The projects that make a difference

Pollinator habitat loss is, increasingly, a dire situation. “Bee the Change” is a smart, sweet response. With garden kits, education outreach, and propagating plants, “Bee the Change” has created roughly 100 m2 of habitat scattered across the Greater Toronto Area. While good for the bees, which is good for the planet, “Bee the Change” also helped build a sense of community for a school, one that defied pandemic-related isolation.

This means that, beyond the milkweed, “Bee the Change” is growing a whole new generation of climate leaders.

By offering cost-efficient, shared electric cars and micromobility options to building residents, Kite Mobility helps get up from A to net-Zero.

The Goodwill Impact Centre, home to Alberta’s first Goodwill Outlet store, is at the centre of Goodwill’s commitment to becoming a Zero Waste organization.

The Circular Cities and Regions Initiative helps knowledge on the circular economy do the local government rounds

Get in, we’re going shopping; Green Economy Canada advances sustainable procurement in Canada, helping to buy us a better future.

Like UberEats, but for surplus food, the B12Give App is literally good to go.

BGIS’s Carbon Neutral Study Program is key to supporting their client’s achievement of Net Zero by 2050, and that’s a key we should copy.

Clean Foundation gives Nova Scotians equitable access to deep energy retrofits because, whether it’s my house or yours, everyone deserves a place in the clean economy.

It takes a village to raise the bar, Clean Fuel Standard Advocates puts some backbone in Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations.

By creating a High-Precision 3D Map of Canada’s top 100 cities, Ecopia helps us navigate our way to net-zero.

You have to take your plastic keg cap off to them, they’ve got something better; erthos’ novel plant-powered resin/materials are paving the way for a more circular, cleaner industry.

HalifACT, an ambitious, achievable plan to get Halifax to net-zero by 2050, is a local act that needs to be taken global.

SecondMuses ’For ClimateTech’s program helps high-impact climate tech companies leave the nest and fly.

Relocalize’s autonomous micro-factory promises to take the long, wasteful chain out of food and beverage supply chains, and is more than a chip off the old ice block.

The Foresight 50 showcases Canada’s clean economy talent to attract investors, and that’s a capital idea.

The Municipal Natural Asset Initiative’s Coastal Toolbox helps coastal communities measure, understand, and utilise their natural assets.

Mavericks Burger Co. turns fast food plant based and takes a bite out of climate change

Solas Energy Consulting and the City of Calgary are handing residents a treasure map to solar savings and sustainability.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Boreal Wildlands project, the largest private conservation initiative ever undertaken in Canada, helps us see the forest for the future.

In swapping diesel for solar panels as a means of powering their remote telecommunications towers, Bell Canada took an urgent call on climate change and good news was on the line.

TechAdvance Technology Finance Program for Corporations, Sustainable Technology Finance that troubleshoots and scores.

Project Neutral saw a gap in the climate conversation and found a way to help women fill it.

Balls 4 Eyeballs serves to make wearing tennis whites greener, and eyesight keener.

Solar Earth Technologies Ltd. built Canada’s first solar sidewalk putting a whole new meaning to that most Canadian class act, “Doing the walk.”

Working towards their goal of 100% of circular-economy-compatible packaging, Canada’s largest and oldest bakery, Bimbo Canada, ditches the plastic, finds (sustainable) closure and points other bakeries in the right direction.

Grid unlock. The Wataynikaneyap Power Project connects 17 First Nations communities to the Ontario power grid.