Canadian Environment Week
From May 31 to June 6, 2009, the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C., celebrates Canadian Environment Week. Please visit this website to read about green success stories in Canada. We will be featuring a new story each weekday that celebrates Canadian innovation and environmental stewardship.
2010 Vancouver Olympics: The Sustainable Games
The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) is committed to ensuring the 2010 Vancouver Olympics raise the threshold of environmental consciousness through sustainability in sport.
Podcast (with Ann Duffy, VANOC’s Corporate Sustainability Officer) • More
CO2 capture in Weyburn, SK
Encana’s greenhouse gas sequestration project in Weyburn, Saskatchewan is the largest project of its kind in the world. Since 2000, carbon dioxide has been sequestered through an underground pipeline that runs from North Dakota to Weyburn.
Podcast (with Encana’s Executive Advisor Gerry Protti) • More - WMV * (20.8 MB)
Clean Air Day
Canadian Embassy employees participate in Clean Air Day by walking and biking to work. Ambassador Michael Wilson does his part by driving the Embassy's environmentally friendly hybrid vehicle.
PEI’s wind farms
Since 2000, Prince Edward Island, Canada’s smallest province, has dramatically increased its wind power capacity - adding clean energy to the electricity grid and increasing its potential to export power to the New England states to the south.
Podcast (with PEI’s Minister of Environment, Energy, and Forestry)
Steam Whistle Brewery
The Steam Whistle Brewery, a micro brewery based in Toronto, Ontario, has reduced its carbon footprint by decreasing its energy consumption, increasing its use of biofuels, and diverting waste from the landfills.
Podcast (with Steam Whistle’s Director of Marketing and Environment Chair, Sybil Taylor) • More…
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