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You can make a difference – it’s easy to be green! Want more info on how to get started?

1. Hover over the ten buttons in the picture above (one for each ESS goals).
2. Click on the one you’re most interested in.
3. Pick your way to help by clicking on the [+] symbol to reveal the links.

Or you can scan the more than 30 different ways to help by scrolling down the page and choose your favourites.

If you know of links you think we should share, please let us know at ecoplanning@burnaby.ca. Thank you.

• Improve Habitat

  • » 13 Tweetable Facts About Pollinators
    » Create a pollinator-friendly garden
    » How to Build a Butterfly Garden
    » Pollinator Friendly Plant Seeds - The Urban Seed Collective
    » Create Bird Habitat
    » Eco-Friendly Lawns and Gardens

• Learn and Get Involved

  • » Burnaby Parks and Trail Guide
    » Burnaby Streamkeepers
    » Preserve, Enhance and Protect Burnaby Lake
    » Greening School Grounds
    » Learn about Species and Risk
    » Learn about Invasive Species

• Encourage Others to Take Action

  • » Help Children Get Outdoors
    » The One Nature Challenge (30 minutes in nature for 30 days)
    » Nature Calms the Brain and Heals the Body

• Conserve and Recycle Water

  • » Be Waterwise - Tips to Conserve Water at Home
    » Water Conservation Tools
    » Water-Saving Tips for Your Lawn and Garden
    » Rain Gardens: Improve Stormwater Management in Your Yard
    » Learn About Capturing Stormwater in Your Home and Yard
    » Collecting and Using Rainwater at Home - A Guide for Homeowner's

• Protect Water Quality

  • » Watershed Tool Kit
    » Protecting Your Watershed
    » Six Ways to Help Protect Water Quality
    » Rain Gardens: Improve Stormwater Management in your Yard

• Avoid Pollution

  • » Drop Household Hazardous Waste at the Eco-Centre

• Walk, Cycle and Take Transit

  • » Learn about local cycling (Hub)       

• Reduce Vehicle Emissions

  • » Find Out The Latest on Electric Vehicles
    » Scrap-It Program
    » Clean Energy Vehicle Incentives
    » Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station Info (for apartments and townhouse residents, strata councils and property managers)

• Conserve Energy

  • » Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
    » Free Energy Conservation Program for South Asian and Chinese Newcomers
    » Energy News and Information
    » Energy Star - Most Efficient Appliances
    » Renovating for Energy Savings (information on insulating, lawn and garden, water-efficient toilets, solar power, thermostats, retrofit options, green retrofits for bathrooms and basements, and net-zero energy housing)
    » Passive Design Toolkit for Homes
    » Passive Design Toolkit for Larger Buildings

• Walkable, Friendly Neighbourhoods

  • » Urban Trail Maps - Burnaby
    » Walking routes
    » Burnaby Farmers' Market

• Green Neighbourhoods

  • » Smart Growth
    » Gardening Information
    » Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup

• Get Involved

  • » New Town Centre Street Standards
    » Carbon Calculator
    » Ecological Footprint Calculator

• Walk

  • » Walk Score Your Neighbourhood
    » Travelling Smarter
    » Pedestrian Safety
    » School Travel Planning
    » Cool Routes to School
    » Walking School Bus
    » iSchool Travel Calculator
    » Lesson Plans

• Cycle

  • » Bike Route Maps - Burnaby
    » Learn about local cycling (Hub)
    » Bike Safety
    » Bike Smart - your guide to teaching bike safety
    » Young Cyclists Guide
    » Bike Sense Manual
    » School Bike Train
    » iSchool Travel Calculator
    » Lesson Plans
    » Travelling Smarter

• Transit

  • » Transit - Mobile Phone Aps (real time bus locations)
    » Transit Trip Planner
    » Travelling Smarter

• Towards Car-Free

  • » Calculate Your Commuting Costs
    » Small Wheel Safety
    » Car Coop (Car2Go)
    » Car Coop (Evo)
    » Car Coop (Modo)
    » Car Coop (Zip Car)
    » Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station Locator
    » Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Station Info (for apartments and townhouse residents, strata councils and property managers)
    » Green Transportation News and Information

     

