• Garbage: the Revolution Starts at Home - documentary presentation, green cart presentation & audience discussion on how to reduce waste to landfill;To learn more click here.

• The Story of Stuff - an animated presentation of consumerist society, presentation by Oakvillegreen President & group discussion activity to review barriers and opportunities for Burlington to move toward reduced consumption practices; To view the film, click here.

• Al Gore update on Global Warming - our first Annual General Meeting featured an Al Gore update from TED (Ideas Worth Spreading), a special funding announcement from MPP Savoline and The Ontario Trillium Foundation of a 2 year grant of $132,100 to BurlingtonGreen and HEN (Halton Environmental Network), to support the acquisition of IT and media equipment, a new eco-conference for Youth and the hiring of part-time staff to support the planning and implementation of new outreach programs, resources and events for the people of Burlington. To view this compelling update, click here.

• Ban Bottled Water - on March 12, 2009, we hosted an awareness event about the issue of bottled water and the associated environmental implications.  The international award winning documentary "Flow" was featured along with a follow-up audience discussion about advocating for a ban of bottled water in Burlington's buildings and schools.  For more information on the issue, visit our Advocacy page.

• Go Green with BurlingtonGreen workshops -held at the Royal Botanical Gardens for the Earth Day Hamilton/Burlington Earth week event, our youth volunteers led inspired workshops for hundreds of grade 4-6 students on how they can take "greener" actions at home, school and in their communties. The kids and the high-school youth leaders had a terrific time sharing ideas, playing games and pledging positive actions to support the environment! We continue the workshops today with our most recent programs offered during the fall, 2009 at Discovery Landing on the Waterfront.
• Imprints: Make Your Mark;Leave No Trace (Burlington's First Environmental Youth Conference) -held at Robert Bateman H.S. on October 22, 2009, BurlingtonGreen was pleased to support this major event through funding dollars courtesy of the Ontario Trillium Foundation and as a lead planning parner.  Special guest keynote, Robert Bateman started off the day of interactive learning with an inspired presentation and over 400 youth participated in various workshops with an eco-focus. BurlingtonGreen also worked with the youth planning team to make sure the event was GREEN with clean, green energy supplid by Bullfrog Power, a lunch using local foods and no disposable containers, a near zero paper free event and more. BurlingtonGreen will also be supporting the 2010 Youth Conference - venue to be determined. To find out more This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it us.

• Eco-Awards Celebration - On November 26, 2009,  BurlingtonGreen introduced this city's first eco-award celebration. An important opportunity to recognize and celebrate local environmetal efforts of citizens, businesses, community groups, youth and schools. Over 100 people attended this event with 14 worthy recipients recognized for their greening efforts.  A highlight of the evening included a keynote presentation and  song by juno award winning Sarah Harmer. As a co-founder of PERL(Protecting Escarpment Rural Lands), Sarah serves as a perfect example of a Burlington native committed to local environmental protection.  To find out more about the important work of PERL, visit their website.

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