About Summerhill Foundation
The Summerhill Foundation (formerly Eco Impact) is a registered Canadian charity lead by a volunteer Board of Directors. Our mission is to develop, implement, and share strategies that empower individuals, corporations, and governments to make more sustainable choices.
We work with like-minded organizations to support innovative research, share knowledge, and advocate for change.
We believe that through Better Choices we can Do The Possible!
Our Goals
- Climate Protection:
- Inform, enable, and inspire Canadians to consider the environment in all their choices
- Educate and engage Canadians on the use of renewable energy and how to adapt their lifestyles so that they can directly reduce their energy consumption.
- Provide programs promoting re-use, reduction, recycling, and recovery of waste.
- Toxics: Consumer products contain thousands of untested chemicals, many of which pose health risks to humans. Children are especially vulnerable. Summerhill Foundation will support initiatives that...
- Educate the public on the health risks of toxic substances in consumer products.
- Educate the public on the range of choices available that are safer to consume.
- Create fora for governments, businesses, and community organizations to work collaboratively to improve government and industry standards, and consumer labeling as aids to public education.
- Carbon: Today's atmosphere contains 32 per cent more carbon dioxide, one of the main greenhouse gases, than at the start of the industrial era. Global warming has already begun. The Summerhill Foundation will work to...
- Create fora for governments, businesses and community organizations to work collaboratively to develop and improve standards, and consumer labeling as aids to public education.
- Educate the public on how they can reduce and offset their carbon footprint.
Charitable Registration Number 34891932428 RR00001
About Summerhill Foundation
Annual Report (193 KB PDF)
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