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Embracing Green Initiatives Together!

A heartfelt thank you to all those who came out and supported our Great Lakes Local Action tree planting event on Oct.14th!

Our community witnessed a remarkable turnout, with over 70 participants spanning all generations, coming together to preserve the health of our waterways and sow the seeds of a greener, more sustainable future for all. 

Thanks to your dedication, we planted a whopping 123+ native trees and shrubs along the Port Hope waterfront trail. These acts of eco-consciousness are the foundation upon which we build a brighter tomorrow. 

The seeds of change have been sown, and we can’t wait to witness their growth. Stay tuned for our exciting GLLA finale event, scheduled for mid-November! 

Let’s continue to nurture our environment and our shared dream of a greener world. Together, we make a difference! 

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Did You Know?

Adopting sustainable practices, whether large or small, can have significant impacts in the long run. If every office worker in the United Kingdom used one less staple a day by using a reusable paper clip, 120 tonnes of steel would be saved in one year.

So far in 2022, Depave Paradise has depaved 15 asphalt pavements! Since 2012 this group has completed 80 projects across 32 Canadian cities covering 76,384 square metres of unused paved surfaces into beautiful community green spaces with native grasses, flowers and trees. What an amazing sustainable action to capture carbon, a Greenhouse gas, and create a welcoming ecological ‘paradise’ for our monarchs and bees and of course, for us. Well done. This is a project of Green Communities Canada.

In 1993, the Convention on Biological Diversity put the precautionary principle to work.

In 1987, the Brundtland Report consolidated decades of work on sustainable development.

The First World Climate Conference happened in 1979 and opened up the science of climate change.

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." - Anne Frank