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Sustainability at Home: New Toolkit Offers Guidance for Leading More Sustainable Lifestyles

Guelph and Ottawa, ON, November 8, 2011—Canadians across the country are making efforts to be more environmentally friendly in their day-to-day lives. Now they have access to a new information resource in Sustainability at Home: Decision making help for your everyday choices, a toolkit released today by The Co-operators in partnership with The Natural Step Canada.

Message from the Executive Director: Celebrating a strong new leader, a strong team, & new approaches to social change

As we prepare for an important leadership change at the end of the year, this is the last letter I will be writing as Executive Director. For me, it’s a great time to pause and reflect on the accomplishments made and opportunities ahead.

I am extremely proud of the work we’ve done over the past decade at The Natural Step Canada. It has been encouraging to witness progress being made and the huge increase in awareness of the need for more sustainable ways of living and working. And it has been equally encouraging to be part of the birth and development of a dynamic new non-profit organization in Canada.

Novae: Co-operators veut aider les citoyens à "changer les choses"

Le groupe d’assurance Co-operators, en collaboration avec The Natural Step, a conçu un guide pratique destiné à aider les ménages à mieux intégrer les principes de développement durable dans leur quotidien.

Le document s’attarde notamment sur les pratiques que l’on peut adopter dans le cadre de son logement, pièce par pièce, tant dans la gestion au quotidien que dans des projets de rénovation.

"[Le guide] amène le lecteur à voir sa maison comme un système composé d'éléments interreliés. Ces éléments comprennent la structure physique de la maison, ses intrants (comme l'énergie et l'eau), ses extrants (comme les déchets et la chaleur), ainsi que l'activité qui s'y déroule (comme le chauffage, la cuisson et l'alimentation)", expliquent les initiateurs du guide.

Thompson's Daily Insurance News Service: Co-operators giving guidance on ‘greening’ their homes

An article was recently featured in Thompson's Daily Insurance News Service highlighting the recent launch of a new free sustainability toolkit, Sustainability at Home: Decision making help for your everyday choices developed by The Co-operators and The Natural Step Canada.

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The Co-operators, in partnership with The Natural Step Canada, is offering guidance to Canadians on how to lead more sustainable lifestyles.

Lancement du livret Le développement durable à la maison

Guelph et Ottawa (Ontario), le 8 novembre 2011 – Les Canadiens à l’échelle du pays font des efforts pour être plus respectueux de l’environnement au quotidien. Pour y arriver, ils ont désormais accès au livret Le développement durable à la maison, un nouvel outil mis au point par Co-operators en collaboration avec l’organisme The Natural Step Canada.

The Natural Step – Sustainabili-TEA in Ottawa

Large windows allowing for a flooding of natural light is what graced guests arriving at the Sustainabili-TEA on October 16th at Ottawa City Hall. The venue was an excellent way to bring the outdoors inside and to reflect on what sustainability means in our lives and in our city. The Natural Step successfully united likeminded and forward thinking Ottawa citizens and brought them a few steps closer towards sustainability.

Alberta Sustainability Champions Gear up for Success

On October 13 and 14, nineteen professionals gathered in Edmonton to build their capacity as sustainability practitioners by participating in The Natural Step Canada’s Sustainability for Leaders Course - Level 1: Foundations (join us at the next session coming up in Vancouver).

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The Natural Step Canada Announces New Executive Director, Chad Park (effective January 1, 2012)

Ottawa, ON, November 1, 2011—The Board of Directors of The Natural Step Canada is pleased and proud to announce that after a nation-wide search, it has selected Chad Park as its next Executive Director. He will assume the role presently held by Kelly Hawke Baxter on January 1, 2012.

Chad is a founding member of The Natural Step Canada team and is an experienced sustainability advisor, having worked with many of The Natural Step’s partners since 2002. As Director of Programs and Strategy, Chad currently oversees strategy and delivery of the organization’s programs. His competencies and experience position him well to lead The Natural Step Canada through a new phase in its evolution.

Green Living ECR Awards: Congratulations to the Winners!

The Natural Step Canada is proud to be a partner of the Green Living Awards for Excellence in Corporate Responsibility. We were involved in developing the criteria for the award and judging this year’s nominees. It was a pleasure for our team to recently attend the first-ever Awards for Excellence Gala, where corporate Canadians who are transforming business practices and creating social and environmental change were honoured.

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Socially responsible companies shine at the inaugural Green Living’s Excellence in Corporate Responsibility Awards

Leadership Skills for Change Agents To Be Taught On-Line By ISSP Sustainability Hall of Fame™ Founding Member Bob Willard

Bob Willard, a leading expert on quantifying and selling the business case for sustainability, and recent inductee into the International Society of Sustainability Professionals Sustainability Hall of Fame™, will conduct a four-week Webinar workshop that will teach how to lead an organizational change to a sustainable enterprise.

In an interactive, on-line workshop to be presented each Monday in November, by the International Society of Sustainability Professionals, Bob Willard will show participants how to connect the dots between timeless leadership practices and how to transform an organization to a sustainability culture.

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