Round 1

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Bikes Without Borders

Submitted by Kristen Corbet on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 20:48

Bikes Without Borders (BWB) is a Toronto-based non-profit organization using bicycles and bicycle-related solutions as a tool for development and social change. While bicycles for many in the developed world represent freedom in a recreational sense, for millions of people in the developing world a bicycle can represent a different kind of freedom: freedom from poverty and marginalization. For these people a bicycle can mean the difference between life and death, between poverty and abundance.

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Low Carbon Condominium

Submitted by marcvanb on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 18:40

Options for Homes is already well known in the GTA as a developer of cost effective ownership housing. We developed the first three condominiums in the Distillery. Our most recent development is the 643 suite Heintzman Place in the Junction.

We are now planning to develop a new condominium with the lowest carbon footprint in North America.

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Boat Clean - focuses on reducing boats and outboard engine emissions —a major contributor to drinking water pollution and nature contamination in Toronto harbour.

Submitted by Canadian Young ... on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 16:24

The Boat Clean program will help Torontonians and Ontarians be environmentally conscious about the way we maintain and drive our boars.

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Green4Good: Stopping Climate Change One Computer at a Time

Submitted by Green4Good on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 11:42

What it Does

Green4Good achieves environmental and social benefits by secure refurbishment and re-use of IT assets (desktops and notebooks) that would traditionally have gone to long-term storage or been recycled while raising money for charities through the proceeds of the asset resale.

Environmental Benefits

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Vermicomposting Toronto

Submitted by WormGirl on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:40

Vermicomposting Toronto is a plan to install environmentally sustainable vermicomposting systems for processing pre-consumer organic waste produced in community organizations. Vermicomposters and organic collection services will be maintained by organization's clients. This will provide a beneficial and stimulating activity for clients as well as providing a revenue-stream for the organization.

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Southern Ontario Nut Farm

Submitted by riconroy on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 23:23

To buy a parcel of land in Southern Ontario for the purpose of starting a nut farm.

It is a long term project requiring a few years to enable the trees to become productive.

Nut trees indigenous to Southern Ontario would be sourced from local nurseries, purchased and planted on the land.

The land need not be rich in earth, in the sense a potato farm or grape farm needs rich earth. It needs only soil, water, climate and sun sufficient for growing nut trees.

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Sustainability un-University + GreenPIVOT

Submitted by Derek Chaves on Sun, 10/23/2011 - 17:50

Sustainability un-University is fueled by the belief that the expertise and resources required to meet carbon reduction goals already exist within our community; the gap that we see results from an inability to connect knowledge seekers with knowledge holders in a way that facilitates meaningful learning. This project fills this gap with an affordable, convenient, simple, learner-oriented online platform that empowers teachers and students. It blends the rigour of the ivory tower with DIY entrepreneurialism, while acting as a springboard for discussion, advocacy, and innovation.

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MUSHROOM CITY. Social Enterprise (MCSE) Toronto

Submitted by gelmanc on Fri, 10/21/2011 - 13:30

MUSHROOM CITY. Social Enterprise (MCSE) Toronto, is proposed as a social enterprise. Its purpose is to alleviate hunger, reduce Toronto’s CO2 emissions and organic waste. This would be accomplished by using discarded coffee grounds from local coffee shops in the city as feedstock for the production of organic Oyster Mushrooms.

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Race to Reduce - The Smart Energy Office Challenge

Submitted by RaceToReduce on Fri, 10/21/2011 - 10:03

The Race to Reduce smart energy office challenge is an innovative project that challenges the Toronto region’s office building landlords and tenants to publicly commit to work together to collectively reduce energy use by at least 10 per cent over four years. This friendly corporate challenge is unique in that it encourages measureable energy reductions through the collaborative efforts of those that are often seen as competitors, and provides the platform and tools to do so.

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waste2wonder: Realizing the Potential of Waste

Submitted by waste2wonder on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 20:49

Every year, thousands of tons of office furniture, IT equipment, and supplies are thrown into landfill simply because there are few other options. The U.S. EPA estimates that over 3 million tons of office furniture and furnishings are discarded yearly. Often, the disposed items are merely “dated” or show some wear and tear but are nowhere near the end of its useful lifecycle.

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