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Citizens Climate Change Lobby - Sudbury Chapter

Type of Group: Community Group

Website: http://citizensclimatelobby.ca/

Contact info: Cathy Orlando – This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Type of organization: Volunteer, grassroots

Main focus: Climate Change, Poverty and Economics, mostly working but not exclusively at the National level. We do work with local and provincial politicians when it is appropriate as well as on the international stage.

Purpose:
1. To create the political will for a sustainable climate.
2. To empower individuals to have breakthroughs in exercising their personal and political power.

Work in the community:
- 44 members
- communicate with politicians and media about the urgency of the climate crisis and the
- we are spearheading the Million Letter March campaign for Sudbury

Programs or services offered:
- Climate education and presentations
- Climate lobbying
- education on the economics of climate change
- Support group for people who really want to do something political with regards to climate change
- the Group Leader's job is to empower the volunteers to have breakthroughs in exercising their personal or political power

Volunteer opportunities:
- Meetings are once per month, usually on Saturday (holiday dependent) from 12:45-2:30 pm on an international teleconference call.
- Write Letters for the Million Letter March
- Staff booths at events
- write letters to the editor regarding climate change
- develop community partnerships to synergize our actions
- we went to Washington for a meeting in June. Jim Hansen is the keynote speaker and we met with members of the Congress and World Bank to discuss the urgency of the climate crisis and the Carbon Fee and Dividends Act
- encourage people in other cities in Canada to start their own CCL

Service area: City of Greater Sudbury

Connections with other groups, organizations, initiatives:
- Sustainable Earth Club at Laurentian - eight of our volunteers are SEC members
- Let's Talks Science at Laurentian -seven of our volunteeres are LTSPP members
- The Climate Project Canada - they promote our work and we use the CCL information in our climate project presentations
- The Greater Sudbury Climate Consortium - Cathy Orlando is the Co-Chair of the Consortium and at their community event in February we had a booth
- Good Green Questions Sudbury - Municipal Elections http://www.lu-ltspp.ca/townhall/ggqg_home.html
- Good Green Questions Canada - Federal Elections 2011 - website pending
- Citizens Climate Lobby International
- The Climate Action Network Canada http://www.climateactionnetwork.ca/
- Citizens Climate Lobby's across North America but especially the two in Canada (Toronto and Red Lake) - where we help each other

Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury

Type of Group: Community Group

Website: http://www.liveablesudbury.org/

Contact info: Naomi Grant (Chair) – This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Type of organization: Volunteer, Grassroots

Main focus: community sustainability

Purpose: To work towards our common vision of a green, healthy, and engaged community. To be a strong voice for sustainability. To make it easier for citizens to be involved, make a positive difference, and have a meaningful voice. To connect like-minded people and groups so they can share resources and work together. To be a resource for community sustainability. To advocate for change, to research best practices, to educate the public, local groups and decision makers, and to act.

Work in the community:

Advocacy: advocate for community sustainability and meaningful citizen engagement in municipal decisions and policies, and assist others to do so as well. We make public submissions for specific decisions, and give regular updates to City Council.

Research: research best practices and make this information available to others.

Educate: through our newsletter, public events, submissions, and discussions/workshops.

Act: to make positive change. We partner with other organizations on community projects.

Current work includes: a series of ‘unconferences’ bringing knowledgeable grassroots input to EarthCare Sudbury’s Local Action Plan; collaborating on efforts to improve lake water quality by restricting phosphorous, and improving air-quality by reducing idling; partnering on an edition of the poetry e-zine Terra North/Nord based on local photographs from a CLS photo contest; ‘Smart Growth’ toolkits for elementary and high school students.

Programs or services offered: Membership(for individuals or community groups); bi-weekly newsletter. We can assist you or your group keep informed of local issues and events, find resources, connect to others, create a vision of revitalization, speak out, or navigate the planning process.

Volunteer opportunities: Volunteers welcome! E-mail for available opportunities.

