Media Advisory - TDSB negotiates first-ever sale of carbon credits

TORONTO, June 7 /CNW/ - The Toronto District School Board has completed one of the largest transactions of its kind - the Board's first - to sell carbon credits to the Greening Canada Fund, managed by Green Power Action Inc.

    
    Join us Wednesday morning to find out:

    -  How this win-win arrangement permits TDSB to invest an incremental
       $1.75 million in projects to help it meet its "Go Green - Climate
       Change Action Plan" goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions

    -  How this arrangement also permits forward-looking Canadian
       corporations to meet their own carbon-reduction goals, while advancing
       their desire to support good community initiatives

    Details:

       WHEN:   Wednesday, June 9
               11:00 a.m. (EDT)

       WHERE:  Hillcrest Community School
               44 Hilton Ave., Toronto
               (1 block north of Davenport, off Bathurst)

       WHO:    Bruce Davis
               Chair & Trustee Ward 3
               Toronto District School Board

               Gerry Rocchi
               Chief Executive Officer
               Green Power Action Inc.

       WHAT:   Mr. Davis and Mr. Rocchi will outline the terms of the
               arrangement and respond to questions, after which
               media will be provided a short tour of the school to
               see the Board's climate change plan in action
    

For further information: Brian Smith (Green Power Action Inc.), Tel. [phone]; Bob Poldon (TDSB), Tel. [phone]