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Get ready for an exciting multi-component event to take place on Saturday, April 23rd to discover a variety of ways that YOU can take action
Green Up is BACK! BurlingtonGreen and the City of Burlington Forestry Department are organizing a community tree planting to take place from 9:30 am to
Sometimes a video says it all. Listen. Learn. Take Action. Protect irreplaceable nature. Once it’s gone, it’s gone.
On February 16th, Halton Regional Council voted 15-9 in favour of protecting 5,200 acres of prime agricultural farmland from being designated for development! ( see
As stewards of the earth, we have the responsibility to honour and respect the four directions, land, waters, plants, animals, and all of the wonderful elements of creation that exist.
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 protecting and caring for Mother Earth.
In Burlington, our work with the community takes place within the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, represented by Treaty 14 and 19 and on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabeg (Ah-nish-in-nah-beg), Attawandaron (At-tah-wahn-da-ron), Haudenosaunee (Ho-den-oh-sho-nee) and Metis peoples.
We honour these rightful caretakers of this sacred land surrounding the Great Lakes, and we are grateful for their teachings.
We encourage everyone to continually learn from and about the Indigenous community where you live, and how we can each meaningfully honour the calls to action for Truth and Reconciliation.
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