• Conserve Energy at Home

  • » Energy Star
    » Spotting an Energy Efficient Home

• Home Renovations

  • » EnerGuide Home Evaluation
    » Home Energy Audit
    » Understanding Energy Efficiency Retrofit Options for your House
    » Energy Efficiency Building Envelope Retrofits for Your House
    » Make your house "Alternative Water Ready"
    » Rebates and Offers on Appliance and Home Upgrades
    » Home Energy Loan- VanCity
    » Energy-Efficient Housing Made More Affordable

• New Green Buildings

  • » Green Development Tool Box
    » Green Design News and Information
    » Buying or Building a Home
    » Features of an Energy-efficient Home
    » Passive Design Toolkit for Homes
    » Passive Design Toolkit for Larger Buildings
    » Regenerative Buildings
    » Energy-Efficient Housing Made More Affordable (mortgage loan insurance)

• Support Local Green Businesses

  • » Support Businesses Who Have Pledged for a Sustainable Community
    » Donate / Purchase Building Supplies at a ReStore

• Get Engaged

  • » Opportunities to volunteer with the City of Burnaby
    » Opportunities to volunteer with Volunteer Burnaby
    » Green Technology News and Information

• Reduce, Re-Use, Recycle

  • » Exchange Electronics Materials
    » Exchange Industrial Materials
    » Need to Recycle a Product? Recyclepedia RCBC

• Improve Sustainability of Your Business

  • » Take the Burnaby Board of Trade Pledge for a Sustainable Community
    » Join the Climate Smart program

• Buy Local Food

  • » Local Food
    » Passport to Food

• Grow Your Own Food

  • » Sharing Backyards

• Communicate and Network

  • » Food and Climate Change
    » Gardening Information - Getting Started, Caring for Plants, Planting Charts
    » Food for Thought: A Teacher Resource Guide (K-12)
    » Sustainable Seafood

• Reduce

  • » Products that are Good for the Environment
    » Garbage and Recycling Information
    » Reduce Food Waste

• Re-Use

  • » Reuse Listings - Free Stuff on Craigslist
    » Reuse Listings- Vancouver Reuses Network
    » Repurpose Broken Household Items
    » Upcycling (Reuse) Ideas and Inspiration

• Recycle
  • » Recycling - Information on City Programs and Services
    » Recycling - Single Family Collection
    

    » Recycling - Multi-Family Collection
    » Recycling - Schedule (download MyWaste app)
    » Recycling - What Type of Recycler are You?
    » What Can I Recycle - What Goes Where?
    » What Can I Recycle - curbside
    » What Can I Recycle - at a the Eco-Centre?
    » What Can I Recycle - at a Return-It Centre?
    » What Can I Recycle - Provincial Take-Back Program?
    » What Can I Recycle - other places?
    » What Can I Recycle - Electronics - Think Recycle
    » What Can I Recycle - Textiles

• Educate

  • » Learn About Sustainable Living - Green Ideas
    » Connecting with Nature, Birds and Parks
    » Connecting Youth with Nature
    » Connecting Youth with Nature - An Educator's Guide (K-12)
    » Connecting with Nature - Restoring Urban Watersheds
    » Drinking Water - Where Does it Come From? Public Tours
    » Drinking Water - Where Does it Come From? K-12 Field Trips

• Get Engaged

  • » Neighbourhood Small Grants
    » Celebrate Earth Hour
    » Bike to Work Week, Metro Vancouver
    » Bike to Work BC
    » Volunteer - Burnaby Streamkeepers
    » Volunteer - Monitor Birds
    » Volunteer - Wildlife Rescue
    » Volunteer - Lower Mainland Green Team
    » Engage and Empower Youth (Burnaby Youth Sustainability Network)
    » Engage and Empower Youth (Starfish)
    » Engage and Empower Youth (Environmental Youth Alliance)
    » Engage and Empower Youth (Be The Change Earth Alliance)
    » Engage and Empower Youth (IMPACT! Youth Sustainability Leadership Program)
    » Engage and Empower Youth (Metro Vancouver)

• Communicate and Network

  • » City of Burnaby's Environmental E-Newsletter
    » Mandarin language eco-education and nature tours

If you know of links you think we should share, please let us know at ecoplanning@burnaby.ca. Thank you.