Halton Hills Newspapers

Independent & Free Press (Georgetown, ON), 4 May 2007, p. 12

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12 Acton/Georgetown, Friday, May 4, 2007 Halton business to launch pilot green project at CtK wagon rides hay barn barbecue vintage tractors animals old-fashioned games laura 905·459·5933 SunOpta Inc., in partnership with the Halton District School Board, is launching a pilot educational initiative on sustainable practices with a special screening of Al Gore's Academy Awardwinning documentary An Inconvenient Truth at Christ the King Catholic Secondary School on May 23. SunOpta will also donate 60 copies of the film and book to the Halton public and Catholic school boards and has funded the development of a teachers' package designed to educate students on sustainable principles and practices. If successful, the program will be expanded to other school boards across Canada. There will be a discussion on conservation, sustainable agriculture and energy efficiency led by Harry "Skid" Crease of EcoNexus and Peter Love, Chief Conservation Officer of Ontario. Students will also be encouraged to submit their own sustainable ideas for their community. Halton-based SunOpta Inc. is an operator of high-growth ethical businesses, focusing on integrated business models in the natural and organic food, supplements, health and beauty markets.

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