OTTAWA,
Ontario, July 10, 2006 – The Honourable Rona Ambrose,
Minister of the Environment, today announced funding
for 101 environmental projects from the EcoAction
Community Funding Program in communities across
Canada. In total, over $2.8 million will be dedicated
to local action aimed at reducing pollution, improving
air and water quality, and protecting wildlife
and natural habitat.
“Canadians are model environmental
citizens and want to preserve and protect their
environment,” said the Honourable Rona Ambrose,
Minister of the Environment. “This government
wants to ensure Canadians across the country have
the opportunity to become directly involved in
taking concrete action in their communities, whether
it is reintroducing birds to Pacific islands,
keeping invasive plants away from Saskatchewan,
cleaning beaches in Newfoundland or installing
solar panels in Nova Scotia. Through EcoAction,
Canadians can make a difference – to the benefit
of both their community and the environment.”
The EcoAction Community Funding
Program is an Environment Canada initiative that
supports projects that protect, rehabilitate or
enhance the natural environment, and builds the
capacity of communities and individuals in support
of a more sustainable Canada. The 101 projects
being announced today will assist locally-based,
non-profit organizations in initiating actions
that result in cleaner air, reductions in greenhouse
gas emissions, cleaner water, and the protection
of habitat and species at risk at the local community
level.
Canadian local organizations
are encouraged to become involved in EcoAction
projects in their community. The next submission
deadline for proposals to the EcoAction program
is October 1, 2006.
Ryan Sparrow / Denis Simard
