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.
guest post by Joyce Hall, GBCAN
NOTE: an earlier version of this post stated incorrectly that Jon Farmer was a candidate for mayor, when he is a candidate for council. We regret the error.
Do voters have to choose among urgent priorities when choosing their candidates?
Owen Sound, ON: What...
An amazing new community-driven initiative has popped up in Meaford in the form of a beautifully painted community garden fridge.
With the rising costs of food (and everything else) these days fresh food is, unfortunately, becoming a luxury instead of a necessity to many. The Community Garden N...
Learn to understand plantation management and making of ornamental garden art
with Regeneration Mentor Tom Ashman, Rural Rootz
Regenerate Grey Bruce is offering its first outdoor workshop that will focus on aspects of the life-cycle of eastern white cedars that are native across vast tracts o...
Submitted by Nikki May Member, Grey Bruce Climate Action Network
Think of a tree.
You are sitting under the tree on a warm summer afternoon. You hear the
hum of insects and the twittering of birds. Most people think trees are
beautiful. But have you ever stopped to think what a tree does for y...
LAST UPDATE: Thurs May 26 12pm
The Climate Action Team Owen Sound (CATOS), member of the Grey Bruce Climate Action Network (GBCAN) and The Sustainability Project will host an All Candidates Meeting on Climate Change and the Future of our Region.
NOTE: This event was held May 26th at 7:00 – 9:...
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...
“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...
On behalf of the staff & directors… may 2022 be full of climate solutions and sustainable projects.
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...