Local News

Welcome to our collection of local news and stories! Our aim is to inform and inspire with the great work going on in this area.

Community Garden Springing Up

Re-posted from Keith Dempsey, Hanover Post.

Two community garden coordinators from the area, Lydia Dyck and Simona
Freiberg, have been designing and implementing the beginnings of a
community garden on site at Riverstone Retreat Centre, located just west
of Durham.

"When you're starting so...

Greenbelt Foundation funds The Sustainability Project

“Regenerate Grey Bruce” Group is Working Towards A New Landscape & Development Narrative

Georgian Bluffs, March 1, 2022

Greenbelt Foundation has awarded The Sustainability Project with a grant to pursue a new landscape & development narrative for Grey-Bruce.

This project will engage a network...

Alpha Street Community Garden

On Friday, August 13, families of Grey County’s Alpha Street housing units celebrated the grand opening of their newly created community garden.

The Alpha Street Community Garden project was made possible thanks to a generous donation of five thousand dollars ($5000) by Bruce Power, as well as...

Farewell 2021

On behalf of the staff & directors… may 2022 be full of climate solutions and sustainable projects.

The Sustainability Project is Underway

/ Maps, Climate Action, Environment, Climate Change, Resilience, Nature, Conservation, renewable energy, Climate Action Plan, Soil Health, Saugeen Ojibway Nation, Grey County, Bruce County

The Grey Bruce Sustainability Network is excited to announce a name change to The Sustainability Project. The Sustainability Project represents a newer vision and a new look for the organization that grows ideas through projects across the Traditional Territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation.

“Our...

How to be an Ally for Youth

Here is a copy of the slideshow prepared by Hanna Meili.

Questions

How can we help clear the way?
How can we support your activism?
How do youth stay motivated?

We heard from several young climate leaders on July 15th about the
issues that concern them most, their experiences with activi...

2 years of Grassroots Climate Action

Back in May 2019 in Owen Sound, Ontario Canada, the locally-made documentary Resilience: Transforming our Community was premiered at the Roxy Theatre to a sold out audience. Following this screening, a group known as Climate Action Team (CAT) Bruce Grey Owen Sound met regularly to catapult t...

A Local Just Transition

Last Month's talk about A Local Transition was recorded, and edited for
time. You can catch it here.

Also, the Gov't of Canada public outreach on the Just Transition Act is still open here.

And, thanks to Jenny Carver from Georgian Bluffs Climate Action Team, there's also...

It’s a Climate Emergency – Act Like It

Bruce Grey Residents Deliver a Message to Candidates

Local citizens have organized a Climate Action march on Wednesday
September 8th in Owen Sound starting from the Farmers’ Market at noon;
one of more than 50 marches across Canada supported by the climate
advocacy organization 350.org’s “Canad...

Election Report Cards on Climate Action

Q&A reposted from www.soundthealarmos.ca

Sound the Alarm Owen Sound

Wednesday, 8 September 2021

Summary of interviews with Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Federal candidates

Alex Ruff, Ann Marie Watson, Chris Neudorf, Michelle Lawrence

Q1. Where does addressing climate change rank among your persona...