The projects range from banding endangered Peregrine Falcons in Thunder Bay and a Corporate Smog Contract to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the Greater Toronto Area to a household hazardous waste reduction initiative in McNab Township.
All projects involve direct action in communities to protect and preserve their local environments.
These kinds of projects are excellent examples for other communities and this type of environmental citizenship will bring us closer to our goal of a healthy environment for ourselves and, more importantly, for our children. Under the community funding component of Action 21, eligible projects must have matching funding or in-kind support from other sponsors, must respond to community needs and must demonstrate measurable environmental benefits. Funding deadlines for the program are the first of May, October and February. Funding for this program was provided for in the February 1997 federal budget and is therefore built into the existing fiscal framework. A backgrounder providing a brief description of each project being announced today is attached.