Have an Environmentally Friendly Wedding

Canadians show their commitment to the environment in many ways – and the newest trend is having an earth-friendly wedding. Couples are serving locally-grown food, purchasing carbon offsets and reducing the amount of waste on their big day.

Another great idea to green your wedding is to set up a charitable wedding registry with a CanadaHelps GivingPage. You can select your favourite charities (including environmental causes) and ask your guests to donate through your page instead of buying you a gift.

Set up your Green Wedding GivingPage now!

Using CanadaHelps Helps the Environment!

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It was recently estimated that the Internet consumes 1% of the world’s electricity. While people are Facebooking, Twittering or Googleing they’re oblivious that favourite web-based services are run on servers. Akin to industrial-strength PCs, it’s servers that consume most of the electricity needed to run the backbone and services of the Internet. Servers need lots of electricity to run – about 200 watts, equivalent to 13 fluorescent lightbulbs apiece!

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Ontario Festivals and Events Gets a Boost

McGuinty Government Supporting Festivals and Events in Local Communities

Ontario is enhancing the support it provides to festivals and events across the province.

The Province will invest $11 million in Celebrate Ontario 2009 to support 224 community events across Ontario, an increase of 150 per cent over last year. This investment – $2 million more than the $9 million originally announced – recognizes the important economic benefits these events have for communities.

Since 2007, the McGuinty government has invested $25 million in the Celebrate Ontario program, as part of an effort to encourage more tourists to discover the province.

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