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reposted from The Town of The Blue Mountains website.
The Town of The Blue Mountains is excited to announce that Round 2 of the Youth Climate Action Fund is now accepting applications.
Youth between the ages of 15-24 can apply for up to $7,000 to fund their climate action project. The proj...
RELEASE: Saukiing Anishnaabekiing or Grey Bruce
Due to frozen pipes bursting and temporary closure at the Rumpus Room, we are moving our Teacher YCAC Wine & Cheese to The Goods Kitchen Pastry and Coffee Bar (938 2nd Ave E, located in Georgian Bay Arts) on Thurs. February 20th.
Why attend?
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Finally.
We are meeting up in-person in Meaford this Saturday, and it'll mark the first time we've had an "open invite" climate event since our monthly Thirsty Thursdays that ran through the winter and spring of 2024. Hopefully you'll be able to set aside a bit of time this Saturday night, and i...
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...
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...
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...
Milkweed, Photo by Hagerty Ryan, USFWS on Pixnio
Georgian Bluffs, ON - A Greenbelt Foundation-funded project called Regenerate Grey Bruce (RGB) invites community members to participate in an emerging native plant value chain. RGB believes that “regeneration” is the action we can take together...
Climate Action - Why There’s Hope
On Thursday, March 2nd, 2023, a remarkable event was held at the Harmony Center in downtown Owen Sound. While outside of the building everything was quiet, inside, there was an air of excitement and anticipation of what would transpire that day. Fifty students i...