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Toronto Environmental Alliance
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Since 1989, the Toronto Environmental Alliance has campaigned locally to find solutions to Toronto's urban environmental problems. As a not-for-profit organization, we advocate on behalf of all Torontonians for a green, healthy and equitable city.
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Join us on Thursday, December 4th for TEA’s Greener City Celebration!
This is TEA's annual end-of-year event that brings together our community of supporters and collaborators for an evening of good fun, conversation, and entertainment. Get your tickets now!
➡️ https://loom.ly/AugyPlQ
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
9 in 10 Torontonians want our local government to protect us from climate change by making buildings greener and safer.

Join them by speaking up here: https://loom.ly/CJbVPvA #topoli
Tell City Hall: We need to green Toronto’s buildings
Make your voice heard
act.stand.earth
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
TEA's Sarah Buchanan spoke to @nowtoronto.bsky.social about the damage caused by Ford's attack on Toronto's green roof bylaw ➡️ nowtoronto.com/news/this-ex... #topoli
‘It’s anti-science,’ This expert is sounding the alarm on climate change effects after Ford government scraps Toronto’s Green Roof Bylaw - NOW Toronto
The Ontario government ended a policy that required new buildings in the city to have a green roof, and one expert warns of consequences.
nowtoronto.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Reposted by Toronto Environmental Alliance
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Join me and @toenviro.bsky.social‬ and @stand.earth‬ in calling on Toronto's leaders to make sure our city's buildings are ready to take on climate change:
act.stand.earth/page/88238/-...
Tell City Hall: We need to green Toronto’s buildings
Make your voice heard before a critical vote later this year.
act.stand.earth
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
Please speak up today for Environment & Climate funding in the City's budget survey!

The survey is open until Friday and you can also attend the last pre-budget consultation online tonight: www.toronto.ca/city-governm...
Smiling group of people standing with graphic speech bubbles with images of the different budget topics.
October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
Premier Ford’s new bill aims to remove many important protections including green building requirements (again). Find out more in our new blog: https://loom.ly/5kLEEmY
Green buildings are popular - so why does Ford keep attacking them?
A Greener City for All
www.torontoenvironment.org
October 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
We're excited to be exhibiting at the 17th annual EcoFair Toronto on Sunday November 2nd. Come visit us and over 50 green businesses and non-profits at this free event. https://loom.ly/gAGeixg
EcoFair Toronto – Toronto’s fastest-growing sustainability fair
EcoFair Toronto Website
ecofairtoronto.org
October 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
The public wants buildings that are climate-safe, well-built, efficient & affordable to operate. Check out our new poll showing strong local support in Toronto for green building requirements. https://loom.ly/MeYNQkk
October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
Toronto is consulting residents on the City's 2026 Budget. Let them know that we need funding for environment and climate action in the 2026 Budget.

Click here to fill out the City survey and to sign up for an in-person or online consultation: https://loom.ly/W5ooRPs

#climateaction #toronto
Fall Budget Consultations
Register for an in-person or virtual meeting or complete a short survey about the City’s Budget. Survey closes October 31. Take the Survey   Join Mayor Olivia Chow, Budget Committee Chair Shelley Carroll and Members of Council, online and in person, October 1 to 31 to share your ideas about the City’s 2026 Budget. You …
www.toronto.ca
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
Take the City’s waste management survey to share your support for a shift to reuse!

❗️Tip: Use the comment box at the end of the survey to share support for requiring reusables in major venues and stadiums❗️

Find the link and more info here: www.torontoenvironment.org/help_us_tell... #reusableTO
Tell the City: It’s time for a shift to reuse
A Greener City for All
www.torontoenvironment.org
October 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
Looking for something to do outside tomorrow in Cedarvale Park?

Join Friends of Cedarvale for a guided nature walk and take in the beautiful fall colours!

Starting at 2pm on Oct 5 🌳🌲
Find more information here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/fall-in-th...
Fall in the Ravine: Guided Nature Walk
Join us on a fall nature walk led by Steve Smith
www.eventbrite.ca
October 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
Last week TEA spoke up again about greenwashing & false claims in the City’s materials that make #incineration, a toxic #climatedisaster, sound like “clean energy”.

Evidence shows the opposite. Councillors listened with Councillor Morley requesting a review of how this happened. ⬇️
October 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
TEA & the UCA are excited to be hosting:
An Evening with David Miller, Community Climate Action in an Era for Disasters & Misinformation

📆 Oct 3, 6:30PM
📍 41 Willcocks St, Toronto - In person
🎟️ Pay what you can, seating & standing room

Tickets & more info ➡️ https://loom.ly/g-ccfIcget
Event poster for 'An evening with David Miller, Community Climate Action in an Era of Disasters and Misinformation' October 3, 2025, 6:30pm Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks St. Torotno
October 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
The City wants your feedback on stronger tree protection bylaws!

