatlocalsudbury.com Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) FCM Centre for Sustainable Community Development

FCM has assisted the City of Sudbury in following through on many of its Key Contact: Paul Gregory, environmental commitments. On the energy issue, the Local Action Plan recognizes Community Outreach Officer that major gains can be achieved by retrofitting institutional buildings to increase Address:  Clarence St., Ottawa, ON their energy efficiency.C F M continues to increase Sudbury’s capacity to perform retrofits on municipal facilities through theG reen Municipal Fund. Phone: -907-6291 Email: [email protected] FedNor FedNor has provided funding to a large number of EarthCare Sudbury Partners for Key Contact: Mark Del Monte, projects that relate to many, if not all, of the key themes addressed in the Local Action Environmental Analyst Plan. The in-depth environmental assessments that FedNor conducts on their funding & Assessment Officer projects ensure their compliance with the environmental objectives and sustainability Address: 19 Lisgar St, Suite 307, principles that EarthCare Sudbury also supports. Internal FedNor initiatives to address Sudbury, ON environmental sustainability range from investigating options for adding more fuel- efficient vehicles to the organization’s fleet, to minimizing wasted paper, to organizing Phone: 705-670-6105 tree-planting crews on FedNor’s employee volunteer days. Email: [email protected] Website: www.fednor.ic.gc.ca

30 EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles Fisher-Wavy Fisher-Wavy respects the environment by staying current with emerging Ministry of Key Contact: Phil Annett, Environment (MOE) and Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) guidelines. For example, Vice-President Fisher-Wavy is currently developing a system that would capture wastewater Address: from washing activities within their facilities. The water would then be re-used in P.O. Box 1000, Copper Cliff, ON making concrete at Fisher-Wavy’s ready-mix plant. The system will soon be an MOE requirement and should be operational at Fisher-Wavy in one to two years. Fisher- Phone: 705-674-2847 Wavy already complies with MOE and MNR pollution guidelines that regulate the Email: [email protected] amount of air and noise pollution that can be produced by quarries and cement Website: www.fisherwavy.com plants. The Foodshed Project The Local Action Plan promotes local food production, equitable food distribution Key Contact: Doreen Ojala, to all socio-economic sectors, and environmental sustainability in general. Through Project Manager community programs to build awareness of environmental issues and initiatives like Address: 30 Ste. Anne Rd. Unit 222, the Climate Friendly Shopping Planner, The Foodshed Project supports these same Sudbury, ON objectives. Phone: 705-674-1685 A local Food Charter and a local food security strategy were also key components of the Local Action Plan. The Foodshed Project was instrumental in creating the Greater Email: [email protected] Sudbury Food Charter and the Food Security Report Card, the latter of which will be Website: www.foodshedproject.ca used to develop an official food security strategy forG reater Sudbury. Gagnon Renewable Resources Fisheries processing waste from the growing aquaculture industry on Manitoulin Key Contact: Warren Maskell, Island inspired Rick Gagnon, president of Gagnon Renewable Resources, to explore Sales Manager the possibility of creating a device that could quickly turn organic waste such as fish Address: 1351 Highway 144, offal into usable compost.T he result is a bioreactor that has the potential to turn Chelmsford, ON up to 200 tonnes of waste into a compost product in just days. Research and trials conducted over the past two years have shown definite potential for this device Phone: 705-855-0539 to revolutionize the way manure, sewage sludge, and organic municipal/industrial Email: [email protected] waste is managed. Recently, funding has been approved to build a one-tonne demonstration version of the bioreactor that would be able to travel to a variety of sites for pilot project purposes. Once further funding to coordinate this project has been secured, construction of the demonstration version will commence.

EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles 31 Golder Associates Ltd. In Greater Sudbury, the Golder Associates team of geotechnical, mining and Key Contact: Stephen Kaufman, environmental experts frequently work on resource development, environmental Hydrologist site assessments and water management projects. Golder’s assessments help clients Address: 1010 Lorne St., Sudbury, ON to make well-informed decisions when their activities may alter water flows and threaten water quality, thereby reducing impact on the aquatic system and on the Phone: 705-524-6861 ext. 309 quality and quantity of locally available potable water. Also, Golder Associates’ air Email: [email protected] quality staff are recognized as national and international experts, and have a strong Website: www.golder.com understanding of the complex environments in which industry and government operate. Grassroots Economic Opportunity Development Evaluation (geode) While GEODE’s initiatives always take the environment into consideration, Key Contact: Martha Cunningham- occasionally the organization takes on projects that are specifically environmental. Closs, Stepping Stone Program Currently, GEODE is participating in the further development of networking and Co-ordinater learning opportunities within the local environmental community by working to Address: 30 Ste. Anne, Sudbury, ON establish an Environmental Resource Centre in partnership with the Greater Sudbury Environment Network. GEODE has also succeeded at fostering partnerships among Phone: 705-670-8920 environmentally conscientious business owners through the Stepping Stone Email: Program, and FedNor funding has allowed GEODE to hire an intern to conduct market [email protected] and feasibility research for the Environmental Resource Centre and a possible car Website: www.geodesudbury.org sharing initiative.

Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce In 2006, the Chamber promoted the Doors Closed Campaign in the local business Key Contact: Cora Hayden, community by posting Doors Closed flyers and distributing them toC hamber Administrative Co-ordinator members. Doors Closed is an Ontario-wide campaign that asks stores and restaurants Address: to conserve energy by keeping all their doors closed when the temperature is above 40 Elm St., Suite 1, Sudbury, ON 25 or below 5 degrees Celsius. Nearly half of the EarthCare Sudbury Partners are members of the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce. Phone: 705-673-7133 ext. 222 Email: [email protected] Website: www.sudburychamber.ca

32 EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles Greater Sudbury Development Corporation After several years of helping Greater Sudbury pioneer ‘green’ economic development Key Contact: Paul Finley, initiatives, the GSDC knows what features are necessary for a development strategy Business Development Officer to be strong economically as well as environmentally sustainable. In 2003, the GSDC Address: 200 Brady St., Sudbury, ON adopted the promotion of Eco-Industrial and Renewable Energy opportunities as one of the “Engines” of its Strategic Economic Development Plan. Through this, Greater Phone: 705-673-4161 ext. 4412 Sudbury has adopted many characteristics conducive to becoming an incubator Email: [email protected] for environmental technology, renewable energy, and ‘green’ engineering and Website: www.sudbury.ca construction techniques. Currently, Greater Sudbury is at the forefront in piloting the eco-industrial model. This model will achieve economic and environmental gains for both business and the overall community. Greater Sudbury Environmental Network The Greater Sudbury Environmental Network is a grassroots oriented non-profit Key Contact: Scott Card, organization that brings together local organizations that have environmental goals, Coordinator to further environmental interests in the community. GSEN’s initiatives include Address: 30 Ste. Anne Road, suite 222, publishing Keen to be Green, a bilingual directory of over 100 environmental groups, Sudbury, ON resources and businesses that are active in Greater Sudbury, and organizing the annual Sudbury Earth Day Festival. In 2007, nearly 80 environmentally-oriented Phone: 705-674-1685 groups had displays at the festival and approximately 5,000 people attended! Email: [email protected] GSEN is also the lead organization in establishing an Environmental Resource Centre in Greater Sudbury. The Centre, which is expected to open sometime in 2009, will support environmental organizations and help citizens to take up environmentally healthy lifestyle habits.

Greater Sudbury Housing Corporation The GSHC has been making upgrades to its properties to use energy more efficiently Key Contact: Richard Munn, and are less costly to operate. The money saved is invested in further conservation Technical Services Manager initiatives. The GSHC has also initiated a Big Blue Box program at all of its large, multi- Address: residence properties that do not have curbside pick-up. The fifteen hundred units 10 Elm St. 4th Floor, Sudbury, ON served by this program are no longer required to sort their recycling. With thousands of tenants, all of whom consume energy and generate household waste on a daily Phone: 705-674-5175 ext. 228 basis, environmental management has become a key component of the GSHC’s Email: [email protected] annual business plan. Website: www.sudburyhousing.org

EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles 33 Greater Sudbury Lake Improvement Advisory Panel (gsliap) The Greater Sudbury Lake Improvement Advisory Panel’s primary function is to Key Contact: Chris Nash, encourage environmental stewardship of Greater Sudbury’s 330 lakes. To this end, Chair GSLIAP provided valuable input to City’s Official Plan.A n entire section of the Plan Address: 145 Maki Ave., Sudbury ON is dedicated to water resources. GSLIAP has been very active in working with the municipality and lake-users to prioritize lake health. For the past three years GSLIAP Phone: 705-671-9330 has invited the local lake stewardship groups to put forth proposals for environmental Email: [email protected] projects that would benefit their respective lakes.E ach successful proposal receives a maximum of $500 through GSLIAP’s Lake Stewardship Assistance Program. So far, the organization has awarded thirty-four grants through the assistance program.

Greater Sudbury Utilities Inc. (gsu) Greater Sudbury Utilities officially unveiledN orthern Ontario’s first landfill gas Key Contact: Paula Tarini, generating station at the Greater Sudbury landfill inS eptember 2007. The $3.2 million Conservation Supervisor plant is currently operating at about 80% capacity, which was expected in the first Address: 500 Regent St., Sudbury, ON year of operation. The plant will produce enough electricity to power as many as 1,200 homes when it reaches capacity in 2009. GSU plans to increase capacity within Phone: 705-675-0502 five years by adding a second engine to the plant.T he Ontario Power Authority, Email: [email protected] which has agreed to purchase the power for the next twenty years, has assured the Website: www.sudburyhydro.com sale of the green energy. Greater Sudbury Utilities also administers several programs designed to assist the residential sector reduce and more efficiently manage energy consumption. Most of GSU’s current programs are still being evaluated, however falling electricity prices in the province indicate that people are acting on conservation messages. Limited-time programs such as Summer Savings, the Great Refrigerator Roundup and Peaksaver have been extended for another one to three years in response to this trend, to capitalize on their potential to have a further impact on energy consumption. The Home Depot By promoting the availability of environmentally friendly products and increasing Key Contact: Robert Hobbs, the range of eco-products available, the Home Depot strongly encourages residents Manager of Greater Sudbury to make environmentally friendly purchasing decisions. In Address: recognition of the retailer’s success in providing Canadian consumers with energy 1500 Marcus Dr. Sudbury, ON efficient goods and services, the Home Depot was the 2007 recipient of theENERG Y STAR® Retailer of the Year – Market Transformation Award, presented by Natural Phone: 705-525-2960 Resources Canada. This was the second year in a row and the third time overall that Email: The Home Depot won the award. The retailer was one of the first to be involved in the [email protected] ENERGY STAR® Program and now offers over 500ENERG Y STAR® qualified products. Website: www.homedepot.ca

34 EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital (hrsrh) Design plans for the HRSRH facility include state-of-the-art infrastructure that will Key Contact: Gwenne Roles, minimize the amount of energy used on the hospital campus. HRSRH’s recycling Director - Facilities Management program is among the most comprehensive in Greater Sudbury, and HRSRH routinely Address: purchases cleaning supplies and cleaning systems that are less harmful to the 41 Ramsey Lake Rd., Sudbury, ON environment than conventional cleaning products. As well, HRSRH launched an environmental education and awareness program for hospital staff.T hese activities Phone: 705-523-7100 ext.3188 indicate that HRSRH, which is still undergoing construction, is adopting sustainability Email: [email protected] principles early in its development. Website: www.hrsrh.on.ca

