Cornwall Carbon Reduction Initiative (CCRI)
The Cornwall Carbon Reduction Initiative (CCRI) is a grassroots organization dedicated to providing outreach and education activities to the public about climate change and greenhouse gas reduction. Through an approach tailored to our community, the CCRI promotes long-term behavioural change and directs measurable actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Cornwall's residential, commercial, and institutional sectors.
In the summer of 2006, former City Councillor Naresh Bhargava rallied local environmental experts and public figures to form the CCRI. With key community partnerships including the St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences, St. Lawrence College, the Corporation of the City of Cornwall, Cornwall and Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Eastern Ontario Training Board, the CCRI has grown and developed a solid foundation.
Now an incorporated not-for-profit organisation, the CCRI has been developing and delivering educational programming to help raise local awareness of climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. The CCRI's website houses a carbon calculator to help residents estimate their carbon footprint, then provides a number of actions that can be undertaken to reduce that footprint and combat climate change.
Mailing address
Cornwall Carbon Reduction Initiative
55 Water Street West, Suite 370
Cornwall, ON K6J 1A1
Phone: 613-932-2088
Fax: 613-932-0212
