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Here you will find the latest news about BurlingtonGreen events. Be sure to visit our Calendar of Events page for more eco related local and Regional events.
April 21 is Community Clean-Up Green-Up Day! PDF Print E-mail

Mark the date! BurlingtonGreen in partnership with the City of Burlington will be hosting this year's Community Clean Up Green Up event.

This annual city wide event provides an important (and fun!) opportunity for citizens, schools, churches, businesses and groups to come together and take pride in our City by cleaning it up.

Schools and Businesses are invited to participate during the week of April 16-20,(if preferred) and EVERYONE is encouraged to participate on Saturday, April 21 from 9:00 am to noon.

A special thank you celebration including a FREE BBQ will take place from 12:30 to 2:30 pm at City Hall's Civic Square.

Volunteer Opportunities: our event planning team welcomes volunteer support. If you would like to learn more about how you can get involved in the planning of this event please contact Amy at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Sponsorship Opportunities: this city wide event is a great opportunity for you to showcase your group, agency or business. We have a range of sponsorship opportunities for you to choose from. To learn more, please contact Amy at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Stay tuned for more event details. For now, to learn about the tremendous efforts and results of last years Community Clean-Up Green-Up Day, click here.

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2012 Eco-Film Festival.... PDF Print E-mail

Back by popular demand, BurlingtonGreen in partnership with the Burlington Central Library are pleased to present the 2012 Eco-Film festival!

Watch ~ Learn & Take action as we present 5 award-winning documentaries about important environmental issues that threaten the health of our planet.

Following each film presentation, our events will each include an important ACTION component where the audience can learn ways they can tackle the issue at the local level.

  • All films will be shown at Central Library (2331 New Street, Burlington) and include $5 admission at the door.
  • Doors open at 6:30 with films beginning promptly at 7:00 pm.
  • Please help us to host a green event - bring your own mug for a complimentary refreshment. Carpool/public transit if you can please.
  • The eco-fillm festival offers great SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES! To learn more please contact Festival Co-ordinator, Amy Schnurr at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 905-466-2171

Mark the dates! Titles and Trailers below.....(festival poster will be available for download soon)

*March 21: In honour of of World Water Day we present: White Water, Black Gold - an investigative point-of-view documentary that follows David Lavallee on his three-year journey across western Canada in search of answers about the activities of the world's thirstiest oil industry:the Tarsands.

 

BurlingtonGreen would like to thank Heron Instruments for sponsoring this event.

 

 
*May 8: In honour of BurlingtonGreen's launch of the Go Local Food Network & opening of Burlington's first public Community Garden, we present: Fresh - "If Food Inc. was your wake up call, Fresh, The Movie is your call to action."(ecosalon.com). FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing the food system. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity. Forging healthier, sustainable alternatives, they offer a practical vision for a future of our food and our planet.
 
 
*June 7 - In honour of inspiring more businesses in Burlington to Go Green we present: So Right So Smart: an award-winning film showcasing the success and ingenuity of companies that have proved what’s good for the Earth can also improve profitability. " The messages are delivered with humor, reality, despair and hope. It reaches all emotional receptors, making the film empowering." 'Margaret Ulrich'
 

*September 20: In honour of the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity we present: Call of Life:Facing the Mass Extinction: "A beautiful and informative film that is also a call to action. Call of Life features in-depth analysis with thought-provoking interviews of articulate scientists, environmentalists, and visionaries. With alarming data about the Earth's rapidly dwindling plant and animal populations-and the skyrocketing rate of extinction—this film tells us that we as humans have to change the way we are living." (Educational Media Reviews )

*October 24:In honour of Canada's Waste Reduction Week we present The Clean Bin Project: Is it possible to live completely waste free? Partners Jen and Grant go head to head in a competition to see who can swear off consumerism and produce the least landfill garbage in an entire year. Their light-hearted competition is set against a darker examination of the sobering problem waste in North American society. "One of those rare documentaries that make you feel like you can do something about the problems in our world.” – Vail Daily News

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BurlingtonGreen Eco-Awards 2012 PDF Print E-mail

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!

To support this belief, BurlingtonGreen introduced the city's first Eco-Award Celebration where we honoured the valued work of Burlington individuals, groups, youth and businesses who are all taking action to help the environment locally. Singer, song writer and Juno award winning Sarah Harmer inspired the audience with both her music and her keynote presentation about the important efforts she and her team at PERL (Protecting Escarpment Rural Lands) are doing to protect the beautiful Mount Nemo lands on the Niagara Escarpment.


Our next Eco-Award Celebration event is tentatively planned for October, 2012.

Stay tuned for your opportunity to recognize that individual, organization, school club or business for their greening efforts to help create a greener, healthier Burlington!

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BG's 2011 AGM with Mayor Goldring PDF Print E-mail

On November 30, 2011, BurlingtonGreen celebrated it's 4th "birthday" by hosting our Annual General Meeting with a focus on renewable energy and community power. Keynote Mayor Rick Goldring provided the audience with an update on the City's Community Energy Strategic Plan initiative and representatives from event sponsor:  Hamilton Halton Energy Awareness Team (H.H. E. A. T.) provided an engaging presentation about the H.H.E.A.T. initiative and how the citizens of Burlington can participate in a renewable energy co-operative locally. 

Left to Right: BG President: Ken Woodruff, Executive Director: Amy Schnurr, Mayor Rick Goldring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thank you for cleaning up Burlington ! PDF Print E-mail
Wow!
 
A record number of participants (more than 5000!) signed up this year to join in the collective effort to keep Burlington beautiful.
 
 
 HOW MUCH LITTER & RECYCLABLES WERE COLLECTED?
 
2800 kg’s of garbage
  • 25 tires
  • 85 kg of metal was recycled
  • 200 kg recyclables
  • 2 Green totes with compostable paper coffee cups & dirty newspapers
  • 12 bags of yard waste
  • plus....."More recyclables & GreenCart waste was also diverted from the landfill as school Clean Ups had their recyclables/GreenCart waste picked up with their regular school collection as did some smaller groups who put out collected green/blue waste at their curbs."
Way to go Burlington Clean-up Green-up participants & THANK YOU City of Burlington waste collection staff and BurlingtonGreen volunteers!
 
 
Waste sorting "fun" !
 
 
 
 
* Be sure to check out our GREEN HALL OF FAME below. All those who submitted a group photo were entered into a draw to win Tim Horton's gift cards to share with their team members. Our lucky winners are highlighted below!
 

 Thank you ALTON EAST Clean-up Team !          Thank you 13 Burlington Scouting Group !
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
Thank you Team Three Sisters !  
 
 
 
 
 
Thank you Ward 2 Warriors !
prize winners                
        
 Thank you Burlington Community Church!                                  

 
   
                                          Thank you Team DreamClean !
 
 
  
                                                                      
 Thank you Halton Waldorf School !
 
 
 
  
Thank you BurlingtonGreen Green-Up Crew at Lasalle Park!
 
 
 Thank you Save General Brock Park Team!                                                     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thank you Nelson Ravine Rats !
 
 
 
 
  
 Thank you Sycamore Park Crew !
 
 
 
Thank you Georgian Court Clean Up Crew !
 
 
Thank you Coldwater Creek Clean Up Crew !
 
 
 
 Nelson High School Students with Mayor Goldring
 
Thank you Sioux Lookout Park/Roseland Creek Crew ! prize winners
 
 
 
 
 
Thank you Corpus Christi Clean Up !
 
Thank you Headon Forest youth and families!
 
 
 
Thank you Halton Mosque !
 
 
Thank you Villages of Brantwell !
 
 
Thank you 27th Burlington Guides ! prize winners
 
 
Thank you Burlington Conservative Association !
 
 
Thank you 31st Burlington Cub Pack !
 
 
 
Thank you Alton West Clean Up Crew! prize winners
 
 
 
Thank you Eggers & Frensch families ! (Nelson Ravine, Park & Dirt Jump clean-up)
 
 
 
We offer our appreciation to the following sponsors for supporting Community Clean-Up Green-Up 2011:
 
Premier Global Forest Sponsors include:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Our Woodland Sponsors include:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Our Tree Sponsors include:
 
 
 
 
Our Leaf Sponsors include:

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