ICLEI – International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives

Internationally, ICLEI runs programs to facilitate the creation of more sustainable Key Contact: Megan Jamieson, cities, improve governance over water resources, conserve urban biodiversity and Director – ICLEI Canada generally implement the United Nations’ Agenda 21 at a local level. In Canada, Address: City Hall, West Tower, ICLEI’s flagship initiative isC ities for Climate Protection TM. As of 2007, over 150 16th Floor, 100 Queen St., West, Canadian communities had committed to the CCP milestones. Nearly half of these Toronto, ON communities have completed the first milestone, and many likeG reater Sudbury, have continued on to achieve the subsequent targets. ICLEI continues to support the Phone: (416) 392-1480 City of Greater Sudbury’s achievement of CCP milestones. Email: [email protected] Website: www.iclei.org J.L. Richards & Associates Limited The philosophy at JLR is that green design is intelligent design - not only for Key Contact: Jeff Laberge, environmental reasons, but also because of the long-lasting value a green building LEED AP, OAA, MRAIC, Architect holds. Energy efficiency and green building principles have therefore been part of John Cannard, P Eng, JLR’s work long before the concept of sustainable design became mainstream. As Senior Project Engineer one of the firms leading the architectural design of the EEL D (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum Living with Lakes Centre, JLR carries on this Address: tradition still today. JLR’s green building design projects, energy retrofit projects, 217-469 Bouchard St., Sudbury, ON and stormwater management systems are exemplary strategies for improving Phone: 705-522-8174 sustainability in the Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Sector. Email: [email protected] . [email protected] Website: www.jlrichards.ca

EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles 35 Josephine’s Vegetables

Josephine’s Vegetables has been operating without using herbicides since the Key Contact: Marcel Rainville, business opened twenty-five years ago, and continues to advocate the benefits of Owner food grown without herbicides. With the tagline “No herbicide farm since 1982” Mailing Address: 3316 St. Laurent St. prominent on all advertising, Josephine’s Vegetables also promotes environmentally (on Valley View Rd ) friendly purchasing throughout the community. Greater Sudbury, Ontario, P0M 1L0 Phone: 705-897-6302 Email: [email protected] Website: www.josephinesvegetables.com

Junction Creek Stewardship Committee Since the Junction Creek Stewardship Committee was formed eight years ago, the Key Contact: Allison Muckle, organization’s efforts to clean and rehabilitate the creek have resulted in the removal Co-ordinator of over 40,000 kg of garbage, the addition of over ten thousand trees, shrubs and Address: 30 Ste Anne Rd, Unit #219, cuttings along the banks, and the introduction of over 8,600 brook trouts to the Sudbury, ON waterway. Over 5,000 community volunteers have participated in these projects. The Committee has also engaged thousands of school children in the quest to keep the Phone: 705-525-8736 creek clean and healthy through its hands-on children’s programmes. Email: [email protected] Website: www.junctioncreek.com

K.R. Thompson Inc. (krt inc.) Through responsible stewardship, KRT Inc. ensures that its customers’ industrial Key Contact: Kathy Svalina-Grottoli, hazardous waste is properly handled and disposed of, ensuring a cleaner H.B. Comm., MBA environment for all of us. The company offers waste management services, 24-Hour Address: 2765 Southview Dr., Sudbury, emergency response spill cleanups, soil/environmental remediation, dust control, ON sale of spill absorbent clean-up materials and petroleum equipment installations and repairs (e.g. tanks, fuelling systems, etc.). Phone: 705-522-2900 Email: [email protected] Website: www.keithrthompson.ca

36 EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles Kal-Davies Energy Technologies Kal-Davies Energy Technologies develops and sells magnetic devices that improve Key Contact: Ken Davies, the performance of natural gas, propane, diesel and any type of carbon-based fuel. President They also treat hard water conditions. Over the past 7 years, Kal-Davies has fitted Address: 22 Brady St., Sudbury ON over 200 transport trucks and taxis with these magnets, as well as industrial sized dryers, furnaces and steam boilers, arena cooling towers, commercial coffee makers, Phone: 705-673-9996 residential heating systems, and a variety of other devices. Email: [email protected]

Kukagami Lodge Kukagami Lodge is an off-grid tourist lodge located 6 kilometres off the road on Key Contact: Viki Mather, Kukagami Lake. The ‘quality of place’ that guests experience here is the key message Owner/Operator that the Mather’s have used to attract guests since 1985. With this message, they Address: have been able to develop a successful tourism business while having a minimal Kukagami Lake, Wahnapitae, ON environmental impact. Recently, increasing the Lodge’s solar power production capabilities has enabled Kukagami Lodge to modernize without compromising the Phone: 705-521-6587 traditional values of conservation, self-sufficiency and low-impact living that the Email: Lodge embodies. [email protected] Website: www.kukagamilodge.com Laurentian University As an institution of higher learning, Laurentian University feels a responsibility to Key Contact: Norm Lajeunesse, teach the community about green buildings, and to demonstrate their practicality. Director of Physical Plant and Planning Therefore, the Northern Ontario Medical School (opened August ‘05), the new Address: Bachelor of Education Building (opening in February ‘08) and the Student Recreation 935 Ramsey Lake Rd., Sudbury, ON Centre (opening June ‘08) all feature green design principles. Laurentian University’s commitment to environmental sustainability has resulted in a substantial drop in Phone: 705-675-1151 ext.1500 energy usage over the past ten years. Each year from 1996 to 2004 (the last survey Email: [email protected] year on record) the University maintained the lowest per square foot energy usage of Website: www.laurentian.ca all Universities in Ontario! Laurentian works hard to keep up this trend, and energy consumption has continued to decline from 1.23 GJ per square foot in 2004 to 1.14 GJ per square foot in 2006. It is University policy to consider sustainability principles in any new constructions or renovations.

EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles 37 Manitoulin Transport Manitoulin Transport has adopted many of the practices recommended by Ontario’s Key Contact: Jeff Smith, Drive Clean Program. For example, the company improves its fleet of trucks each Vice President - Quality year with the addition of more efficient models, and an onboard computer in each Address: 75 Mumford Rd., Lively, ON Manitoulin Transport tractor enforces anti-idling and speed policies. The Local Action Plan aims to establish Greater Sudbury as an idle free zone and supports programs to Phone: 705-692-4703 ext. 4426 maximize vehicle efficiency and minimize emissions. Email: [email protected]

Mining, Innovation, Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corporation (mirarco)

The Centre for Environmental Monitoring (CEM) is active in coordinating many of Key Contact: Graeme Spiers, MIRARCO’s environmental research projects. The CEM’s research initiatives have Chair - Environmental Monitoring furthered the understanding of impacts of a century of smelting operations on Address: Willet Green Miller Centre, segments of the Sudbury environment, and have provided training for over 35 933 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON graduate and undergraduate students in the environmental sciences. For a full listing of MIRARCO’s past and present environmental research projects, visit the Phone: 705-675-1151 ext. 5087 MIRARCO website at www.mirarco.org/projectscem.php. The CEM team also hosted Email: [email protected] the Sudbury Mining and the Environment conference in 2003 and in 2007. This Website: www.mirarco.org conference has become a ‘must’ on the international reclamation research calendar. N.J. Robbins Consultants Like most industrial technology research, R&D costs for new processes and devices Key Contacts: can be eligible for generous refunds under the SR&ED research tax credit program. N.J. Nigel Robbins, President Robbins Consultants Inc. assists private companies to fulfill the technical requirements Amanda Unwin, General Manager of the SR&ED “Research Tax Credit” Program. Although Robbins Consultants has Address: 1400 Barrydowne Rd., clients elsewhere in Ontario, its Sudbury client list reads like a “Who’s Who” list of Suites 1638, 1637 & 2636D, Sudbury, ON manufacturers for the area. The company has assisted Sudbury-area clients who have been developing technology in wind power, plastics recycling, smoke precipitators, Phone: 705-521-8324 (ext 219) industrial waste capturing, industrial composting, infiltration paving, net-zero homes Email: [email protected] and nickel dust recycling, to name just a few. Website: www.researchpays.com

38 EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles National Car Rental, The Murdoch Group Staff atT he Murdoch Group’s Sudbury office have altered their office practices to help Key Contact: Dave Murdoch the environment. Measures have included installing a setback thermostat, changing Address: 1150 Kingsway, Sudbury, ON all lighting to Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs), and adopting a laser toner cartridge recycling program. Since December 2005, the Sudbury location has been using a Phone: 705-560-1000 waste oil furnace. This has reduced its natural gas consumption by 20,955 m3 over the Email: [email protected] last two years. Website: www.murdochgroupinc.com Nickel District Conservation Authority The NDCA has been a steward of the local watershed for fifty years, engaging in flood Key Contact: Paul Sajatovic, and erosion control, flood forecasting, regulation enforcement, and habitat protection Director of Corporate and Watershed throughout the watershed. Drinking Water Source Protection is now also part of the Management Services NDCA’s integrated watershed management planning. In October 2007, the NDCA Address: 200 Brady St., Tom Davies established the Greater Sudbury Source Protection Committee, as required by the Square, First Floor, Sudbury, ON Clean Water Act. The NDCA also participates in the Provincial Groundwater Monitoring Network and the Provincial Water Quality Monitoring Network. Phone: (705)674-5249 The Lake Laurentian Conservation Area, operated by the NDCA, is an important Email: paul.sajatovic@city. resource for educating the community about the environment. The NDCA’s greatersudbury.on.ca environmental education programs at the Conservation Area enhance the Website: www.nickeldistrict.ca learning experience for students studying environmental concepts as part of their school curriculum. The NDCA hosts students from kindergarten to Grade 12 at the Conservation Area for programs on topics such as adaptation, flora and fauna, habitats, survival techniques, and pond ecosystems. NORCAT (Northern Centre for Advanced Technology Inc.) NORCAT’s environmental approach centres on creating working environments Key Contact: Tony Ingram, that do not cause workers harm. From NORCAT’s perspective, it is important that Dept. Head – H&S Programs both indoor and outdoor environments are healthy places for people to work. Air Address: quality monitoring is one of the services that NORCAT provides small industries to 1400 Barrydowne Rd., Sudbury ON help them maintain good working conditions. If air quality problems are detected, NORCAT recommends solutions, and in some cases, companies also commission the Phone: 705-521-8324 ext. 224 organization to implement its recommendations. NORCAT has also been involved in Email: [email protected] Clean Air Sudbury, a non-profit, community-based organization focused on improving Website: www.norcat.org outdoor air quality in the Sudbury area. Another aspect of NORCAT’s work is providing product development assistance to small, medium and large industrial enterprises. Most NORCAT prototypes have health and safety applications, and are designed to address issues caused by exposure to harmful environmental conditions.

EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles 39 Northern Initiative for Social Action NCRD receives, repairs and cleans donated computers in order to sell them at a low Key Contact: Shelley Dietz, price to individuals and organizations within our community that cannot afford to Program Coodinator buy new computers. The program is run entirely by customers of mental health Address: 680 Kirkwood Dr., Bldg. 1, services and has the dual effect of providing meaningful and socially valued work/ Sudbury, ON training opportunities on computer maintenance and repair, while helping to divert waste from the landfill.NISA also organizes a fall blanket drive where the public Phone: 705-675-9193 ext. 8206 donates unwanted quilts, blankets and comforters to be re-used in making quilts, Email: [email protected] blankets and comforters for distribution to Greater Sudbury’s homeless population. Website: www.nisa.on.ca Northern Life Northern Life has been publishing environmental features and supplements, in Key Contact: Bill Bradley, addition to fully covering pertinent environmental news stories for years. Northern Reporter - Environmental and Life’s most substantial environmental publication is a magazine-style supplement Community Affairs that has been produced since 2003, usually once a year. With each supplement, Address: 158 Elgin St., Sudbury, ON EarthCare Sudbury and the EarthCare Sudbury Partners collaborate with Northern Life in supplying content for the publication. In recent years the Northern Life also Phone: 705-673-5667 ext. 373 ran feature articles on local food issues. With every environment-related article that Email: [email protected] Northern Life runs, and every ‘green’ event that the newspaper promotes, it is helping Website: www.northernlife.ca to make Greater Sudbury a greener, more environmentally sustainable community. Out in the community, Northern Life was one of the initiators of GREENville at the Northern Lights Festival Boréal. GREENville is an environmentally-themed area of the festival and, in its first year, featured over twenty ‘green’ vendors. A lso, nearby music stages were powered by locally-produced bio-diesel fuel. Northern Life has been the official corporate sponsor ofGREEN ville since its inception in 2006 and hopes that the initiative will lead to the Northern Lights Festival Boréal becoming entirely green in the future. Novenco Consultants Ltd. Novenco Consultants Ltd. (NCL) engineers and fabricates Polymer Concrete Key Contact: Barry Hamilton, Electrolytic Cells, and has built a reputation as a developer and supplier of polymer Sales Consultant concrete tanks. In 2007, Novenco Consultants began diversifying its offerings. Address: 2773 White St., Val Caron, ON Recognizing the increasing importance of the environment in society, NCL opted to focus diversification efforts on innovations to improve environmental sustainability. Phone: 705-897-4949 NCL is now positioning itself to become the Northern Ontario dealer of Cleanfield Email: [email protected] TM Energy products. As well, NCL is investigating manufacturing plastic railway ties Website: www.novenco.com and alternative building materials from recycled fibreglass, rubber tires, and various recycled plastics.

40 EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles Nutri-Lawn EarthCare Sudbury’s overall goal with respect to pesticides is to reduce the non- Key Contact: Mike House, essential use of pesticides in the City of Greater Sudbury. Nutri-Lawn shares this Owner/General Manager goal and routinely implements it through its lawn care services. In 2007, Nutri-Lawn Address: P.O. Box 2025, Sudbury, ON Sudbury became the only lawn care business in Sudbury with an IPM (Integrated Pest Management) Accreditation. IPM is a system that emphasizes pest prevention, Phone: (705) 525-1294 application of pesticides only when necessary, using reduced risk products when Email: [email protected] available, and promoting optimum plant health through cultural practices. The Website: www.nutri-lawn.ca EarthCare Sudbury Local Action Plan recommends Integrated Pest Management as a preferred approach to dealing with pests. Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition The OHCC contributes to the EarthCare Sudbury Local Action Plan by linking Key Contact: Lorna Heidenheim, individuals, groups and community coalitions to ideas, information and resources Executive Director on topics that will promote and sustain Healthy Communities. In Greater Sudbury, Address: 2 Carlton St, Suite 1810, the organization initiated the firstS udbury Children’s Water Festival jointly with the Toronto ON Sudbury & District Health Unit and the Nickel District Conservation Authority. The Phone: 416-408-4841 ext. 4 OHCC also collaborated in creating the Sudbury Basin Environmental Networking Initiative (SBENI), which has become the Greater Sudbury Environmental Network, an Email: EarthCare Sudbury Partner. [email protected] Website: www.healthycommunities.on.ca Partners in Eco-Adventure Tourism PEAT encourages visitors to Northern Ontario to experience the natural beauty and Key Contact: June Crinnion, solitude of the North through the eco-friendly tourism and education packages PEAT Board Member offered by EATP members. Outfitters and lodges affiliated withEAT P feature non- - Avalon Eco-Resort Owner motorized experiences (canoeing, cycling, snowshoeing, horseback riding, etc.) and Address: 476 Highway 637, Killarney, ON simple, low-impact accommodations to emphasize their commitment to and respect for natural environments. To support the development of future leaders in the Phone: 705-688-3453 environmentally sustainable tourism industry, PEAT also endorses the Nature-based Email: [email protected] Adventure Tourism program at Cambrian College and the Adventure Leadership and Website: www.peat.on.ca Outdoor Education programs at Laurentian University.

EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles 41 Penguin ASI (Automated Systems Inc.) Penguin ASI’s research projects use advanced technologies to find unique and Key Contact: Dr. Greg Baiden, commercially viable solutions to problems in application areas such as mining, Chairman & Chief Technology Officer forestry, construction, underwater, aerial, institutional and space. Much of Penguin Address: 1755 Regional Rd. 55, ASI’s current research has direct environmental implications. Naughton, ON Phone: 705-692-8748 Email: [email protected] Website: www.penguinasi.com Rainbow District School Board Students in Rainbow Schools are learning by example and gaining daily experience Key Contact: Sandi Ackroyd, on how to be environmental stewards. Education for sustainable development was Assistant Plant Manager introduced in Rainbow Schools in partnership with the Dearness Environmental – Special Projects Society in 2000. Over the years, Rainbow District School Board has encouraged Address: 69 Young Street, Sudbury, ON schools to take ownership of the program, and as a result, initiatives in many Rainbow Schools have gone beyond the Dearness Conservation framework. To reflect its Phone: 705-674-3171 ext. 7260 focus on sustainability and bring greater visibility and unity to these efforts,R ainbow Email: [email protected] District School Board has given its environmental initiatives a unique brand. All Website: www.rainbowschools.ca environmental activities, including those that were once ‘Dearness Conservation’ initiatives, now fall under the umbrella of ‘Rainbow Schools Go Green’. Though environmental education is a key component of the classroom curriculum in Rainbow Schools, ‘Go Green’ initiatives extend well beyond teachers delivering environmental lessons to students in a classroom setting. The new Valley View Public School is a testament to the Rainbow District School Board’s commitment to environmental sustainability. When the school opened in September 2007, it became the first green school inN orthern Ontario, a flagship school for environmental efficiency and stewardship. Rainbow Routes

