Green Communities Canada
@greencommunities.bsky.social
Since 1995, we have been working with community-based non-profit organizations across Canada to build a national network that shares resources, co-creates innovative programming, and elevates our collective impact: https://greencommunitiescanada.org
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Save the Date! Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need
📅 Nov 27
🕑 2:00 PM ET
Together, we’ll explore how local green infrastructure can transform Canada’s urban communities, one mini project at a time.
Register now: buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
📅 Nov 27
🕑 2:00 PM ET
Together, we’ll explore how local green infrastructure can transform Canada’s urban communities, one mini project at a time.
Register now: buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
Today, on #IndigenousVeteransDay, we honor the resilience of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit veterans who, despite challenges and discrimination, continued to serve. Let’s take a moment to recognize and reflect on their journeys.
Read more here:
Read more here:
Honouring their bravery and dedication: Indigenous veterans have their special day | CBC News
They come from First Nations communities across Canada, and on Indigenous Veterans Day, Nov. 8, Canadians will have the opportunity to honour their unique contributions and bravery.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Today, on #IndigenousVeteransDay, we honor the resilience of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit veterans who, despite challenges and discrimination, continued to serve. Let’s take a moment to recognize and reflect on their journeys.
Read more here:
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🌳 On Nov 9, GCC’s Brianna Salmon & Jared Kolb will join @cdntreesforlife.bsky.social & LEAF to celebrate the TCHC Planting & Stewardship Program with the City of @toronto.ca, supporting greener, more connected communities.
Learn about our partnership with Trees for Life:
Learn about our partnership with Trees for Life:
Two national charities celebrate Earth Day by teaming up to support 10 urban tree-planting projects - Green Communities Canada
Photo: A 2024 planting project supported by both Green Communities Canada (GCC) and Trees for Life. Located in Ottawa, this project was led by GCC member EnviroCentre and it was conducted in…
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November 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🌳 On Nov 9, GCC’s Brianna Salmon & Jared Kolb will join @cdntreesforlife.bsky.social & LEAF to celebrate the TCHC Planting & Stewardship Program with the City of @toronto.ca, supporting greener, more connected communities.
Learn about our partnership with Trees for Life:
Learn about our partnership with Trees for Life:
COP30—the annual UN Climate Change Conference—begins next week.
Visit the official COP30 website for more information, resources, and daily updates on key climate issues: buff.ly/OhQjkZl
Visit the official COP30 website for more information, resources, and daily updates on key climate issues: buff.ly/OhQjkZl
November 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
COP30—the annual UN Climate Change Conference—begins next week.
Visit the official COP30 website for more information, resources, and daily updates on key climate issues: buff.ly/OhQjkZl
Visit the official COP30 website for more information, resources, and daily updates on key climate issues: buff.ly/OhQjkZl
#DropYourPlants! Fall is a great time to plant native species that will overwinter & come up strong in spring.
Here are our 10 favourite autumn-interest plants. Tell us about your favourite plants in the comments! 🌻🌹
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Here are our 10 favourite autumn-interest plants. Tell us about your favourite plants in the comments! 🌻🌹
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November 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#DropYourPlants! Fall is a great time to plant native species that will overwinter & come up strong in spring.
Here are our 10 favourite autumn-interest plants. Tell us about your favourite plants in the comments! 🌻🌹
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Here are our 10 favourite autumn-interest plants. Tell us about your favourite plants in the comments! 🌻🌹
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L’impact collectif de l’action climatique locale est, et devrait rester, un élément essentiel de notre récit national sur le climat, mais ces histoires restent bien souvent limitées à l’échelle locale.
Célébrez ces histoires dans notre dernier rapport sur l'Impact Collectif.
Célébrez ces histoires dans notre dernier rapport sur l'Impact Collectif.
Celebrating Climate Action Day and Our Collective Impact - Green Communities Canada
Explore GCC’s 2024–2025 Collective Impact Report, celebrating local climate action, green infrastructure, and equity-driven sustainability across Canada.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:04 PM
L’impact collectif de l’action climatique locale est, et devrait rester, un élément essentiel de notre récit national sur le climat, mais ces histoires restent bien souvent limitées à l’échelle locale.
Célébrez ces histoires dans notre dernier rapport sur l'Impact Collectif.
Célébrez ces histoires dans notre dernier rapport sur l'Impact Collectif.
The collective impact of local climate action is and should be an essential part of our national climate narrative, but often these stories remain local.
Celebrate these stories in our latest Collective Impact Report.
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Celebrate these stories in our latest Collective Impact Report.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The collective impact of local climate action is and should be an essential part of our national climate narrative, but often these stories remain local.
Celebrate these stories in our latest Collective Impact Report.
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Celebrate these stories in our latest Collective Impact Report.
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Green Communities Canada (GCC) welcomes the confirmation of several commitments in the 2025 Federal Budget, but we await crucial details on investments in nature-based solutions, active transportation, and electrifying school buses.
