Environment Week Guide

Download the Environment Week Guide - 2008

Across the country events will be taking place for Environment Week. This week provides us all with the opportunity to celebrate the actions you take – and discover new ways - to reduce your ecological footprint.

Green Calgary staff wants to empower you to do all you can at home, at work and at school, creating healthy communities along the way. The actions and opportunities listed below have been grouped into things you can do at home, work and school. While Environment Week is a great opportunity to celebrate or take up a new action, don’t forget that every week is environment week! We encourage you to take action all year long!

For more information on any items in this handout or to book a workshop for your office, organization, church or group please contact Environmental Education at [403] 230 1443 ext 225.

To purchase any of the products mentioned visit The EcoStore at 809-4th Ave SW, call [403] 230 1443 ext 222 or by email.

Other Activities for Environment Week

Top 10 of your choices that have the greatest impact on the environment:

Bank
Gasoline
Supermarket
Retail stores
Cars
Seafood
Chocolate
Coffee
Credit Card
Cleaning Products

BETTER WORLD SHOPPER is a site dedicated to providing people with a comprehensive, up-to-date, reliable account of the social and environmental responsibility of every company on the planet AND making it available in practical forms that individuals can use in their everyday lives. Coming out of more than 5 years of intensive research, this work is based on a comprehensive database of over 1000 companies and utilizes 25+ reliable sources of data to cover everything from the environment to human rights, community development to animal protection.

For even more ideas on actions you can take during Environment Week or World Environment Day check out UNEP’s 80 Ways to Celebrate World Environment Day.