Archive for Ecology & sustainability

Love Your Water! Community Watershed Stewardship Day

Another family nature event at Evergreen: a fun day of water bug monitoring, a wetland ecosystem discovery walk and wetland wildflower planting. Come for a picnic too!     Read more »

Summer Solstice Wildflower Day

Celebrate the longest day of the year with Evergreen. Learn to identify and plant native Ontario prairie and meadow plants in your garden.     Read more »

2008 Jun 9: Don Watershed Plan Public Workshop

Toronto and Region Conservation (TRCA) is undertaking an update to the Don Watershed Plan and are hosting the first in a series of public meetings through to the end of 2008 to seek public input on the Plan.     Read more »

2008 May 22: Status report from the East Toronto Community Coalition

Girl blowing bubblesPlease Join Us at the OMB, 655 Bay St., on Wednesday May 21st and Thursday May 22nd at 10:00am to show Smart!Centres and Vice Chair McKenzie that this community does not need or want a Mega-Shopping Centre.

OMB Smart!Centre Hearings
Wednesday & Thursday, 2008 May 21 & 22, 10 am
Ontario Municipal Board, 655 Bay St

Here is a brief outline, from the City’s lawyer, as to how the hearing will proceed….     Read more »

Shopping local and GREEN can be easy

Spring has finally sprung and if you are like most of your neighbors in Toronto-Danforth you have arisen from hibernation and are back out riding bikes, walking and gardening in force.

Local is good for you!

Much of that walking and biking will be to shop at local merchants. There are many reasons why shopping locally makes sense now more than ever.     Read more »