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Read more: buff.ly/tlHJl6k
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Green Communities Canada (GCC) welcomes the confirmation of several commitments in the 2025 Federal Budget, but we await crucial details on investments in nature-based solutions, active transportation, and electrifying school buses.
Read more: buff.ly/tlHJl6k
Read more: buff.ly/tlHJl6k
🌿 Check out this story on the Wolseley Food Forest in Winnipeg, bringing neighbours together to grow food, foster equity, and boost biodiversity.
Growing community
Nutrition, biodiversity and community are in season in the Wolseley neighbourhood, thanks to an orchard planted in Omand Park, adjacent to Raglan Road, this month.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🌿 Check out this story on the Wolseley Food Forest in Winnipeg, bringing neighbours together to grow food, foster equity, and boost biodiversity.
🌳 Cooler temps, falling leaves, it’s planting season!
Learn how to create thriving mini forests with our free online course. From choosing native species to maintaining your site, we’ve got you covered.
🍂 Register today: buff.ly/741RGL8
Learn how to create thriving mini forests with our free online course. From choosing native species to maintaining your site, we’ve got you covered.
🍂 Register today: buff.ly/741RGL8
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🌳 Cooler temps, falling leaves, it’s planting season!
Learn how to create thriving mini forests with our free online course. From choosing native species to maintaining your site, we’ve got you covered.
🍂 Register today: buff.ly/741RGL8
Learn how to create thriving mini forests with our free online course. From choosing native species to maintaining your site, we’ve got you covered.
🍂 Register today: buff.ly/741RGL8
Save the Date! Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need
📅 Nov 27
🕑 2:00 PM ET
Together, we’ll explore how local green infrastructure can transform Canada’s urban communities, one mini project at a time.
Register now: buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
📅 Nov 27
🕑 2:00 PM ET
Together, we’ll explore how local green infrastructure can transform Canada’s urban communities, one mini project at a time.
Register now: buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Save the Date! Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need
📅 Nov 27
🕑 2:00 PM ET
Together, we’ll explore how local green infrastructure can transform Canada’s urban communities, one mini project at a time.
Register now: buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
📅 Nov 27
🕑 2:00 PM ET
Together, we’ll explore how local green infrastructure can transform Canada’s urban communities, one mini project at a time.
Register now: buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
#Walktober may be over, but walking to school is cool year-round! ❄️🥾 With the right clothing & gear, it’s fun & accessible—even in winter. Just look at Norway & Finland, where snow never stops active travel!
👉 #WWD resources: buff.ly/PoQtUDh
👉 #WWD resources: buff.ly/PoQtUDh
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#Walktober may be over, but walking to school is cool year-round! ❄️🥾 With the right clothing & gear, it’s fun & accessible—even in winter. Just look at Norway & Finland, where snow never stops active travel!
👉 #WWD resources: buff.ly/PoQtUDh
👉 #WWD resources: buff.ly/PoQtUDh
Floods, heat domes, wildfires, rising inequities, climate change is hitting home. 🌍
Join us Nov 27 at 2 PM ET for Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need and explore local green solutions that work. 🌿
🔗 Register: buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
Join us Nov 27 at 2 PM ET for Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need and explore local green solutions that work. 🌿
🔗 Register: buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Floods, heat domes, wildfires, rising inequities, climate change is hitting home. 🌍
Join us Nov 27 at 2 PM ET for Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need and explore local green solutions that work. 🌿
🔗 Register: buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
Join us Nov 27 at 2 PM ET for Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need and explore local green solutions that work. 🌿
🔗 Register: buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
Guess what’s even scarier than ghosts & ghouls? Climate action plans that do not address equity, diversity, inclusion, and indigenization. 🎃
GCC’s commitment to EDII has advanced through a shared process with our member organizations.
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GCC’s commitment to EDII has advanced through a shared process with our member organizations.
Learn more: buff.ly/3C5JtX9
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Guess what’s even scarier than ghosts & ghouls? Climate action plans that do not address equity, diversity, inclusion, and indigenization. 🎃
GCC’s commitment to EDII has advanced through a shared process with our member organizations.
Learn more: buff.ly/3C5JtX9
GCC’s commitment to EDII has advanced through a shared process with our member organizations.
Learn more: buff.ly/3C5JtX9
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Watch Part 1 Heating or Eating to learn about the origins of the EnviroCentre Retrofit Accelerator. This is the first mass deep energy retrofit of an entire social housing community in eastern Ontario: youtu.be/Sxw87i2tttE?...
@timtierney.ca @ymcaottawa.bsky.social @mcgill.ca @carleton.ca
@timtierney.ca @ymcaottawa.bsky.social @mcgill.ca @carleton.ca
October 30, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Watch Part 1 Heating or Eating to learn about the origins of the EnviroCentre Retrofit Accelerator. This is the first mass deep energy retrofit of an entire social housing community in eastern Ontario: youtu.be/Sxw87i2tttE?...
