Ecosource
St. Hilary Elementary School, 5070 Fairwind Dr., 2nd Fl. L5R 2N4 Mississauga, ON, Canada

Once the temperatures have reached 10 degrees for a least 7 consecutive days, we recommend clearing away dead plants, leaves and pulling weeds in your gardens. Many beneficial insects and pollinators overwinter in gardens so leaving material for them to take shelter in until it's consistently warmer will help these populations in thriving.

The times they are a-changin' dig deep into your garden knowledge to learn about GARDENING IN A CHANGING CLIMATE on Apr. 13 @ 5PM. Learn how to make your garden resilient and how you can grow and tune in to the patterns of your ecosystem https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/intro-to-gardening-in-a-changin

Join us on April 6th for a free virtual workshop about building healthy soils in your garden and growing spaces. No gardening experience necessary. New gardeners welcome! https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/building-healthy-soil-tickets-1

Year 2 of our Youth in Action Program came to a close yesterday as participants celebrated and feasted together virtually. Thank you to the Government of Canada (Canada Service Corps program) for funding our program!

Also don’t forget to share photos of the delicious sustainable meals you create for Dinner in the Dark!

Don’t forget that tonight from 8:30 to 9:30 is Earth Hour! Make sure to turn your light off to help lower our collective energy consumption throughout the Region of Peel.

Happy #FamilyDay! Looking for ways to bond with your loved ones while helping the environment? Check out ZeroWasteFamily's blog to promote stewardship, environmental responsibility, and creativity at home https://zerowastefamily.com

It's the perfect time to start brainstorming about your garden! Looking for tips on growing indoors or outdoors? Check out our Grown In Mississauga garden manual - it's a step-by-step guide that will help you grow your garden successfully https://ecosource.ca//Grown-in-Mississauga_Training-Manual

Need some inspiration to encourage outdoor nature play with children right in your schoolyard? Check out this resource from the Child and Nature Alliance of Canada: https://childnature.ca/nurturing-the-magic-in-the-schoolyard

Join us online for a cooking LIVESTREAM on Instagram! We'll be making a cozy, bright, flavourful dish and chatting about all things food! Hop on Wed. Feb. 17 at 6 pm - swipe for ingredients list, and feel free to cook along!

Teachers! There's still time to register for Nature Play and Fostering Outdoor Connection (Feb. 11th, 4-6pm EST) - the first session of this year's Advanced Teacher Training Certification program. Learn how you can receive a certificate of recognition https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/139551768095

Please note that due to developing circumstances, our office will remain closed until further notice. Our staff will continue to work remotely.

We are so excited to have added 20 new beds at the Churchill Meadows Community Garden to make room for our friends relocating from the Erin Mills Farmers Market Community Garden. Thanks to everyone who helped move soil, to the students of École Secondaire Catholique Sainte-Famille and Applewood Heights for constructing the beds, and the City of Mississauga for making this possible.

We teamed up with Aqua Nibii Waawaaskone again last week to bring a drum making workshop to participants in our Youth in Action Program. Thanks Tribal Spirit Drums and Music for the drum making kits!

Drumroll, please! This year, our urban agriculture site, The Iceland Teaching Garden, grew 929 kg of local and organic produce for the community! We are so thankful to everyone who supported us and helped us grow during this wild year - we couldn't have done it without you!

Looking for something to do this weekend? Check out the documentaries 2040 (Google Play) or Chasing Coral (Netflix). Chasing Coral documents the disappearance of the world's coral reefs while 2040 is a documentary that sets out a positive and sustainable vision of our future.

Our very own Executive Director Britt McKee will be part of this talk today at 7pm!

Harvested onions recently? Tag us and show us!

Looking to teach children about the impacts of climate change in an interactive and engaging way? Visit https://climatekids.ca/ for informative activities on climate science, climate actions, plastics & oceans, climate impact in Canada and more! #climatechange #climateaction