Deadline: 14-Nov-22
The Town of The Blue Mountains (Town or TBM) has launched the Environmental Sustainability Fund (ES Fund) to advance sustainability in the Town.
Funds are awarded to improve the Town’s environmental performance, foster sustainability literacy and community engagement, advance climate change adaption and mitigation, and demonstrate sustainability technologies.
Funding Information
A total of $5,000.00 will be available to allocate among successful proposals.
Eligible Projects
Types of projects funded:
- Reducing strain on municipal infrastructure
- Climate adaption or mitigation
- Behaviour change & education: activities that foster culture of sustainability, such as
- Efforts to improve sustainability literacy and stimulate behaviour change.
The Review Committee will allocate funds to projects that include but are not limited to:
- Decreasing the Town of The Blue Mountains’ carbon emissions
- Increasing indoor and/or outdoor water efficiency
- Improving transportation options
- Reducing the amount of waste generated
- Education, research, and outreach initiatives directly related to sustainability
- Community awareness of sustainability.
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Priority will be given to projects that:
- Address the themes and goals in the Towns’ planning documents: The Strategic Plan and The Blue Mountains Future Story;
- Have measurable environmental benefits;
- Are innovative;
- Have sound financial benefits;
- Reduce strain on municipal infrastructure, finances and/or facilities;
- Have technical merit and chance of success and long lasting benefits;
- Potential for collaboration and reproducibility;
- Contribute to climate adaptation and/or mitigation;
- Benefit to the local The Blue Mountains area.
- Have a broad community impact.
- Use leveraged funds or matching funds.
- Are effective in educating or changing behaviour beyond the project itself.
- Are interdisciplinary and engage multiple stakeholders across Town of The Blue Mountains’ community.
Project Guidelines
- Projects must address environmental, social, or economic sustainability in Town of The Blue Mountains.
- All funded projects will be required to prepare a mid-point progress report as well as a final project report.
- Projects will normally be implemented and completed within 12 months of project funding.
- Projects must be stand-alone projects. This fund provides one-time funding for start-up
- Projects and does not cover continuing operational expenses.
Eligibility Criteria
- Project implemented and physically located in Town of The Blue Mountains.
- Recipients are ineligible to apply again with other projects until they have successfully closed their previous project by submitting final reports and any other applicable materials.
- There is no limit on the number of proposals that may be submitted by one applicant, however only one project grant will be awarded per applicant per year.
- Members of the Review Committee cannot apply for funding or be on a project team of a new proposal while they are serving as a committee member.
- Not for profit or charity groups.
For more information, visit TBM.
For more information, visit https://www.thebluemountains.ca/planning-building-construction/sustainability-environment?utm_source=collingwoodtoday.ca&utm_campaign=collingwoodtoday.ca%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral
