Welcome to PURE

Community-Based Sustainable Energy Strategies for Dufferin County and the Headwaters Region

Our Partners, and close Colleagues...

• Green Pathways - your local 'one-stop shop' for green alternatives, a PURE/Orangeville Hydro joint venture

• EverPure BioDiesel Co-op - a PURE/Everdale joint venture co-operative to foster production and use of local fuels made from local farms, and keeping local food in the loop!

• Reduce The Juice Foundation - Energy Conservation initiative

• Ontario Sustainable Energy Association - our parent body and umbrella organization for sustainable energy groups

• Step-Up to Kyoto - a very thorough list of published articles on clean energy, energy-saving ideas and emmissions-reduction concepts, from Caledon's Dr. Richard Ehrlich and the Caledon Countryside Alliance

• Cool Caledon - Town of Caledon's energy reduction and alternatives taskforce

• Windy Hills Caledon - a wind energy co-operative in Caledon

• JellyCraft Bakery, 120 Main St., Shelburne - meeting facility assistance

• Ecology Retreat Centre - meeting facility assistance and related support

Our Sponsors and Funding Partners...

• Ontario Trillium Foundation - provides funding for core PURE activities

Looking for Workshops on Renewable Energy and Sustainability?...

• Ecology Retreat Centre - Hockley Valley / Orangeville - provide ongoing workshops on energy, environment and sustainable design

• Everdale Environmental Learning Centre - Hillsburgh - energy and environmental workshops, organic gardening and produce, sustainable design

• Kortright Centre near Kleinburg

• True North Power - Ayr

Wind Information Sites...

• The Canadian Wind Energy Atlas

• The Ontario Wind Atlas

And these are a few other related sites...

• Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA)

• Canadian Association for Renewable Energies

• Ontario Clean Air Alliance

• Citizens For Renewable Energy

• Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)

• Independent Power Producers Society of Ontario (IPPSO)

• Toronto Renewable Energy Co-op

• The Pembina Institute

• The Illness Costs of Air Pollution in Ontario

• OMA SMOG-WISE Information Program

• Zephyr North - Wind Resource Assessments

• To learn more about wind generation and green energy visit The Planet-Friendly Website

• Visit Pollution Probe's new "Primer on the Technologies of Renewable Energy"

• About Co-Operatives: The Canadian Co-operative Association