Service area: City of Greater Sudbury

Connections with other groups, organizations, initiatives:Our members include a wide range of community groups (see the members page of our website for a full listing). The CLS connects with these and other local groups to share information and resources, work towards common goals, and assist others to do the same.

reThink Green

Type of Group: Community Group

Website: www.rethinkgreen.ca

Contact info: Tamara Gagnon (Program Director) – This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; Phone: (705)674-1685

Address: 176 Larch Street, Suite 101, Sudbury, ON

Type of organization: not-for-profit, independent

Main focus: Community Sustainability

Purpose: reThink Green is a solutions based network focused on enhancing and protecting the environment and culture of sustainability in the City of Greater Sudbury. We aim to be a catalyst for positive environmental change in our community, and beyond.

Work in the community: Earth Day Festival

Programs or services offered: Environmental Resource Centre available for booking, resource lending library, reThink Homes Energy Efficiency Consultation program, community events, capacity building workshops, panel discussions, education

Volunteer opportunities: Volunteer opportunities available, e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information

Service area: City of Greater Sudbury

Connections with other groups, organizations, initiatives: Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury, Eat Local Sudbury Cooperative, The Foodshed Project, Sudbury Food Connections Network, Social Planning Council of Sudbury, Planet Earth Organic Landscaping, EarthCare Sudbury

EarthCare Sudbury

Type of Group: Advisory Panel

Website: www.greatersudbury.ca/earthcare

Contact info: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Main focus: Community sustainability

Purpose: EarthCare Sudbury is a unique partnership between the City of Greater Sudbury, over 100 community, agencies, organizations and businesses, and hundreds of individuals coming together to chart our own course for a greener, healthier and more sustainable community. The focus of EarthCare Sudbury is on enhancing our environment, creating a healthier community, and strengthening the local economy.

Work in the community: Development of EarthCare Sudbury Action Plan

Programs or services offered: Green Living newspaper insert, EarthCare Minute spots on MCTV, Community Calendar of Environmental Events, Interactive Home Audit website, Efficient Sudbury Campaign, Greater Sudbury Carpoolzone website, Idle-Free Zone signage

Volunteer opportunities: Contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Service area: City of Greater Sudbury

Connections with other groups, organizations, initiatives: EarthCare Sudbury Partners

Healthy Community Cabinet Advisory Panel

Type of Group: Advisory Panel

Website: www.healthycommunitysudbury.ca

Contact info: Barb McDougall-Murdoch - Phone: (705)674-4455 x2422, E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Main focus: Community Sustainability

Purpose:

To advance the objectives of the Healthy Community Charter and realize the goals of the 2010-2014 Healthy Community Strategy; and to oversee the work of multiple sub-committees to collectively guide the successful creation of various initiatives that will improve the human health and sustainability of the City which will significantly influence the City's citizens' and communities' inspiration, inclusion, and resilience.

To implement the 2010-2014 Healthy Community Strategy by using the U.N.U. Regional Centre of Expertise on education for sustainable development (RCE) model as a guide.

Work in the community: Healthy Community Recognition Awards

Service area: City of Greater Sudbury

Climate Change Consortium 

Type of Group: NDCA-led network of community stakeholders

Website(s): http://sudburyclimateaction.ca/home.html

Blog: http://adaptsudbury.wordpress.com/

Contact info: Paul Sajatovic- This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ; Bob Rogers - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Main focus: Climate Change

Purpose: To bring the various groups in the City of Greater Sudbury together to work collaboratively on aspects of Climate Change Adaptation and Risk Assessment for the benefit of our watershed residents, water resources, and infrastructure.

Programs or services offered: education (workshops)

Service area: City of Greater Sudbury

GreenSudbury

Main focus: Green social media and news, urban space and downtown revitalization, cycling

Purpose: To change the way we think about the City and create new green urban experiences

Work in the community: No Parking day, JanesWalk, Founding member of Sudbury Cyclists Union, Green Stairs Project, Open Screen Evenings, Sudbury Chocolate Show

Programs or services offered: Special event promotion and social media campaigns, Bike Courier Service, Urban Photography documentation

Service area: City of Greater Sudbury

Connections with other groups, organizations, initiatives: Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury, Sudbury Cyclists Union, Facebook – Sidewalks of Sudbury, Sudbury Public Spaces, Speak Up Sudbury, Critical Mass