Registration for this exciting event will be open soon!
(first week of September)
so come back and sign up as space is limited.

LET US APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS ... Celebrating local achievements to support a better environment are important to BurlingtonGreen.  We recognize that these successes help inspire others to take action!

Burlingtongreen will be hosting our second annual Eco-Awards Celebration on Tuesday, November 23, 2010. For more about last year's event click here. For this year, we are planning a special event you won't want to miss. A FREE night of inspiring eco-stories, multi-media photo presentation of BG in action, complimentary refreshments, great raffle prizes and more!

It's easy to nominate! Recognize that individual, organization, school club or business for their greening efforts to help create a greener, healthier Burlington by completing and submitting a brief nomination form today! Click here for PDF form or here for word document.

BurlingtonGreen is pleased to present an exciting line-up of award winning films for the 2010 Eco-film festival!

Our festival began on Thursday, March 11 with the screening of "Blue Gold: World Water Wars" which is an extremely engaging film about water as a basic human right & the various powers that are trying to take control of the public's water for profit and control. To learn more about the bottled water issue locally, click here.

Our second film was "Chemerical" which was screening strategically at spring cleaning time to serve as an important opportunity to learn more about eco-friendly cleaning practices. For more ideas on eco-friendly cleaning product tips, click here. Want to find out if your cosmetic/hygene product/sunscreen is good for you and the environment? Click here to find out.

Our third event screened the Academy Award nominated Best Documentary "Food Inc" and our guests enjoyed delicious organic cookies courtesy of Eco Chefs. Discussion focused on what individual efforts each of us can take to support local, healthy food choices and more. Check out our tip sheet here. Thank you Dorothy Wilson for your local food recipe to share with all. Click here for recipe.

Our fourth film was H2Oil which turned out to be timely in the wake of the BP oil explosion. This film focuses on the social, economic and of course environmental implications of the Alberta Tar Sands, one of the largest oil patches in the world-second only to Saudi Arabia.Following the film, the audience discussed their thoughts on human and Burlington's dependancy on oil and actions we can each take to lower this dependency. To learn more about this issue, visit the H2Oil website here.


Our next and last film in the 2010 festival will be The Age of Stupid. Check out the trailer below and come see the film on Sept 16.




CHECK OUT OUR 2010 FILM FESTIVAL LISTING WITH DESCRIPTIONS & GET READY TO WATCH, LEARN & TAKE ACTION !

The eco-film events take place at 7:00 pm sharp (doors open at 6:30) at Central Library, 2331 New Street.

Admission is $5/person or festival pass $20 (5 films - save $5) at the door

Complimentary refreshments will be provided and free eco-prizes will add some fun to the night!

Please help us to host a GREEN event by bringing along your own mug and by trying to carpool or take public transit if you can.

Thank you to all who attended BurlingtonGreen's first eco-film night.  The documentary "Blue Gold:World Water Wars" was certainly insightful and engaging.

During the post screening discussion, we discussed what the Burlington watershed is officially called and labelled.

We did a little digging and  found a web site called "Know Your Watershed" indicating that Burlington is in the Lake Ontario - Credit - Sixteen Mile watershed or 02H03.  The 02H03 seems like the same designation they used in Blue Gold.  With a few more clicks you can get to a map showing the boundaries.

If you missed this film and want to learn more, check out the trailer:

• 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.
• 2010 Eco-Film festival-  See poster for all the details!
• Earth Day 40th Anniversary Special Event - April 18, 2010 - see poster for details
• Renewable Energy in Burlington - June 22, 2010 - BurlingtonGreen was pleased to host this event at the Central Library where citizens were provided with the opportunity to learn all about solar, geothermal options for their homes and community along with an exciting new initiative that BurlingtonGreen is undertaking ( a Green Energy Co-op) so that anyone can support renewable energy by purchasing an affordable share in the co-op. Look for more information on the website about this project as it happens.

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