Rainbow Routes is leading the implementation of Greater Sudbury’s master plan for Key Contact: Deb McIntosh, non-motorized trail development. In the past five years, 7 new trail projects have been Executive Director completed under Rainbow Routes’ management, and the trail system has grown by Address: 200 Brady St., Sudbury ON approximately 12 km. The organization has created trail maps and erected directional signage for all but four of the thirty-one trails that are now part of the Rainbow Routes Phone: (705) 674-4455 ext. 4603 system. Also, a new Rainbow Routes program called Learning through Trails engages Email: kids in participatory and active hands-on activities while hiking on one of Greater [email protected] Sudbury’s many trails. The Local Action Plan commits the EarthCare Sudbury Partners Website: www.rainbowroutes.com to working with Rainbow Routes to improve the local trail system.

42 EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles Renewed Computer Technology The RCT Refurbishment Centre in Sudbury is involved in three programs designed Key Contact: Alain Carriere, to diminish the amount of e-waste ending up in our landfills. C omputers for Manager – Sudbury Refurbishment Schools is Renewed Computer Technology’s flagship program. Donors such as the Centre Sudbury Taxation Centre and City of Greater Sudbury give a large number of used Address: 21 Lasalle Blvd. Rm 2064, computers each year to the RCT Refurbishment Centre in Sudbury. Providing that Collège Boréal, Sudbury, ON these computers are in working order and are less than five years old,RCT technicians refurbish the computers free of charge and then distribute them to area schools Phone: 705-521-6037 where they are again put to productive use. The organization also accepts requests Email: [email protected] for refurbished computer equipment from the non-profit sector through itsC harities Website: www.rcto.ca are ‘IT’ initiative. While RCT’s primary focus is to extend the life of technology through Computers for Schools and Charities are ‘IT’, RCT also offers a cost-effective e-waste disposal solution through its Environmental Management Program. For a nominal fee, RCT arranges for older computers and computer equipment to be properly recycled through this program. Rogers Sudbury Radio Group Since 2003, when the Rogers Sudbury Radio Group became an EarthCare Sudbury Key Contact: Rick Doughty, Partner, the organization has been greening its internal operations. In particular, Vice President, Ontario North as equipment improves and new technology becomes available, the company is Address: 880 Lasalle Blvd., Sudbury, ON making upgrades to conserve energy and become more efficient.A s a key part of the local media, the Rogers Sudbury Radio Group also plays a part in communicating to Phone: 705-525-7274 the public news and information related to the environment. Email: [email protected] Science North In 2002, Science North introduced The Climate Change Show, a multimedia object Key Contacts: theatre hosted by an animated sheep wearing rubber boots. This unique science (Programming): Franco Mariotti, experience takes us into the past, present and future of the world’s climate and how Staff Scientist it affects life on earth. T he Climate Change Show has become a hit with visitors at (Operations): Jeff Baron, Science North and internationally. Director of Technical Services While exhibits such as The Climate Change Show, have engaged people of all ages, Address: Science North is a local champion when it comes to environmental programming 100 Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, ON for youth. Each year thousands of students learn about various environmental issues through educational outreach programs at Science North. The popularity of these Phone: 705-522-3701 programs indicates that Science North has a winning strategy for reaching kids in Email: ways that count. [email protected], baron@ In operations, Science North has implemented a comprehensive and successful utility sciencenorth.ca usage reduction program, with more initiatives planned for the future. Website: www.sciencenorth.ca

EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles 43 Sudbury and District Health Unit When it comes to respecting the environment, the Sudbury & District Health Unit Key Contact: Shelley Westhaver, endeavours to be a role model – not only for the community – but also for the Manager – Environmental Health network of public health units across the province. Although the Sudbury & District Address: 1300 Paris St. Sudbury, ON Health Unit’s Environmental Health Division is mandated to address environmental Phone: 705-522-9200, ext. 289 issues, the whole health unit is involved in environmental responsibility. Email: [email protected] A cross-divisional ‘Green Team’ coordinates the Health Unit’s internal programs. The ‘Green Team’ was formed for the One Tonne Challenge, but has continued to be Website: www.sdhu.com active even after the One Tonne Challenge has ended. In the community, the SDHU coordinates a range of public education programs dealing with themes such as walkability, reduction of pesticide use, urban tree-cover, and food security, all of which encourage Greater Sudbury residents to alter their lifestyle habits for the benefit of the environment and their personal health. The Sudbury Children’s Water Festival, established in 2005, is the SDHU’s main youth-oriented outreach environmental program that deals with concepts of sustainability. In the first two years of the festival, over 800 students and 100 volunteers participated. With the addition of a new travelling outreach trailer, SDHU expects even more participants in future years. The SDHU, along with other community partners, developed the Greater Sudbury Food Security Charter. Sudbury and Manitoulin Workforce Partnerships Board The Sudbury & Manitoulin Workplace Partnerships Board is helping to lay the Key Contact: Sharon Murdock, groundwork for environmentally-positive behaviour change by encouraging Executive Director tomorrow’s workforce to consider environmental careers. The WPB also hosted a Address: 109 Elm St., Suite 110 (rear daylong conference titled Kyoto and Beyond that brought together environmental entrance), Sudbury, ON experts across multiple fields to discuss what changes are anticipated and how we can meet them. Phone: 705-675-5822 Email: [email protected] Website: www.workforcepartnerships.ca

