Conservation Council of Ontario

Conservation Council of Ontario: An overloaded line and a cascading power outage had rolled across the northeastern states and Ontario, plunging us into a blackout that lasted several days. Even as power was restored, the grid was fragile and conservation remained the watchword for many days afterward, according to The Star. In the months that followed, the call for conservation continued. As executive director of the Conservation Council of Ontario, I had a perfect view on how crisis can shape policy. I had often said that the key to success as an environmentalist is to learn an issue and then wait for the crisis, and this was a true case in point and On Aug. 14, 2003, conservation was on every politicians lips. They spoke the word more times in two days than they had in 10 years. But it was conservation by crisis. We proved ourselves to be resilient. We pitched in to help others and even celebrated a simpler and quieter time by holding barbecues to cook our thawing meat and by lying out under s. The better side of the crisis was immortalized in Mike Fords sweet song, s Shone on Toronto . We responded as a community. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.