1. YMCA Sustainability Council
April 5, 20XX

2. Agenda Welcome & Introduction of New Members
Earth Week/Month Activities & Discussion
Communications Update
YMCA Implementation Plan & Activity Updates
Discussion and Wrap-up PK

3. Earth Week/Month What are you doing this month in your organizations?
Roundtable discussion PK

4. Earth Week/Month At the YMCA, here is what we are working on: STAFF
“Earth Hour”, Intranet updates, and s
STAFF & MEMBERS
- Recruiting Green Teams
using key projects PK
+ STRATEGIC PARTNERS
- Getting out the messaging - “Top 50 Green Employers”
+ EXTERNAL
- The Case for Support

5. VISION 2020 Going Green
Key Outcomes (Annual reductions compared to 20xx):
Reducing Water Consumption by 6.7%
(35 million liters of annual consumption)
Reducing Electrical Consumption by 13% (3 million KW hours)
Enhancing & Creating Natural Spaces over 15% (140 acres or 6 million square feet)
MJYMCA Green Goals
1.      YMCA Fitness and Recreation Centres use 35,000,000 liters of water per year. By reducing water consumption by 6.7%, or 19,000,000 liters annually we’ll save enough water for 20 people to take a continuous shower for a year or fill about 8 Olympic pools. If you are thirsty, we could fill 54 Million bottles of 350 ml water with the water we plan to save per year.
2.      On average, we use 2,600,000 kilowatt (kw) hours of electricity per year. By reducing our overall electrical consumption by 13% or 3,000,000kw hours we will be able to power 17,500 homes (or one of our Fitness and Recreation Centres).
3.      Enhancing 15% of our acreage through the creation of natural playgrounds, forest restoration, trail maintenance and green roofs, we can support sustainable improvements to over 140 acres of (natural land/green space) which will be used to educate youth. That is the same as creating 1220 soccer fields over 10 years.
4.      We currently use 500,000 cubic meters of natural gas per year at our Fitness and Recreation Centres. In reducing our natural gas consumption by 18% or 900,000 cubic meters, it’s equivalent to heating 300 homes across the GTA. (On average, each single-family home consumes about 3000 cubic meters of natural gas in Ontario.)
5.      We’re committed to reducing our carbon footprint by reducing CO² emissions and making sure our Centres are conveniently located so members can walk, bike, take transit or car pool to access YMCA services. By reducing our overall emissions by 30% (7,500 tons), this amount is equal to planting 37,500 trees per year, or taking 1400 cars off the road annually. 5

6. VISION 2020 Going Green
Key Outcomes (Annual reductions compared to 2008):
Reducing our Natural Gas consumption by 18% (900,000 cubic meters of natural gas)
Reducing our overall CO2 Emissions by 30%
(7,500 tons of CO2) MJ 6

7. Green Case
Feedback/Discussion/Recommendations MJ 7

8. Green Fund Projects (2011) 2011 Green Priorities:
Natural Playgrounds - 14 of sites $XX,000
Green Terrace (Brampton HFR) $XX,000
Lighting & Mechanical Retrofits $XX,000
Solar Thermal Heating & Waste Heat Recovery $XX,000
Enhancing 121,000 sf of natural spaces $XX,000
Operational/Employee Initiatives $XX,000
Total $XX Million AV 8

9. Communication Plan Key Targets Audience: Internal - Staff
- Members and Volunteers
External
- Funders
- Media
Strategic Partners
- Associations
- Universities
- Charities, Governments, Agencies MJ 9

10. 20XX Implementation Plan
Q3 20XX (Oct – Dec)
Q4 20XX (Jan– Mar)
Q1 20XX (Apr – June)
Q2 20XX (July – Sept)
Corporate Alignment
Hire Full-Time Environmental Coordinator
Review Annual Accomplishments, set goals, update
Publish Implementation Plan
Publish Scorecard
Communication Plan
Develop Comprehensive Communication Plan
- Outline and
key activities
- Detailed case
- Key goals
- Major project list
Website Engagement (Intranet)
- develop outline
Communication Plan – Q1
- develop detailed pages
Member Communication Design & Rollout
Staff Engagement
Engage Green Teams
Events: Peace Week
Site Specific Events: -
Assn Wide Events: Earth Hour (WWF)
Staff Survey (compare to previous year)
- Speaker Series
- Green Team activities
Assn Wide Events: : Earth Week, Commuter Challenge
Events: Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, Speaker Series AV

11. 20XX Implementation Plan
Q3 20XX (Oct – Dec)
Q4 20XX (Jan– Mar)
Q1 20XX (Apr – June)
Q2 20XX (July – Sept)
Reporting
Assess 20XX Comparison Year (in-progress)
Publish Internally
Publish externally
Sustainability
Council
Q3 Meeting: Jan.11
Q4 Meeting: April 5
Q3 Meeting: TBD
Q4 Meeting: TBD
Operational
Initiatives
Implement Green Capital Initiatives
Green Procurement Strategies
Secure Grants:
- Green Living
- NRCAN ecoENERGY
Other
- 50 Top Green Employers (Globe & Mail) AV

12. Feedback/Discussion/WRAP UP INFORMAL SURVEY ADDITIONAL RECRUITMENTMJ 12

13. VISION 2020 Water Consumption
YMCA Fitness and Recreation Centres use 35,000,000 liters of water per year.
By reducing water consumption by 6.7%, or 19,000,000 liters annually we’ll save enough water for 20 people to take a continuous shower for a year or fill about 8 Olympic pools.
If you are thirsty, we could fill 54 Million bottles of 350 ml water with the water we plan to save per year.

14. VISION 2020 Electrical Consumption
On average, we use 2,600,000 kilowatt (kw) hours of electricity per year.
By reducing our overall electrical consumption by 13% or 3,000,000kw hours we will be able to power 17,500 homes (or one of our Fitness and Recreation Centres).

15. VISION 2020 Natural Spaces
Enhancing 15% of our acreage through the creation of natural playgrounds, forest restoration, trail maintenance and green roofs, we can support sustainable improvements to over 140 acres of (natural land/green space) which will be used to educate youth.
That is the same as creating 1220 soccer fields over 10 years

16. VISION 2020 Gas Consumption
We currently use 500,000 cubic meters of natural gas per year at our Fitness and Recreation Centres.
In reducing our natural gas consumption by 18% or 900,000 cubic meters, it’s equivalent to heating 300 homes across the GTA. (On average, each single-family home consumes about 3000 cubic meters of natural gas in Ontario.)

17. VISION 2020 Carbon Footprint
We’re committed to reducing our carbon footprint by reducing CO² emissions and making sure our Centres are conveniently located so members can walk, bike, take transit or car pool to access YMCA services.
By reducing our overall emissions by 30% (7,500 tons), this amount is equal to planting 37,500 trees per year, or taking 1400 cars off the road annually.