Toronto Environmental Alliance

TEA had a great time at the Coldplay show! Thank you to @livenation and @coldplay for inviting us. We loved seeing the tour sustainability initiatives, especially reusable cups!
Way to show Toronto what's possible at large events (like the FIFA World Cup 26™ coming next year)! #reusableTO

You spoke up demanding bus and streetcar lanes on Bathurst and Dufferin, and yesterday, Council heard you!
There's more work ahead, but this is an important step forward in moving more people faster and accelerating climate action. https://loom.ly/ame8Tu4

If you are one of the 75,000 people who take the TTC on Dufferin & Bathurst every day, you know this view: stuck in traffic.

We urge Council to support these vital transit lanes today including plans from @MayorOliviaChow & @BravoDavenport to get moving on lanes north of Bloor.

Did you know that more people take the bus on Dufferin than any other method of transportation? Speak up today to get Council to vote for special bus lanes and get more people moving!
Send a letter to your councillor: https://www.ttcriders.ca/lanes

#rapidto #transitriders #dufferin #bathurst

Toronto: Let's get moving on public transit improvements! Are you tired of traffic and slow, unreliable travel times? Show your support for priority bus and streetcar lanes as a win for reliable transit, cost of living, and the environment!

Council votes Wednesday on these important bus and streetcar lanes,. Make sure to have your voice heard before then!

Send a letter to your councillor: https://loom.ly/Qm056pU

Council votes Wednesday on these important bus and streetcar lanes,. Make sure to have your voice heard before then!

Send a letter to your councillor: https://www.ttcriders.ca/lanes

Evergreen Brick Works Championing a culture of reusables in Toronto

It's #PlasticFreeJuly! Did you know that the Evergreen Brick Works has a reusable dishes at their farmer's market?

They started in 2023 and have expanded to include other events, in 2024 they avoided 147,794 single-use items!

Read our case study all about it: https://loom.ly/BHIkm8A

Mayor Chow's Executive Committee just approved the first steps in the #RapidTO surface transit network. Now we need to make sure that City Council passes the dedicated lanes on Bathurst & Dufferin.

Everyone deserves reliable transit!

Reach out to your Councillor: https://www.ttcriders.ca/lanes

A statement posted to linked by the Toronto Region Board of Trade which reads: "Congestion is the top challenge facing Toronto today, already costing businesses valuable time and lost revenue. While we recognize prioritizing transit on Dufferin and Bathurst as a step in the right direction, we recommend that City officials revisit and expand the proposed hashtag#RapidTO plan to include a connection to Eglinton, which will soon host the Crosstown LRT. Some local businesses have raised legitimate concerns about reduced car access; however, it is clear that the bigger problem facing businesses in the core is gridlock. With the FIFA World Cup on the horizon, pressure on our already overloaded transportation network will only increase. We must move forward with bold, evidence-based solutions to get people and goods moving efficiently along Toronto’s vital arterial roads." -- Giles Gherson, President & CEO, Toronto Region Board of Trade

Toronto needs more dedicated transit lanes to move more people. Toronto Region Board of Trade just endorsed both Bathurst & Dufferin #RapidTO lanes up to Eglinton.

Their message?

These lanes are good for business because they are proven to reduce congestion. We need these lanes! #topoli

City installing AC units for seniors as Toronto sizzles under another heat warning | CBC News The City of Toronto is providing free portable air conditioners to low-income, vulnerable seniors as part of a pilot program that started this spring.

Check out TEA's Sarah Buchanan on CBC talking about the City's pilot program providing ACs to seniors: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Did you or someone you know participate in this program? We want to hear about it! Tag/DM us or use the contact form on our website! ➡️ www.torontoenvironment.org/contact

“These transit lanes are a win-win," says @HowSenChong from TEA. "They will move more people quickly to where they need to go, and help Toronto cut pollution and make important progress towards its climate goals." #topoli

Media Release: Riders Call for Dedicated Transit Priority Lanes on Dufferin and Bathurst A Greener City for All

TTC service on Dufferin and Bathurst consistently ranks among the slowest in the city. We are speaking up today with @ttcriders.bsky.social‬ asking City Council to speed up the Dufferin bus & Bathurst streetcar/bus with priority lanes up to Eglinton. https://loom.ly/7jnxZmY

TEA is here with our friends @ttcriders.bsky.social‬ calling for the City to implement bus & streetcar priority lanes on Dufferin & Bathurst all the way to Eglinton as designed! Here's why:
- Good for our climate
- Life-changing for riders packed into slow buses & streetcars on these busy routes!

Got waste questions? Just ask our waste expert this afternoon at 5pm on CBC radio in Toronto! TEA's Emily Alfred, will be answering questions on CBC's Just Asking! www.cbc.ca/radio/just-a...

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride, Toronto! 2024 celebrations used reusable cups keeping 27,645 single-use items out of landfill! 🌍🙌 The cups were back in 2025!

With #FIFAWorldCup26 coming to Toronto & Vancouver, we’re sharing real-world wins like this.
📚 Case study ➡️ https://loom.ly/9wJX6JI

Congrats to @mayoroliviachow.ca & @alejandrabravo.bsky.social on sparking an overhaul of TO's Heat Relief Strategy, including checking on vulnerable populations, funding more water, & considering return of 24/7 cooling centres. Long overdue & needed!

Agenda item: secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...

Join us in 10 minutes! loom.ly/_Xqk41Q ⬅️

Join us online tomorrow from 12-1PM to discuss why the incineration industry’s GHG math doesn’t add up: https://loom.ly/mB3jrZ4

New report: Ontario’s grid emits 30–67 g CO₂e/kWh. ON's newest incinerator emits 778 g CO₂e/kWh.

'Green' energy? The numbers say otherwise.
#ClimateAction #GHG

First page of City of Toronto Notice of Motion from Mayor Olivia Chow titled: "Addressing Gaps in the City's Heat Relieft Strategy"

Second page of City of Toronto Notice of Motion from Mayor Olivia Chow titled: "Addressing Gaps in the City's Heat Relieft Strategy"

We're happy to see the City's heat relief strategy getting a rethink, & hopefully stronger measures to protect Torontonians from heatwaves like this one. Protecting peoples means planning for a much hotter future. #topoli

Kicking off with reusables: The opportunity of the FIFA World Cup 26™ for Canadian events A Greener City for All

In 1 year the #FIFAWorldCup is coming to Toronto!
We are excited to launch our new report that shows adopting #reuse at stadiums & events could avoid more than 1 million cups over the course of the tournament.

Here's our full report: https://loom.ly/v7QAGZg but stay tuned for more of our findings!

Here's the livestream for those of you who can't be there in person!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBVU...

You can still speak up for #zerowaste

The City wants your input on managing Toronto’s waste - unfortunately, they’re asking [some of] the wrong questions. A Greener City for All

Happening NOW!

Join us at the City's Long Term Waste Strategy Open House to speak up for zero waste and against incineration. Have your say about our garbage!

We'll tell you why this is so important in our blog: loom.ly/_Xqk41Q
It includes the registration link and more info!
#TOpoli

The City wants your input on managing Toronto’s waste - unfortunately, they’re asking some of the wrong questions. A Greener City for All

Have your say about what to do with our garbage!

The City of Toronto has a survey open to June 29, unfortunately 1 option is 'energy from waste' incineration (burning garbage), a false solution.
Let us tell you why ⬇️

Here's our guide with the survey link: https://loom.ly/_Xqk41Q

Bill 17 will be voted on today, NOW is our last chance to raise our voices.
Help us tell #dougford:
-We DON'T want more money for developers
-We DO support the rights of municipalities across ON to determine what is best for them when building a climate safe future ⬇️https://loom.ly/XFMinrc

A picture of a trillium flower with text that reads: Premier Ford is fast tracking another gift to developers: Bill 17. We've broken it down for you.

Premier Ford is fast-tracking another gift for developers: Bill 17. He's pushing it through so fast it won't even go to committee to be discussed.

Time is running out.

We've broken down what this means for Ontario and how we can stop it: torontoenvironment.org/premier_ford... #ONpoli

Image of the Emerald Incinerator with text that reads: The City is wants your input on managing Toronto's waste - unfortunately, they're asking (some of) the wrong questions.

The City is asking our input on managing our garbage but it's also looking at false solutions, like burning garbage, also called ‘energy from waste’.
This will send Toronto backwards on climate action, zero waste goals, and put human health at risk:
torontoenvironment.org/input_on_man... #TOpoli

Tell the Province that we need climate-safe buildings - not more profits for developers. A Greener City for All

#dougford wants to speed through a bill that puts developers before our climate safety. We need to be louder.

Tell your MPP: Say NO to Bill 17. More money for developers does nothing for the extreme heat & flooding we're going to see more of this summer and beyond ⬇️ loom.ly/m8rJZVA

Image of the Toronto skyline with some construction happening, a text overlay says: Tell Doug Ford: We don't need more profits for developers, we need climate-safe homes

There's a disturbing trend in #Ontario: developers are trying to gut green building standards so they can make more profit and leave homeowners and tenants on the hook with higher energy bills.

Please tell you MPP this is not okay, speak up for Ontario: www.torontoenvironment.org/climate-safe...

Tell the Province that we need climate-safe buildings - not more profits for developers. A Greener City for All

#DougFord has just released Bill 17, which could gut every local community’s ability to ensure that new homes are protected from local weather extremes like flooding.

Use our tool to tell your MPP to stop Bill 17: loom.ly/m8rJZVA

The City needs to hear from you!

The last consultation for the Dufferin Street transit-only lane is happening now! Can't make it? You can still fill out the survey online until May 26, find out more information and the survey link here: www.ttcriders.ca/lanes