Fairlawn Green Action: Communications to educate & excite
Objective statement
EDUCATE AND SHARE INFORMATION ON THE REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS through seminars, workshops, web site, worship, green tips, displays, library materials, etc. made available to the Fairlawn community starting this spring and continuing in the coming years.
CREATE A “FAIRLAWN GREEN ACTION” LOGO before the end of April to represent our greening program that is recognizable in the community and can appear on our signs, in our web site, and on all printed communications.
Status
The Communication Action Team continues to update the Fairlawn Green Action Web Site, send out emails to our "green" distribution list, provide green tips in the Sunday Bulletin, encourage advocacy, advertise green events throughout the city, make presentations (e.g., to Mumnet) and network with other green agencies such as the Toronto Green Community, Greening Sacred Spaces, Eglinton St. George's Church and Glenview Presbyterian.
The green action logo was created. It appears on this web site, and is now being used on our flyers. This "Fairlawn Green Action" web site has been created and expanded regularly, and updated to be relevant to both the Fairlawn Neighbourhood Centre and Fairlawn Avenue United Church.
The Green Team's "Green Quiz" to test the Recycling knowledge has been a big hit, stimulating questions about recycling. The weekly "Green Tip of the Week" is sent via email, such as the tip on composting at home called "Waste Today, Soil Tomorrow". If you haven't been receiving these, but would like to be on the distribution list for the Green Tips, contact Fairlawn Green Action at fairlawngreenteam@gmail.com. News and status of our "Fairlawn Green Action" intiatives appear each Sunday in the Fairlawn Bulletin.
We promote city and global events such as Earth Hour, Earth Day, the Commuter Challenge, etc. to encourage people to change their habits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The Green Resource Corner is available in the Fairlawn library to browse or sign out any of the material.
Action Team
Kathryn Cullen, Gary Schlee, Wilf Boyce, Carol Coiffe
