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Small forests in urban areas are often just as much about symbolism as they are about improving biodiversity or maintaining an ecological corridor.
When that small forest is on an elementary school property, surrounded by a degraded landscape, and when it is happening at a school that has a...
Earth Overshoot Day for the planet is coming. This year it's calculated as August 2, 2024.
Earth Overshoot Day is the day each year that marks the date when we have used all the biological resources that the Earth can renew during the entire year.
A "Country" Overshoot Day reflects the ecologica...
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Here's a video snippet from the intro, so you can get to know our volunteer board of directors a bit better.
Onward!
Submitted by Sibylle Walke, and posted by The Sustainability Project
Dear neighbours,
This letter concerns the question: Does a native landscape cemetery for traditional burial have broad support in the community?
Several years ago I became interested in the idea of natural burial as a simple...
Come visit us and support this new Community Garden at Ed Taylor Park on
Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 2pm
Thanks in part to City of Owen Sound, Medavie, United Way of Bruce Grey.
A demonstration site for "regeneration" has now been nicely established in the back playground of Peninsula Shores District School (PSDS) in Wiarton, implemented by Regenerate Grey Bruce (RGB).
Envisioned by Thorsten Arnold and with the assistance of Greenbelt Foundation, Wiarton Rotary, TD Frie...
Two very atypical tree-planting events are fast approaching.
Wiarton's Miyawaki "Tiny" Forest official unveiling will take place on Monday, Sept 18th at 930am where Regenerate Grey Bruce and The Sustainability Project present the new Miyawaki Tiny Forest and Bioswale to the media for the fir...
the tiny forest
Regenerate Grey Bruce has been permitted and funded to install a newly-announced Miyawaki (Tiny) Forest in Wiarton in the backyard of the local school PSDS, replacing finely-manicured sod with a small, lush biodiversity hotspot. A Miyawaki forest has a recipe that takes advanta...
Guest Post from Hil Coburn.
Happy Earth Day all ya’ll keepers of the Earth!
A big congrats to the Earth Day Grey Bruce volunteer committee on all their amazing work leading up to and throughout today! I am so excited to see where these Youth Community Climate Action Projects lead our reg...
Saturday, April 22, 2023, is Earth Day - a day to come together around the protection of and appreciation for our environment. Last year, the Earth Day Celebration at the Owen Sound Farmers’ Market was attended by over 600 people. This year organizers are hoping it will be even bigger. And with p...