Recent national media stories about our changemakers and retrofit coordination service

These’s been a flurry of recent national and Toronto media stories about our incredible Changemakers and how they are supported by the Pocket Change retrofit coordination service lately...

A woman walks her dog across a cross-walk in the Pocket Agents of change

Check out this CBC coverage (TV, radio and online) about the exciting retrofit action happening thanks to the retrofitting homeowners in our Pocket community.

January 13, 2023, CBC-TV's "The National" newscast segment on "Why a neighbourhood groups is retrofitting single family homes in Toronto."

WATCH IT HERE!

January 17, in-depth story about our Changemakers' work and the importance of home retrofits on CBC.ca (national, Top Stories). Agents of Change: A small neighbourhood in Toronto has built a program to help residents reduce their household emissions. Could their grassroots approach become a template for the rest of the country?

January 17, CBC Radio One's The World at Six national radio broadcast profile of Pocket Change, the Changemakers program, and the need for home retrofits across Canada (audio only).

January 18, 2023, Pocket Change Project Retrofit Coach Paul Dowsett interviewed on CBC’s Metro Morning radio program. Hear it here.

See a compendium of all of past media coverage about the Pocket Change Project here.

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