Sudbury Catholic District School Board (scdbs) For over a decade, the SCDSB has been aggressively working on numerous energy Key Contact: Mark Gervais, conservation projects and initiatives to maximize efficiencies, including the Dearness Energy Co-ordinator Conservation program. Dearness Conservation has become a framework for Address: establishing incentives, such as ecological field trips, to enhance student interest in 165-A D’Youville St., Sudbury, ON participating in activities that benefit the environment.A t the same time, SCDSB has been completing retrofits and other infrastructure improvements on an ongoing Phone: 705-673-5620 ext. 424 basis. Improvements to date have resulted in increased efficiency and decreased Email: [email protected] costs for the Board. Website: www.scdsb.edu.on.ca

44 EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles Sudbury Community Foundation

The Sudbury Community Foundation coordinates both community projects Key Contact: Deborah Viisimaa, and endowment funds in the name of ensuring greener futures for tomorrow’s Receptionist & Project Administrator generations. The Foundation manages two endowment funds that are specifically Address: tied to enhancing the environmental sustainability of the Greater Sudbury community 40 Elm St. Unit 218, Sudbury, ON – the Greater Sudbury Tree Fund and the Parenting and the Environment Fund. Phone: 705-673-7770 In addition, since 2006 the Foundation has secured the donation of thousands of Email: [email protected] white cedar, red pine and white pine seedlings. Through the Foundation’s ‘Spouts’ initiative, these trees were distributed for planting in several locations throughout Website: www.sudburycf.ca Greater Sudbury. In 2007, the Foundation distributed trees to twenty-two local schools, and to a few past recipients of Community Foundation grants.

Sudbury Horticultural Society The Sudbury Horticultural Society is dedicated to the beautification of the Sudbury Key Contact: Hermina Hubert, region and the preservation of our environment. Since 2005, the organization has President participated in the Ugliest Schoolyard Contest, whereby schools can enter to win a Address: Box 1146, Lively, ON schoolyard makeover package worth thousands of dollars. The Horticultural Society’s main contribution is assisting the winning school to select plants that are suitable Phone: 705-692-1442 for the Sudbury area and the schoolyard’s specific conditions.I n addition, volunteers Email: [email protected] from the Horticultural Society have continued to maintain and beautify the John St. Website: www. Park using all natural gardening practices since the early 1980s. sudburyhorticulturalsociety.ca Sudbury Naturalists Club Members of the Sudbury Naturalists help the environment through hands-on Key Contact: Marlies Schoenefeld, involvement in numerous protection activities and community initiatives to enhance President the well-being of Greater Sudbury’s environment. These include wildlife monitoring, Address: 945 Leedale Ave., Sudbury, ON tree-planting, lake stewardship, and public workshops on various topics relating to flora and fauna from around the world. Phone: 705-522-3085 Email: [email protected]

EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles 45 Sudbury Social Planning Council As a strong advocate for disadvantaged groups in Greater Sudbury, the Social Contact: Annette Reszczynski, Planning Council brings a unique perspective to the issue of environmental Senior Social Planner sustainability and how it should be achieved. The accessibility of environmentally Address: 30 Ste Anne Rd, Suite 105, sustainable living is a key focus of the SPC. To this end, the organization maintains a Sudbury, ON large community garden in partnership with residents from a social housing complex, and has acted as a sponsor agency for The Foodshed Project. Phone: 705-675-3894 The Sudbury Social Planning Council has been named the lead organization of Email: [email protected] the civic engagement pillar in the Healthy Communities Cabinet. The Cabinet was Website: www.spcsudbury.ca created to guide Sudbury’s activity as a Regional Centre for Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (a designation awarded by the United Nations Institute for Advanced Studies). Sundog Outfitters

Environmental sustainability is the key operating philosophy of Sundog Outfitters.T he Key Contact: business has been based out of an off-grid, solar-powered home office since opening Jenny Martindale and Jim Little, in 2001. The home office, or ‘BaseC amp’, is constructed entirely out of local logs and Owners features a variety of sustainable living technologies. All of Sundog Outfitters’ programs Address: New Cobden Road Extension, and services are low-impact and serve to help people realize the importance of Dowling, ON environmental preservation. Sundog Outfitters demonstrates that is it possible to operate a business off-grid and achieve a comfortable lifestyle as well. Phone: 705-562-1160 Email: [email protected] Website: www.sundogoutfitters.com Toromont Energy Inc. Toromont Energy operates the Sudbury District Energy Corporation (SDEC) as a Key Contact: Wally Capsticks public/private partnership with the City of Greater Sudbury and the Greater Sudbury Address: Utilities. Through SDEC, Toromont Energy enables large energy consumers to access 36 Energy Court, Sudbury, ON a source of green energy that significantly improves the efficiency of their energy Phone: 705-673-7332 usage. Email: [email protected] Greater Sudbury’s landfill gas generation plant became operational inS eptember 2007 after several years of work involving Toromont Energy, the City of Greater Website: www.toromont.com Sudbury and Greater Sudbury Utilities. Toromont Energy supplied and installed the equipment for the plant and has been contracted to run all aspects of gas collection and energy generation at the facility. This plant, which is fuelled by methane gas collected from the Greater Sudbury landfill, will power enough electricity to supply about 1,200 homes.

