Oakvillegreen Conservation Association

Meet Nouran Nour and Sebastian Stanescu, who bring their talents to the Oakvillegreen team as part of the Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program. Nouran, a U of Waterloo student brings her experience in environmental education to assist as our Environmental Program Coordinator. Sebastian, an iBBA student at York University, will provide strategic help with written and digital communications as our Communications Specialist. We’re thrilled to have their experience and perspectives on the team. Welcome, Nouran & Sebastian! Employment and Social Development Canada Anita Anand Pam Damoff

Talking about the bad and the ugly, we have to include Invasive Phragmites, which has won the title of Worst invasive species in Canada! This aquatic species is a threat to wetlands and waterways. Follow the link to find more information about Phragmites and how to control it. https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca//invasive/phragmites/ #MostWanted #Oakvillegreen... Town of Oakville Halton Region Conservation Halton Invasive Species Centre See more

READ: Toronto Starthis is last opportunity for public input defending Town’s position against developer. Take action and submit!

From our friends at Save Glen Abbey! Do not let LPAT and the government erase Glen Abbey from history! 48 hours to make an LPAT submission https://www.oakville.ca/business/glen-abbey-information.html... Read inspirational LPAT submissions: https://www.saveglenabbey.ca/blog/ Message us to have yours included. See more

Buckthorn berries can act like a laxative for birds and other animals, helping to spread the seeds of this aggressive invasive. If you live in southern Ontario you have definitely seen european buckthorn as it has spread considerably throughout our ravines and woodlots. More info and how to remove it https://www.invasivespeciescentre.ca//invasive-/buckthorn/ #MostWanted #Oakvillegreen Town of Oakville Halton Region Conservation Halton Invasive Species Centre

Enjoy your weekend... but please find time to write a letter to the Provincial tribunal (LPAT ) in support of saving Glen Abbey! SHARE: SGA NEEDS YOUR HELP! 1. Please write a letter to LPAT and include why the proposed development is inappropriate from a planning perspective. 2. See the Town’s site for important info. Email and send a hard copy. ... https://www.oakville.ca/business/glen-abbey-information.html 3. Read sample LPAT submissions https://www.saveglenabbey.ca/blog/ 4. Consider using the 30 Reasons to Save Glen Abbey for your letter. https://www.saveglenabbey.ca/act-now-save-glen-abbey/ 5. Message if you have any questions. #ForThePeople #DemocracyNow See more

This Holiday Season give a Green Gift to someone special, to protect and restore nature...where you live! Your gift to Oakvillegreen will: support local treeplanting programs to restore biodiversity and combat climate change... inspire the next generation of environmental stewards through our school eco-education programs strengthen our collective voice for greenspace protection in Oakville It’s a gift that makes a lasting difference. Please visit our website to purchase your gift. https://oakvillegreen.org/donations We'll email you a card to send to your lucky recipient. Just mark ‘Green Gift’ in the notes. #givewhereyoulive #greengift #giftofnature #planttrees Oakvillegreen.org

20 years ago, Oakvillegreen was founded by a passionate group of Oakville residents who worked to protect greenspace against the threat of new development in North Oakville. Today, we keep working hard to protect, enhance and restore Oakville's urban ecosystems! We need your help: get involved, volunteer, donate!... http://oakvillegreen.org/donations/ See more

Enjoy a free VIRTUAL lunch and learn about The Nelson Aggregate's Quarry Application in Burlington, ON Thursday, December 3rd 12-1 pm No More Open-pit Mines on Mt Nemo. #NOZombieQuarry... Learn what you can do NOW to help stop Nelson Aggregate's application to expand their industrial operations into 124 acres of Burlington's Niagara Escarpment: an UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve. Webinar presented by: Gord Pinard, President, CORE Burlington RSVP on Eventbrite using the link: https://bit.ly/HearCORE

Exciting to be participating in the annual Ontario Urban Forest conference! Always energizing to connect with experts and those working tirelessly to support trees and all Greeninfrastructure in our urban areas!

SIGN and SHARE the new e-petition to protect the golf course for the future. https://www.saveglenabbey.ca/help/

Don't let Nelson Lafarge blow a hole in our Niagara Escarpment! Critical Call to ACTION. Deadline: Dec.14.2020 The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) is NOW accepting objection letters from the public regarding Nelson Aggregate's quarry application. The deadline to submit letters is no later than December 14th, 2020 but we urge you to respond immediately. If you have already written a letter to the City of Burlington, you may use that letter again (or parts of ...it) in your comments to the MNRF. This round of responses is one of three that we face during this complicated, and time consuming, application approval/disapproval process. We can NOT stress enough how essential public comments are to this process. Yes, lots of experts are reviewing reports and assessing the impacts of more open-pit mining on Burlington’s escarpment, but ultimately this may come down to a political decision at the Provincial level. The content of your comment certainly makes a difference: the more factual you can make it, the better. However, the number of comments from the public wields tremendous influence. Politicians run on people-power. PROCRASTINATION IS NOT AN OPTION Follow this link to get the step-by-step to submit your letters! https://bit.ly/3kGl6k8 #Burlington #NoQuarry #environment See more

Well said by our colleagues Environment Hamilton! Have you taken action yet? Please call or write your MPP or send them a letter electronically using the link below! OPPOSITION IS GROWING to the Ford Government's plan to gut Ontario's conservation authorities. We need our CAs now more than ever before. Their watershed planning and management skills are essential for building climate resilient communities. And, heck, who hasn't enjoyed a local conservation area during ...the pandemic? Many individual Ontarians, community organizations, municipal councils, conservation authorities, the government's own Greenbelt Council - are speaking out and calling for the government to remove Schedule 6 from Bill 229. Have you taken action yet? Please call or write your MPP or send them a letter electronically using the link below!

Need motivation to write a letter to your MPP? Read this and your blood will boil! ...decades of environmental progress are headed for the trash bin because of a government committed to an environmentally destructive agenda of putting developer interests first.

Time for the Province to listen to experts & constituents! #NoPlan #ConservationMatters #ClimateAction Call your MPP. This year’s Auditor General report confirms that Ontario’s promises to protect and preserve our environment are hollow. The Made-In-Ontario Environment Plan has been sitting on a shelf gathering dust...

New project, increasing pollinator habitat! We are so excited to break ground today! Thanks to a TD Friends of the Environment grant a new Pollinator Pathway; hundreds of native species will be planted. Thanks to the @TownofOakville for their help and support. #pollinators #pollinatorpathway #biodiversity

Great garden tips! Thanks for the reminder!

Sign up for this informative webinar with info from Environmental Defence and CELA. We NEED our Conservation Authorities!!