The Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) is a Canadian non-profit

environmental organization An environmental organization is an organization coming out of the conservation or environmental movements that seeks to protect, analyse or monitor the environment against misuse or degradation from human forces. In this sense the environmen ...

. Formed in 1988, TEA provides an activist voice on environmental issues affecting

Toronto, Ontario Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

Mandate

Since 1989, the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) has campaigned locally to find solutions to Toronto's urban environmental problems. Its mission is to promote a greener Toronto and its vision is a green, healthy and equitable city with economic activity that sustains our environment. TEA works with concerned individuals, community groups, professionals and workers, encouraging the participation of local people on local issues. TEA acts as an environmental watchdog at Toronto City Hall. In April 2012, TEA adopted a new tagline: "a greener Toronto for all".

Organization

The Toronto Environmental Alliance is governed by a 9-member volunteer board of directors. Emmay Mah is the

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Focus areas

TEA focuses on five major subjects: * Smog,

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, and

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* Toxics *

Waste Waste (or wastes) are unwanted or unusable materials. Waste is any substance discarded after primary use, or is worthless, defective and of no use. A by-product, by contrast is a joint product of relatively minor economic value. A waste prod ...

Reduction *

Greenbelt A green belt is a policy and land-use zone designation used in land-use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighboring urban areas. Similar concepts are greenways or green wedges, which h ...

Publications

A selection of TEA reports:
Leaping to 80: A Plan for City Hall to Help Torontonians Divert More Waste2012 Council Report Card - Going in CirclesToronto The Green: Mid-Term Environmental Report Card 2008Dig Conservation, Not Holes: A report on the GTA's Thirst for Gravel and How to Quench it.

External links

TEA website
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