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The Clean Air Partnership
The Clean Air Partnership is a registered charity that was launched at the Toronto Smog Summit in June, 2000. Our mission is to work with partners to achieve clean air, facilitate the exchange of ideas, advance change and promote and coordinate implementation of actions that improve local air quality.
The Clean Air Partnership was specifically created to extend the reach and impact of projects funded through the Toronto Atmospheric Fund. Working in partnership with utilities, schools, businesses, governments and community groups, the Clean Air Partnership develops and delivers local market and community-based strategies to reduce energy use and clean the air as part of the effort to achieve healthy and sustainable local communities.
The Clean Air Partnership's goals are to:
- leverage maximum financial, human and other resources towards our principles;
- facilitate collective, institutional and individual action through partnership;
- foster and build collaborations with and support sustainable, community based efforts.
Programs
CAP’s major initiatives include:
- Publishing and distributing to over 1.7 million readers in Ontario the annual the Clean Air and Environment Guide;
- Facilitating individuals and households to reduce their own air emission with programs such as 20/20 The Way to Clean Air;
- Hosting the GTA Clean Air Online website , a one stop information source on clean air actions;
- Organizing the annual family Fresh Air Fair and Give Us Your Air Pollution Solution essay contest;
- Working with students and teachers to reduce waste in schools through our Cool Schools program;
- Working with municipalities, schools and other partners to reduce unnecessary engine idling in the GTA;
- Hosting the annual Smog Summit, and the GTA Clean Air Council, an intergovernmental group including towns, cities, and all four regional governments in the GTA dedicated to improved air quality in our region
Each year The Clean Air Partnership with the support of the GTA-CAC publishes numerous reports and publications that are accessible to a broad readership dealing with a wide spectrum of public policy issues that range from Public Engagement and Public Outreach, The Cost of Air Pollution, Alternatives to Coal, Renewable Energy, Conservation Demand Management, Supply Side Innovation, Land Use Planning and Smart Growth, Green Buildings and Spaces to Transportation and Fleets.
The Clean Air Partnership focuses are on applied research and CAP hosts workshops and conferences throughout the year to attract interest and advance opportunities for submission of papers and journals on related topics.
CAP publishes a quarterly email newsletter, In The Air. Each newsletter issues gives an inside look at CAP's most recent research and program successes, reminders of upcoming conferences, and reviews of important and timely publications.
For more information please visit the program areas within this website and download our brochure.
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