46 EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles Union Gas Limited Union Gas is providing consumers at all levels with the means to conserve energy Key Contact: Gerry LaForest, and improve energy efficiency. For the past five years, UnionG as has provided free Account Manager Commercial/ Energy Saving Kits (a $35 value) to residential customers. At the commercial level, Industrial - Ontario Northeast residential heating installation contractors receive a paid incentive from Union Gas Address: when they sell high-efficiency natural gas equipment.A similar incentive is available 828 Falconbridge Rd., Sudbury, Ont. to industrial clients. Phone: 705-525-4884 In the community, Union Gas has distributed thousands of energy saving devices to community retrofit projects, and the company is a major sponsor of the Dearness Email: [email protected] Conservation program in Greater Sudbury’s schools. Union Gas has also undertaken Website: www.uniongas.com many projects to improve the energy efficiency of the local UnionG as office. Vale Inco One of Greater Sudbury’s most active corporate citizens, Vale Inco has initiated, Key Contact: Ed Cocchiarella, funded and participated in community-based initiatives that address most themes Manager - Environment, Ontario of the EarthCare Sudbury Local Action Plan, including landscape recovery, soils, air Operations quality, economy, energy and youth engagement. Address: Internally, Vale Inco is continually taking on projects to further reduce the amount 337 Power Street, Copper Cliff, ON of emissions produced through company operations. A new state-of-the-art $115 Phone: 705-682-5283 million fluid bed roaster facility has put another sizable dent in the kilotonnes ofSO 2 that the company emits. From a previous 265 kilotonnes in 2006, Vale Inco’s annual Email: [email protected] SO2 emissions in Sudbury are down to 175 kilotonnes. New strategies to improve Website: www.inco.com energy efficiency are also being pursued on an ongoing basis. Between 1990 and 2005 Inco cut energy usage by 10%, increased production by 20%, and decreased the amount of energy used per pound produced by 30%. Valley Growers Whenever possible, Valley Growers’ packaging practices and delivery systems reduce Key Contact: the environmental impacts of food production and transportation. In 2007 Valley Tami and Roland Rainville, Growers began farming using Global Positioning Systems. A GPS unit that is installed Owners on farm machinery measures the space between the rows and mounds of potatoes Address: with extreme accuracy. This allows Valley Growers to avoid application overlap in 2960 Martin Rd. Blezard Valley, ON applying pesticides. The company also works with its customers in the distribution system to keep empty space at a minimum in trucks transporting Valley Growers Phone: 705-897-4560 potatoes. Email: [email protected] Website: www.valleygrowers.ca

EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles 47 Valley Nursery Sod For the past ten years, Valley Nursery Sod has been perfecting a new variety of sod Key Contact: Denis Charbonneau, grass that naturally crowds out weeds. For the past five years, 100% of the product Manager sold by Valley Nursery Sod has been this ‘Elite Kentucky Blue Grass’. This variety of Address: 189 Seguin St., Chelmsford,On grass grows so densely that most pesticides (including pesticides, fungicides and herbicides) are virtually unnecessary to maintain it. Further, by using natural fertilizers Phone: 705-897-4320 Valley Nursery Sod has significantly reduced its use of phosphates, with more Email: [email protected] reductions planned as research on natural fertilizers and plant stimulants continues. Valley Nursery Sod provides a natural alternative to chemical application for clients who want their lawns and grass-covered landscaped spaces to be weed-free. Vegetation Enhancement Technical Advisory Committee (vetac)

VETAC, Sudbury’s re-greening committee, is responsible for this community’ s Key Contact: Peter Beckett, green re-birth and its focus on becoming sustainable. To date, over 8.8 million trees Chair have been planted throughout Greater Sudbury and 3,392 hectares of barren land Address: Laurentian University, Ramsey treated with lime, fertilizer and grass/legume seed mixture. More recently, VETAC has Lk. Rd., Sudbury, ON increased the diversity of trees planted by introducing native understory tree species and shrubs to the reclamation mix, and focussed efforts on improving water quality Phone: 705-675-1151 ext.2259 through reclamation efforts in theR amsey Lake, Silver Lake and Wanapitei River Email: [email protected] watersheds. Website: In 1976 the committee initiated a campaign to provide tree seedlings to area www. greatersudbury.ca/VETAC residence to promote neighbourhood greening efforts. A lmost 60,000 seedlings have been provided to the public to date for planting on private residential land in the city, drastically improving the urban canopy cover in residential areas. In 2005, re-greening efforts were brought to local schoolyards through the initiation of the “Ugliest Schoolyard Contest”. Eight schools have benefited from this contest so far, reaching over 2,000 elementary school students. Wahnapitae First Nation

In the Local Action Plan, the EarthCare Sudbury Partners commit to developing and Key Contact: Darrell Alston, implementing a Watershed Protection Plan. They also pledge to improve the health Economic Development Officer of the community’s surface water resources through water quality monitoring. The Address: P.O. Box 1119, Capreol, ON Wahnapitae First Nation participates in delivering on these commitments by working with local mining companies to monitor water quality in the Lake Wahnapitae Phone: 705-858-0610 watershed, and by working on water and environmental monitoring with Health Email: Canada, through a summer student Green Plan program. In addition, a representative [email protected] from the community sits on the Greater Sudbury Source Water Protection Committee. Website: www.wahnapitaefn.com

48 EarthCare Sudbury Partner Profiles Waters Environmental Geosciences Ltd. Improved water quality and sustainable use of our water resources are the Local Key Contact: Peter Richards, Action Plan’s primary freshwater goals. Waters Environmental Geosciences Ltd. President – Senior Environmental continues to contribute expertise in gathering and assessing the background Engineer information necessary to make well-informed and sustainable improvements to Address: P.O. Box 69 Lively, ON Greater Sudbury’s water resources. Phone: 705-692- 0937 Email: [email protected] Website: www.watersenviro.ca Xstrata Nickel Xstrata Nickel’s mines, mill and smelter have been accredited ISO 14001 operations Key Contact: Marc Butler, since 2004. Each year, improvements are made to the company’s environmental Superintendent of Environment management systems, thereby ensuring the renewal of the ISO 14001 status. Address: Sudbury Smelter, Long year Improvement measures underway include: Drive, Falconbridge, ON ß slag re-greening and reducing the expanse of the slag pile storage area Phone: 705-693-2761 ext.3356 ß continuing reduction of sulphur dioxide (SO2 emissions) Email: [email protected] ß construction of new buildings to store concentrates Website: www.xstrata.com ß Participation in the Sudbury Soil Study ß ongoing environmental effects monitoring of water discharged from the smelter site into Coniston Creek

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