Our vision of a healthy community is based on equity, access, safety and a clean environment. We work with concerned individuals, public health agencies, local governments and grassroots organizations in order to encourage the participation of Toronto citizens on local issues and to provide a forum for citizens to be heard on environmental issues. TEA focuses on six major campaign areas, where we work on a variety of projects and programs related to Smog and Climate Change, Urban Pesticides, Waste Reduction, Sustainable Transportation, Water, and Involving Youth. TEA speaks out on issues that shape our local environment so that, with the help of community volunteers, TEA has made progress on critical environmental issues while expanding the skills and knowledge of our broader community. Over the past decade TEA has grown to play a well-respected role both in the community and in municipal governments.
TEA works with a number of different types of partners within our community.
We work with the health care sector through the Health Care Without Harm coalition and through cooperation with individual doctors and nurses in Toronto. We have academics from the environmental studies programs at both the University of Toronto and York University on the TEA Board of Directors and have strong links to the Environmental Studies program at Innis College, whose students regularly participate in TEA through internships. Our Youth Caucus involves young people in our organization and provides them with an introduction to the environmental movement. We work with community groups such as Greenest City, the North Toronto Green Community, the Toronto Food Policy council, the Women's Network on Health and the Environment and the Toronto Cancer Prevention Coalition.