Adapting Housing to the 21st Century Climate
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Sustainable Outreach Social (SOS)
Sustainable Outreach Social (SOS) Reminder - June 8, 2023 presents HOT TOPICS "Central to the future development of our Town" The Sustainable Cobourg SOS, is a forum to engage and encourage our community to gather, share their [...]
Tree Planting Initiative
We are thrilled to share the news of our successful tree planting initiative as part of the Great Lakes Local Action project in partnership with the GRCA and ACER. Today marks the conclusion of our springtime efforts, where [...]
Earth Week Kick-off Community Cleanup
Earth Week is a time for people around the world to come together and take action to protect our planet. This year, Sustainable Cobourg’s Youth Ambassador, Tovan Lew, lead our Earth Week kick-off with a community cleanup in [...]
Earth Week Cleanup
Kicking off our 2023 Earth Week events, come join Sustainable Cobourg’s Youth Ambassador Tovan Lew for the annual ‘Keep the County Clean’ Challenge!! Meet us on Sunday, April 16th at Peace Park Cobourg (at the end of Forth [...]
Save Our Northumberland County Farmland – Small Change Fund
Northumberland County’s rural and agricultural lands are at risk from unsustainable development. For example, a Quebec-based developer is proposing to build 800 homes on 196 acres of prime farmland in Alnwick-Haldimand Township. Once we lose agricultural land, we [...]
URGENT 2nd Full Coalition Call To Action: Oppose Bill 23
**** CALLING ALL OCEC MEMBERS**** URGENT 2nd FULL COALITION CALL TO ACTION: OPPOSE BILL 23 'MORE HOMES BUILT FASTER ACT' NOTE: If you are a group signatory representative please share with your entire membership to encourage mass action - [...]
Concerns about Land revisited with Bill 23 looming…
When European settlers came to North America, they needed two things, food and water. When they chose sites for their homesteads, riversides were favoured. They discovered that the best soil to start a farm on had hardwoods growing. [...]