Tell the City that you support steeper fines for illegal tree removals and bylaws to protect more trees.

You can show up to an open house in person or take a survey online here: https://loom.ly/VIJcqig 🌳
A tree with sun shining on it, in front of a high rise building. Text over the image reads: Speak up for tree protection. Take the City of Toronto's survey and tell them to protect more trees and grow our urban forest.
September 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Kinross Gold wants to dump inadequately treated industrial wastewater upstream of Grassy Narrows.

Speak out before Ontario makes its decision.

Take action with 1 click: leadnow.ca/campaigns/re...

#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows
Protect Grassy Narrows: Reject Kinross Gold's Mine - Leadnow
leadnow.ca
August 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
This new report shows we're moving in the wrong direction.

The changes we are seeing are scary but we have solutions to this health and climate crisis and together we can make it happen. Follow us and join our work!

CBC's article: www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Wildfire smoke over the City of Toronto skyline. Text in the image is of the CBC article with the headline: Wildfires are reversing Canada's progress on improving air quality. Subheading says: Air pollution is like the zombie that we though we had killed,' says expert. Quote from article says: And it turns out Canada experienced its worst air pollution levels that year since 1998, according to a new report released today by the University of Chicago's Air Quality Life Index (AQLI). At the same time, the report found that pollution levels didn't change much for the rest of the world in 2023. If those levels continued for a person's lifetime, the average Canadian would lose roughly two years of their life expectancy, according to the report.
August 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
With allies we're getting the message to the ON government:
Heat is deadly and growing worse because of #climatechange

We have solutions to protect the health of seniors, children, workers, tenants, unhoused people & others at an increased risk loom.ly/KGSSO-o
@cape-acme.bsky.social‬ ‪@cpche.ca‬
Four allies from the following groups: Seniors for Climate Action Now, Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) , Ontario ACORN , Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) , Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE), Low Income Energy Network, Kingston Climate Justice Coalition , CREW Toronto, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) , and The Atmospheric Fund pictured at a Queens Park press conference with a sign that says: "Extreme Heat is a Killer, Ontairo Must Act Now!"
August 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Reposted by Toronto Environmental Alliance
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I’m at the Ontario Legislative building right now supporting a province-wide coalition calling on a series of measures to provide cooling in indoor spaces.

While we cut emissions from sources like oil and gas, we need to protect everyone from extreme weather.
Photo from press conference inside the Ontario Legislature. Media are filming and writing in the foreground while four people sit at a presentation table with an orange sign behind them that says ‘Extreme Heat is a Killer, Ontario Must Act Now!’
August 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
Summer should be a time to enjoy being outside, not feel anxiety & isolation under smoky skies.

It's ok to feel like this isn't normal. These #wildfires are fueled by tinder dry forests from a warming planet. To fight them, we must stop burning climate-heating fossil fuels.

But you're not alone!
A Toronto Star headline that states: 'Toronto's air quality among the most polluted in the world Thursday morning as wildfire smoke lingers' Included with the headline is an image of a cyclist in downtown Toronto wearing a mask.
August 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
TEA had a great time at the Coldplay show! Thank you to @livenation and @coldplay for inviting us. We loved seeing the tour sustainability initiatives, especially reusable cups!
Way to show Toronto what's possible at large events (like the FIFA World Cup 26™ coming next year)! #reusableTO
July 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
You spoke up demanding bus and streetcar lanes on Bathurst and Dufferin, and yesterday, Council heard you!
There's more work ahead, but this is an important step forward in moving more people faster and accelerating climate action. https://loom.ly/ame8Tu4
July 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
If you are one of the 75,000 people who take the TTC on Dufferin & Bathurst every day, you know this view: stuck in traffic.

We urge Council to support these vital transit lanes today including plans from @MayorOliviaChow & @BravoDavenport to get moving on lanes north of Bloor.
July 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
Did you know that more people take the bus on Dufferin than any other method of transportation? Speak up today to get Council to vote for special bus lanes and get more people moving!
Send a letter to your councillor: https://www.ttcriders.ca/lanes

#rapidto #transitriders #dufferin #bathurst
July 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Council votes Wednesday on these important bus and streetcar lanes,. Make sure to have your voice heard before then!

Send a letter to your councillor: https://loom.ly/Qm056pU
Toronto: Let's get moving on public transit improvements!
Are you tired of traffic and slow, unreliable travel times? Show your support for priority bus and streetcar lanes as a win for reliable transit, cost of living, and the environment!
act.environmentaldefence.ca
July 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
toenviro.bsky.social
Council votes Wednesday on these important bus and streetcar lanes,. Make sure to have your voice heard before then!

Send a letter to your councillor: https://www.ttcriders.ca/lanes
July 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM