Conserve Canada 2

A Canadian not-for-profit organization dedicated to spreading the conservation message and helping Canada meet future energy needs.

● Canada currently uses 70% of its total energy use from non-renewable resources. This use is not sustainable or environmentally responsible.

● Conservation is the critical component that will allow us to reach this goal!

● We need to conserve our existing resources while we implement change!

ConserveCanada educates, engages, encourages and challenges children in the areas of conservation and the environment.

Make conservation changes today and provide the information to make responsible energy decisions tomorrow.

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The Problem

Canada currently uses 70% of its total energy use from non-renewable resources. This use is not sustainable or environmentally responsible.

According to Canada’s Action Plan on Climate Change, “The Government of Canada is committed to reducing Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020” (Government of Canada, 2012).

● This goal is achievable.

● In order to meet this target Canadians need to aggressively implement change now and create programs for tomorrow.

● We need to conserve our conventional energy resources while we continue to adopt and advance new ideas, alternative and renewable resources such as wind energy, solar energy, biomass, electric vehicles and other hybrid systems.

Conservation is the critical component that will allow us to reach this goal!




The Solution

To educate, engage, encourage and challenge children in the areas of conservation and the environment.

● ConserveCanada provides a free, fun and interactive energy conservation workshop to Canadian grade 5 science students. The ConserveCanada Workshop program is an Innovative, Unique and Measurable approach to educate Canada’s future decision makers to “Use and Manage Canada responsibly.

Conservation immediately decreases our current greenhouse gas emissions.

Conservation immediately decreases our demand for Canada’s fossil fuel resources.

The introduction and advancement of new ideas, alternative and renewable energiesallow us to offset fossil fuel electricity generation, further decreasing our emissions and further conserving our fossil fuel resources.

Conservation allows us to reduce cost increases by reducing the need for new energy generation.

We need to conserve our existing resources while we implement change!



THE WORKSHOP PROGRAM

ConserveCanada’s goal is to educate, engage, encourage and challenge children in the areas of conservation and the environment. Long-term, consistent messaging to a specific elementary school age group (grade 5 science students) will instill important understanding of our current and future energy needs. Guiding our children today will help our future decision makers of tomorrow make the right decisions to “Use and Manage Canada Responsibly”. This long-term plan will stimulate immediate conservation change and establish a program that will effectively change the future conservation landscape and help Canada achieve its aggressive energy goals.

ConserveCanada team members are invited into Canadian elementary classrooms as the “Teachers Aid”, providing a fun and interactive learning experience. Team members focus on the importance of conservation, understanding the impacts caused by our current energy use, and the introduction of new ideas, alternative and renewable energies. No single alternative or renewable energy technology is promoted. Instead, all alternative and renewable energy technologies are highlighted as part of our future energy mix and solution. Students are shown realistic ways to conserve and are encouraged to challenge others to do the same. ConserveCanada team members are recent engineering or teaching graduates with a passion for making a difference.

The ConserveCanada Workshop Program is innovative in our direct market approach, targeted audience (grade 5 students), and in its ability to utilize an existing infrastructure (Canadian educational system). Teachers are supportive of the program approach and school boards encourage “Community Partners” as mentors. Teachers appreciate having the availability of additional resources and support without the pressures of additional cost.




Board of Directors

Carina Hernandez, University of Guelph. Research manager.

Who we areConserveCanada is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to spreading the conservation message through early education workshops with an emphasis on energy conservation. ConserveCanada team members provide free conservation workshops to grade 5 science students in Canadian elementary schools. Funding for ConserveCanada is through public and private sector sponsorship._______________________________________________________________________________________________________

James Lang, Halton District School Board.Elementary school science teacher.

Tim Lang, realist andbeliever in conservation.ConserveCanada Director.





CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY _______________________________________________________________

ConserveCanada is a partrnership with industry leaders. Captains’s of Industry believe that conservation is a critical component in Canada’s future and have strong environmental values.




CONTACT US _______________________________________________________________


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Mailing Address:

410 King Street W, #508Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

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