Dundas in Transition - Ontario, Canada

Welcome to Dundas in Transition!

Dundas in Transition is an all volunteer, non-profit organization focused on facing the challenges of climate change and dependence on fossil fuels. We need to face these challenges through increasing local resilience and self-sufficiency in food, water, energy and other vital aspects of life.

A description of the growing worldwide movement of Transition Towns initiative can be viewed here or download our introductory Dundas in Transition pamphlet.

This transition can be made possible by ordinary citizens working toward positive change. You can make a difference by volunteering - look at Volunteer Opportunities and then Contact Us or call one of the Steering Committee.

We are a member of the Hamilton EcoNet orgnaization.

OUR LATEST NEWS & NOTABLE EVENTS

(Click here for our complete upcoming events calendar)

DUNDAS CACTUS FESTIVAL - Thanks to all of the volunteers who manned our booth at the Cactus Festival August 20th- 22nd. Sometimes sunny, sometimes soggy, we engaged in conversation with many Dundas residents. We hope you will come out to our next meeting.

Environment Hamilton's Dundas EcoMotion Project is underway. Leave the car at home & greenhouse gases behind. The project is meant to encourage residents to walk, bike, rollerblade, or bus around their communities to reduce our carbon footprint and improve our health

FINAL MEETING ON THE AEROTROPOLIS - ANCASTER FAIR GROUNDS WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 8TH 2PM - 4PM AND 6PM TO 8PM. Learn more about this plan - and feedback to City staff on your views on this use of Hamilton's precious farmland. See also Hamiltonians for Progressive Development

THE NEXT PUBLIC MEETING OF DUNDAS IN TRANSITION is TAKING STOCK OF GREENHOUSE GASES

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 16TH AT DUNDAS TOWN HALL

jointly sponsored with Environment Hamilton and Green Venture

GIVE FEEDBACK ON A REPORT ON HAMILTON'S GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY

On Thursday September 16th, 7.30pm, at Dundas Old Town Hall, come and listen to Brian Montgomery, Hamilton's Air and Climate Change Coordinator present the City's Greenhouse Gas Inventory. Join in a feedback session to provide public input into what the community targets should be and a process for taking action.

In 2008 Hamilton City Council made a commitment to reduce its municipal greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 10% by 2012 and by 20% by 2020, using the levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2005 as the starting point for measuring progress.

BUT THERE WAS A CHALLENGE

No one had a full picture of the greenhouse gases that were released by City operations in 2005, making it hard to determine progress on targets. Further more, City operations are only a small piece of Hamilton’s overall emission picture. The greenhouse gases released by the community in our daily activities, including personal transportation, goods movement, heating and cooling of buildings, electricity use at work and home, and manufacturing, need to be counted, too.

WE NEEDED A GHG INVENTORY

A municipally-supported community process to set community GHG emission targets has yet to happen. Rather than wait, City planners decide to use the targets adopted for municipal operations (10% by 2012 and 20% by 2020) for now, knowing the targets and timelines can be changed once the community is involved. In 2009 the City of Hamilton hired external consultants to conduct the inventory, which was finalized in October 2009 and received by Council in November 2009.

A REPORT ENTITLED "TAKING STOCK" WAS ISSUED IN JUNE 2010

This report provides key highlights from the full GHG Inventory. It provides a snapshot of: our municipal and community GHG emissions by 2020 if we continue with “business as usual”, showing sector-by-sector municipal and community GHG emissions. It provides next steps for the municipality and a plan to get the community involved. The report is a way to build momentum, engage people, start discussions, and take action on climate change in Hamilton.

Website last updated: September 3rd, 2010

Thanks to Andrew and Magda at AlboDigital for hosting and use of their

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Thanks to the many other Transition Town organizations for use of their ideas, narratives and general resources