Stop Sprawl!
Let Burlington’s Mayor and Councillors know that you want them to protect the natural spaces, farmland and precious water sources that we all depend on.
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Believe in the power of your own voice. The more noise you make, the more accountability you demand from your leaders, the more our world will change for the better.
To ensure a healthy, resilient environment now and for the
future, together we must amplify our collective voice to activate stronger environmental leadership and decision-making by all levels of government. Below you will discover various issues with calls to action that invite your valued voice.
And we invite you to join Burlington residents and youth to participate in our Community Eco-Network where we mobilize our efforts to achieve positive change here in Burlington.
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Cartoon by Joel Pett published in 2009, ahead of the Copenhagen climate summit.
Let Burlington’s Mayor and Councillors know that you want them to protect the natural spaces, farmland and precious water sources that we all depend on.
A new, costly highway that would pave over important farmland, forests, rivers, and a section of the Greenbelt in the GTHA affects all of us and
Each year BurlingtonGreen organizes a city-wide Community Clean up where residents get outside to clean up their neighbourhoods, schoolyards and parks. Each year, residents find LOTS of plastic bags. Bags in trees.
Support (TEC) Tyandaga Environmental Coalition’s efforts to protect the estimated 9,000 mature trees that are threatened by the Meridian quarry expansion. BurlingtonGreen recognizes the value of and need
Tell the federal government that you do not want billions and billions of dollars handed over to big polluters that will compromise our environment and
Our focus should be on improving community resilience to climate change and potential future pandemics. And yet the Government of Ontario is setting the stage
We respectfully acknowledge that our work with the community takes place on traditional Indigenous territories, of the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, Six Nations of the Grand River and the Mississauga’s of the Credit, First Nation. This territory is part of the Dish with One Spoon Treaty, an agreement between the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and allied nations to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes.
We honour all the First Nation, Métis and Inuit people who have been living on the land since time immemorial and we recognize their leadership in caring for and sustaining Mother Earth. We respect the four directions, land, waters, plants, animals, and all the wonderful elements of creation that exist.