Our Environmental Footprint
Our building casts a great shadow to the west, during the morning hours, and in the afternoon that shadow spreads across the River Thames and darkens the park beyond, to our east.
This alone has a significant impact on the plants, trees and wildlife living around us.
Indeed, we also affect our environment in a great many other ways.
Our building has some 220 plus units accomodating approximately 350 residents.
The garbage that we produce (which we either carry down to the recycle bins or cast down the chute to eventually end up in landfills) contains many deadly toxins and pollutants.
The chemicals which keep our sidewalks clear of snow during the winter months eventually wash into the sewers or directly into the river.
The oil which leaks from the some 250 vehicles which are in our parking lot also ends up in sewers, the river or the aquifer, lying many hundreds of feet, below us.
These automobiles also pump carbon dioxide and combustion byproducts into the atmosphere as we drive around.
Many of our aging air-conditioners leak freon gas directly into the atmosphere. The food we choose to purchase is transported, in a great number of instances, from many thousands of miles away.
Our children, grandchildren and all future generations will inherit these waste products, all of which will lessen the quality of their lives.
What can we do to lessen this impact?
John Major # 1207
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| Saunders Family Farm |
Certified Organic Herbs
Sunflower and Buckwheat Seed
Heritage Plants
Hay & Vegetables when available |
24065 Wonderland Road North
R.R.#2 Denfield, ON N0M 1P0 |
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| McSmith's Organic Farm |
Certified Organic Chicken, Beef and Pork
Farm Fresh Brown Eggs
Organic vegetables
Bulk Potatoes, Beans, Tomatoes, Sweet Corn etc. |
42828 Shorelea Line
R.R.#6 St. Thomas,
ON N5P 3T1 |
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| Hungry Hollow Organics |
| IKE & BEATRIX ENTER |
Certified Organic Beef and Pork
Order Online and Delivery |
1343 Elmtree Drive
R.R.#2 Parkhill,
ON N0M 2K0 |
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| Passmore Family Farm |
| BOB & CAROL MARTIN |
Certified Organic Beef
Certified Organic Pork |
4495 Line #3
R.R.#3 St. Marys ON N4X 1C6 |
| (519) 284-1459 |
| Ann Slater |
Fresh Organic Vegetables
Community Supported Agriculure |
157030 15th Line
Zorra Twsp
R.R.#1 Lakeside ON N0M 2G0 |
| Telephone:- (519) 349-2448 |
| Encounter Farm Enterprises |
| PAT ENGLAND |
Arugula
Japanese Greens
Mesclun Salad Mix
Fresh Herbs
Edible Flowers |
35829 Second Line
R.R.#1 Southwold ON N0L 2G0 |
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Some environmental links and quotes
"There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed." - Mohandas K. Gandhi
Free Cycle (recycling at it's best)
"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children." - Native American Proverb
An Inconvenient Truth
"The good news is we know what to do. The good news is, we have everything we need now to respond to the challenge of global warming. We have all the technologies we need; more are being developed. And as they become available and become more affordable when produced in scale, they will make it easier to respond. But we should not wait, we cannot wait, we must not wait." - Al Gore
Environment Canada
"For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We have lost a sense of respect for the wild river, for the complex workings of a wetland, for the intricate web of life that water supports." - Sandra Postel, Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity, 2003
100 mile diet
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead (1901-1978) quoted in John M. RIchardson, ed. Making it Happen, 1982
Ecological Footprint (Wikipedia)
"It is our collective and individual responsibility to protect and nurture the global family, to support its weaker members and to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live." - Dalai Lama
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