APRIL 22 IS EARTH DAY – DO YOU KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON TO MAKE SUDBURY GREENER?
Local Green Groups connect at Green Gathering
Do you know about the project connecting gardeners with food banks? Or the new equipment farmers can lease to extend their growing season and grow more local food? Did you know that 100,000 native trees and shrubs will be planted this year to keep regreening Sudbury? Have you heard about the Rain Gardens and Rain Barrels Project empowering citizens to help keep our lakes and waterways clean and healthy? Or the bike exchanges and bike safety courses you could participate in this spring? Did you know you could be a member of a new non-profit solar cooperative that will not only produce solar energy, but will support green community projects as well?
These are just a few of the exciting environmental projects happening in Greater Sudbury. Local green groups had a chance to share information and ideas at the recent Spring Green Gathering, April 8.
The Green Gathering is a coming together of local green groups in Greater Sudbury to share information and ideas, collaborate on shared needs and joint events, and set common priorities and action items.
Green Gatherings are focused working meetings among representatives of active local green groups held every spring and fall.
Environmental issues are all interconnected. Whatever their individual focus, together, local green groups agree on four top local priorities:
Important in their own right, these priorities also address Climate Change, and contribute to a liveable community.
Get connected!
Come out to the Earth Day Festival, Saturday, April 27, 10am – 5pm, at Sacré Coeur (261 Notre Dame Ave), earthdaysudbury.ca
Get informed on local green events, issues, and actions with the Coalition for a Liveable Sudbury e-newsletter. Contact clsudbury@live.com.
Have a look at some of the great green organizations in our community at greenconnectsudbury.ca.
We can all be involved in making a difference! What will you do?
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