Green Step Contributors

Green Step is comprised of a large group of dedicated volunteer organizations. Listed alphabetically, below are the mandates of our contributors. Please feel free to review their websites; each one will undoubtedly have information that can help you in your journey to sustainability.

Barrie Earth Hour Music Festival: The Core Purpose of Barrie Earth Hour Music Festival is to create a multi-media event to inform and create awareness of environmental concerns. Although culminating on the date of the World Wildlife Fund “Earth Hour‟ event, this community group operates year round to educate and inform the public on energy conservation without sacrificing lifestyle.

Canadian Home Builders Association – Simcoe County (CHBA-Simcoe County): We serve, on behalf of our members and their clients, as the voice of the Residential Construction industry in Simcoe County committed to residential construction excellence, providing affordable, quality housing.

Ecofest Barrie: Ecofest Barrie, in Partnership with the City of Barrie offers an annual destination for the residents and businesses of the greater Barrie area to celebrate the beauty of our region and to offer options for sustainable and healthy lifestyles.

Enertest Corporation: Striving for Energy Efficiency through Education, Testing and Consultation “Helping Create Energy Efficient Homes”.

GEEP (Global Electric Electronic Processing): At GEEP, our mission is to work collaboratively with clients to maximize their return on excess and end of life inventory in an environmentally safe manner with a zero landfill objective.

Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology: To inspire innovation, transform lives and connect communities through the power of education.

Mercury Reliance Inc.: Our mission is to provide the means for immediate emergency preparedness by offering emergency packs for home, vehicle and office and to provide our customers with the education and opportunity to preserve their savings through the purchase of physical gold, silver and platinum bullion.

PowerStream Inc.: Consistent with our mission to deliver reliable power and related services safely and efficiently to our customers, PowerStream’s vision is to be a socially responsible company, committed to the environment and sustainable growth through the development and application of procedures that minimize the ecological impacts of our operations as well as providing support for external initiatives that help to protect the environment for current and future generations.

RePower Canada Inc.: We help businesses find solutions to improving energy consumption and energy efficiency as well as understand their potential for sustainability.  We are focused on being unbiased and support this with transparency and complete honesty.

Simcoe Solar: is a community driven, solar sales, design and installation firm with over 10 years of experience...in short we know our stuff. Areas of expertise: Solar array system design; solar 'specific' electrical, commercial and residential solar systems; commercial and residential OFF-GRID LIVING for homes and cottages. Complete solar product sales and solar consulting for the Do-It Yourselfer!

Transition Barrie: is a volunteer, grass-roots initiative with the objective of helping Barrie prepare for the approaching challenges of Peak Oil and Climate Change. They are taking part in an emergent and evolving approach to build resilient communities, working with residents to author a shared and sustainable vision for our home, Barrie, Ontario.