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Factsheet: Why equity matters in municipal climate adaptation

Discover how your local government can build equity into its climate resilience activities. Read this factsheet for key definitions and helpful resources.

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municipalandcommunitybuildings Municipal and community buildings

Guide: Taking your indoor swimming pool to net zero

A guide with key measures and lessons learned to help you build a plan for net-zero indoor swimming pools.

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municipalandcommunitybuildings Municipal and community buildings

Guides: Equity and non-energy benefits of community building retrofits

Explore the equity and other non-energy benefits of retrofitting community buildings.

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Factsheet: Urban forest planning

Read up on why developing an urban forest plan is important for the long-term success of trees in your community.

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Webinar recording: Advancing climate goals with organic waste-to-energy

Watch our webinar to learn how municipalities can turn food scraps and other organic waste into renewable energy and natural fertilizer, and access funding opportunities.

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Local energy generation Local energy generation
waste Waste

Factsheet: Capturing emissions and turning waste into energy with anaerobic digestion

Learn how anaerobic digestion turns food waste into energy, biogas and renewable natural gas—to cut costs, divert organics and reduce landfill emissions.

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Municipal and community buildings Municipal and community buildings
energy Energy

Supporting local success stories across the Canadian Prairies

Discover how GMF funding is helping communities with unique local contexts reach their economic, social and climate goals.

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Municipal and community buildings Municipal and community buildings
waste Waste

Accelerating the transition to a circular economy: Material reuse for a net-zero future

Learn how circular construction reduces waste, lowers emissions and saves costs while strengthening communities and combating climate impact. Discover CERIEC’s solutions today.

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waste Waste

Case study: Trash to treasure at the HodgePodge Lodge

Strathcona County’s award-winning community hub diverts waste and fosters community connections.
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Municipal and community buildings Municipal and community buildings
land use Land Use

Factsheets: Working with nature to improve infrastructure project outcomes

Learn how you can integrate nature-based solutions into your community’s infrastructure project planning

Factsheets: Working with nature to improve infrastructure projects outcomes
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Local energy generation Local energy generation
energy Energy

Waterloo Region uses 100% of biogas to fuel heat/electricity in wastewater facilities

Waterloo Region's wastewater plants now harness 100% of their biogas for heat and electricity thanks to new cogeneration facilities.
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waste Waste

Neighbouring municipalities create a pathway to sustainable procurement on P.E.I.

Charlottetown and Stratford, PE, identified sustainable procurement as an opportunity to increase their positive impact on the climate and the community. In partnership with a consultant, a five-year action plan was created to shift toward sustainable procurement, with some high-impact actions identified for more immediate change.
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Municipal and community buildings Municipal and community buildings
energy Energy

Webinar recording: Accelerate your community’s net-zero transformation with new GMF funding

Watch our webinar to discover how GMF’s new funding can help you upgrade infrastructure and reduce local GHG emissions.

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waste Waste

Case study: Increasing waste diversion to reduce landfill use

Discover the environmental and economic benefits of an appointment-based collection service for divertible waste in Drummondville, Québec.
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Municipal and community buildings Municipal and community buildings
energy | housing Energy | Housing

Webinar recording: How to get a project started, tips for small francophone communities

If you’re a small francophone municipality looking to develop sustainability projects and access funding, watch this webinar to learn how others overcame common challenges.

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waste Waste

Webinar recording: Net-Zero Circularity: Procurement

Watch this webinar recording to see how circular procurement can help put the principles of a circular economy into action.

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waste Waste

Resources: Strengthening your municipality’s circular economy initiatives

Find case studies, exercises and worksheets to help your municipality reduce waste and strengthen its circular economy initiatives.

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waste Waste

Case Study: How Lac-Saint-Jean’s Réemploi+ program is building a circular economy

A challenge facing many municipalities is how to divert more waste from landfill, both to lower GHG emissions and to reduce their need for landfill space. In Quebec’s Lac-Saint-Jean region, communities and waste management have teamed up to create Réemploi+, an organization that is creating a system for waste diversion and reuse while also developing skills training opportunities.
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waste Waste

Case Study: How Guelph-Wellington is building a sustainable food future

In order to find the most impactful ways to reduce food waste, Guelph-Wellington conducted a study that examined the local food system from production to export and consumption. It found a number of solutions to the food waste problem that have the potential to both address economic inequality and reduce the community’s carbon footprint.
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waste Waste

Piloting a new method of diverting organics from landfill

Read our case study to learn how a group of Quebec municipalities piloted an innovated method of separating organics from trash.
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waste Waste

Webinar recording: How to start the conversation about circular economies in your municipality

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energy Energy

Webinar recording: The 5 keys to a green municipal project business case

Watch this webinar recording and discover the five critical focus areas you need to address to get your project started, from financing and partnerships to integrating a triple-bottom-line approach.

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Circular Cities & Regions Initiative

Interested in learning more about how the circular economy can come to life in cities and regions? Review the CCRI webinar recordings featuring speakers from leading organizations and global cities.

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Case studies: 2020 Sustainable Communities Award winners

Discover the outstanding environmental initiatives that received FCM’s 2020 Sustainable Communities awards.
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