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March 11, 2010
Défi Climat 2010
Yesterday marked the launch of Défi Climat 2010, a Québec wide campaign aimed at mobilizing citizens to fight climate change and raising awareness about the issue.
Savons Prolav is proud to be among the nearly 500 companies, schools and organizations that have officially signed on to be a part of this 3rd Défi Climat.
As in previous years, this “climate challenge” involves individually committing to changing some of our habits so that together we can improve environmental quality by reducing our greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions.
Like the campaign slogan says, the main goal of the challenge is to remind people that “every action counts.” We often tend to believe that our individual actions fail to make a difference. Yet, every objective has to begin somewhere.
For instance, I pledged to reduce my GHG emissions by 494 kg this year. Kilograms might not seem like much when emissions are generally measured in tons, but if merely 1% of Québec’s population follows my example, collectively it will add up to reducing GHG emissions by 35,000 tons, i.e. the same reduction we would achieve by getting nearly 10,000 midsize cars off the road for one year. Suddenly, the bigger picture makes getting involved worthwhile…
If you wish to take part in this collective effort, it’s not too late. You have until April 30 to sign up and to commit to at least one green action.
Émilie Charbonneau, Eng., M.Env., Environment Manager
