Sierra Club Canada is assisting the City of Ottawa with education and promotion of the new Green Bin Program.   Be an environmental leader, give a "Bin Talk."

The collection of food scraps is the next logical step in our waste diversion efforts and a critical step in our efforts to mitigate climate change.  Food scraps buried in a landfill produce large amounts of methane, a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) now believed to be 70-1000 times more potent, by volume, than CO2.  As such, generating and maintaining public participation in Ottawa's new Green Bin Program is of the utmost importance.   Sierra Club Canada will be recruiting, training, deploying and motivating Volunteers in Ottawa to give presentations at amongst other locations; schools, their places of work and worship and to the many many clubs and organizations to which they belong all within their local area.   Volunteers will be trained to, subsequently, give 5 - 10 minute presentations to Ottawa residents in their community, place of work, school, or other public meeting places.  High school students can earn community service hours and educate their fellow students, teachers, and the broader community at large on the benefits and ease of the Green Bin.

Upon recruitment, each volunteer will receive training in both the content and style of the "Taking the Next Step Ottawa" presentation which has been developed by Sierra Club Canada.  Further, each volunteer will receive various forms of the presentation: Powerpoint; overhead slides; flipcards; and scripts to assist the volunteer in giving their presentation, by keeping them on track and on message, as well as provide to audience members both an audio and visual means of learning the material.
Thanks in advance for your help in promoting this community service opportunity to your members.

To sign up or to learn more, contact us either by phone at: 613-241-4611 ext. 235 or by email at wastediversion[at]sierraclub.ca.

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