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Cornwall Earth Day Proposal

This presentation aims to share the history of Earth Day activities in Cornwall, demonstrate the value of the city's involvement, and secure a commitment from the City Council to lead a committee for defining Earth Day activities. It also highlights the activities of other cities and proposes the creation of an Earth Day Committee in Cornwall.

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Cornwall Earth Day Proposal

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  1. Earth Day ProposalApril 22, 2009

  2. Purpose of presentation • To share with City Council history of Earth Day activities to date(led by Parks Canada). • To demonstrate value added of City’s involvement & leadership in Earth Day. • To secure commitment from Council to lead creation of a Committee tasked with defining scope of Earth Day activities for City of Cornwall.

  3. History of Earth Day within Cornwall • In 2006, Parks Canada started cleaning up the waterfront from St. Lawrence College to the canal (from waters edge to the bike path) as a way of making a contribution to the City we live and work in. • Parks Canada repeated this activity in 2007 and 2008 with increases in participants and increased distance. • Last year the River Institute cleaned the area around the College.

  4. 2009 Earth Day clean up • This year, Parks Canada is again planning to lead a clean up activity. • We will meet in the parking lot at the Civic Complex at 12:30 in the afternoon on April 22,2009. We will supply garbage bags, plastic gloves and water to drink.

  5. What other cities are doing on Earth Day • Hundreds of cities around Ontario are actively involved in a variety of Earth Day Activities. • Visit www.earthday.ca and go to events for a full listing of cities and their level of involvement and activity ideas. • Kingston has 2 events while Ottawa has 8 Kitchener 10 and Toronto 17. • Parry Sound has 2 clean up events and Pembroke has 1. • Cornwall is not on this list.

  6. Here are some of the of other cities that are involved

  7. Proposal for consideration • City of Cornwall to take the lead in creating an Earth Day Committee. • Earth Day Committee to propose vision and define possible activities and actions to realize the vision. • Creating the vision and defining possible activities could be done in an engaging fashion and involve Cornwall’s residents.

  8. Benefits for City of Cornwall (& City Council) • City benefits from clean up activities. • Citizens who participate feel better and get some physical activity at the same time. • City can promote itself as a clean and earth friendly city. • City Council is seen as being proactive and creative in their efforts to improve the City’s appearance and promoting a cleaner environment without any additional costs. • Supports the “Cornwall as a clean city” image.

  9. Demonstrates to the rest of the world that Cornwall is a place you want to visit, work in and live in. • High likelihood of positive media coverage from various clean up or earth day activities.

  10. Questions or comments?

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