Take Actions to Reduce Footprint
Fri, Oct 31 2008 11:09
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As noted in the October 29 blog posting, the Mississauga Braves Hockey Association has stepped up as a community group to participate in The Good Life! program, created and operated by WWF-Canada. "We are so excited to have the Braves community on board to show how making simple changes in their lives can make a big impact when everyone works together. With 175 players on 10 teams, along with parents, coaches, and administration, there are over 500 members of this amazing community!", says Joanne Adair, a Community Our Reach Co-ordinator at WWF.
Once you've joined with The Good Life program, you'll be presented with the opportunity to select specific "Actions" you've already taken, or plan to take, in order to reduce your personal footprint. Your savings will accumulate individually as well as being combined with all other Braves members. If you do not choose any actions, your savings will remain at ZERO.
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Once you've joined with The Good Life program, you'll be presented with the opportunity to select specific "Actions" you've already taken, or plan to take, in order to reduce your personal footprint. Your savings will accumulate individually as well as being combined with all other Braves members. If you do not choose any actions, your savings will remain at ZERO.
CLICK HERE TO JOIN
Braves to Reduce Environmental Footprint
Tue, Oct 28 2008 12:37
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Blog Post by Joanne Adair, WWF Canada
The Mississauga Braves Hockey Association has stepped up as a community group to participate in The Good Life! We are so excited to have the Braves community on board to show how making simple changes in their lives can make a big impact when everyone works together. With 175 players on 10 teams, along with parents, coaches, and administration, there are over 500 members of this amazing community!
As a whole, the community is going to be taking simple but effective actions, like carpooling to practices, washing uniforms in cold water, and avoiding idling. Think of it this way: If just one player takes these simple actions consistently throughout the year, he can save the equivalent in greenhouse gases of taking one home off the grid for 6 whole months-imagine the savings this community can achieve if 500 members all participate!
The way it works is that we have set up each team as a group in our database, so when players, coaches and parents sign up on The Good Life website and add their names to the appropriate team, their simple actions can be quantified, and we can retrieve the team’s GHG savings as a whole. I can see some big competitions starting amongst the teams to have the most people signed up, as well as to be the team taking the most actions leading up to the greatest number of GHGs saved!
This is our FIRST hockey association in Canada participating in The Good Life, and we hope that others will be inspired by the Braves to take action in their own community. I’ll keep you updated about how their community is doing, and how we are working together to implement different sustainable activities into their hockey season.
CLICK HERE TO JOIN
The Mississauga Braves Hockey Association has stepped up as a community group to participate in The Good Life! We are so excited to have the Braves community on board to show how making simple changes in their lives can make a big impact when everyone works together. With 175 players on 10 teams, along with parents, coaches, and administration, there are over 500 members of this amazing community!
As a whole, the community is going to be taking simple but effective actions, like carpooling to practices, washing uniforms in cold water, and avoiding idling. Think of it this way: If just one player takes these simple actions consistently throughout the year, he can save the equivalent in greenhouse gases of taking one home off the grid for 6 whole months-imagine the savings this community can achieve if 500 members all participate!
The way it works is that we have set up each team as a group in our database, so when players, coaches and parents sign up on The Good Life website and add their names to the appropriate team, their simple actions can be quantified, and we can retrieve the team’s GHG savings as a whole. I can see some big competitions starting amongst the teams to have the most people signed up, as well as to be the team taking the most actions leading up to the greatest number of GHGs saved!
This is our FIRST hockey association in Canada participating in The Good Life, and we hope that others will be inspired by the Braves to take action in their own community. I’ll keep you updated about how their community is doing, and how we are working together to implement different sustainable activities into their hockey season.
CLICK HERE TO JOIN
Minor Atoms Rock In Cleveland
The 2008-2009 Minor Atom Braves proudly display their Rock n Roll Cup Finalist Medals.
The Minor Atom Braves, led by coach Dwain Ervin, travelled to Cleveland on Thanksgiving weekend to take part in the the Rock n Roll Cup. Facing some stiff competition from Atom aged teams from Michigan, New York state and Ohio the team represented the Braves organization very well. The team advanced to the finals to face the Elyria Panthers and after being down 4-1 the team rallied back to tie the game and force overtime. Unfortunately the team lost in overtime but performed extremely well against all three American teams they faced and left their opponents questioning where the home of the Braves really is.
Story Contributed by Joe Perrotta