@timtierney.ca @ymcaottawa.bsky.social @mcgill.ca @carleton.ca
@timtierney.ca @ymcaottawa.bsky.social @mcgill.ca @carleton.ca
Green Communities Canada joined 80+ of the country’s leading nature advocates on Parliament Hill to meet with MPs for #NatureOnTheHill.
Thanks to @naturecanada.bsky.social for organizing.
#InvestInNature #NatureBuildsOurNation
📸 Nature Canada
Thanks to @naturecanada.bsky.social for organizing.
#InvestInNature #NatureBuildsOurNation
📸 Nature Canada
October 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Green Communities Canada joined 80+ of the country’s leading nature advocates on Parliament Hill to meet with MPs for #NatureOnTheHill.
Thanks to @naturecanada.bsky.social for organizing.
#InvestInNature #NatureBuildsOurNation
📸 Nature Canada
Thanks to @naturecanada.bsky.social for organizing.
#InvestInNature #NatureBuildsOurNation
📸 Nature Canada
Les communautés sont au coeur des solutions climatique.
Nous sommes ravis de célébrer cela avec la publication de notre dernier Rapport sur l'Impact Collectif.
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Nous sommes ravis de célébrer cela avec la publication de notre dernier Rapport sur l'Impact Collectif.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Les communautés sont au coeur des solutions climatique.
Nous sommes ravis de célébrer cela avec la publication de notre dernier Rapport sur l'Impact Collectif.
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Nous sommes ravis de célébrer cela avec la publication de notre dernier Rapport sur l'Impact Collectif.
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Communities are at the heart of climate solutions, and we are thrilled to celebrate this with the release of our latest Collective Impact Report.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Communities are at the heart of climate solutions, and we are thrilled to celebrate this with the release of our latest Collective Impact Report.
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It's almost Halloween, which means an end to #Walktober but not the end to active school travel!
While we wrap things up for this month, we encourage you to review and share our Pedestrian Safety Blog of Spells for Trick-or-Treaters.
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While we wrap things up for this month, we encourage you to review and share our Pedestrian Safety Blog of Spells for Trick-or-Treaters.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It's almost Halloween, which means an end to #Walktober but not the end to active school travel!
While we wrap things up for this month, we encourage you to review and share our Pedestrian Safety Blog of Spells for Trick-or-Treaters.
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While we wrap things up for this month, we encourage you to review and share our Pedestrian Safety Blog of Spells for Trick-or-Treaters.
buff.ly/OsE6L64
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#NatureOnTheHill starts TODAY!
We're in Ottawa this week for @naturecanada.bsky.social's Nature On the Hill! This is a great opportunity for environmental organizations across Canada to speak directly with MPs, Senators, + Ministers about their priorities and stress the importance of nature.
We're in Ottawa this week for @naturecanada.bsky.social's Nature On the Hill! This is a great opportunity for environmental organizations across Canada to speak directly with MPs, Senators, + Ministers about their priorities and stress the importance of nature.
This fall, Nature Canada’s Nature on the Hill will bring together caring Canadians like you (representing over 1,200 nature groups in our Nature Network) on Parliament Hill to be a voice for nature.
DM us your name and email if you want to be kept updated!
#NatureOnTheHill #NatureBuildsOurNation
DM us your name and email if you want to be kept updated!
#NatureOnTheHill #NatureBuildsOurNation
October 27, 2025 at 8:09 PM
#NatureOnTheHill starts TODAY!
We're in Ottawa this week for @naturecanada.bsky.social's Nature On the Hill! This is a great opportunity for environmental organizations across Canada to speak directly with MPs, Senators, + Ministers about their priorities and stress the importance of nature.
We're in Ottawa this week for @naturecanada.bsky.social's Nature On the Hill! This is a great opportunity for environmental organizations across Canada to speak directly with MPs, Senators, + Ministers about their priorities and stress the importance of nature.
@wellandon.bsky.social planted its first mini forest with 1,700+ native trees & shrubs! Story:
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Posted with permission of the publisher of NRU Publishing Inc. Original article first appeared in Novae Res Urbis GTHA, Vol. 28, No. 39, Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
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Posted with permission of the publisher of NRU Publishing Inc. Original article first appeared in Novae Res Urbis GTHA, Vol. 28, No. 39, Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
Into the Woods: City of Welland Plants Municipality’s First “Micro-Forest” Next to Residential Neighbourhood - Green Communities Canada
The City of Welland is transforming the Logan Avenue area into a thriving mini forest, planting over 1,700 native trees and shrubs with support from Green Communities Canada’s Living Cities Canada…
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October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@wellandon.bsky.social planted its first mini forest with 1,700+ native trees & shrubs! Story:
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Posted with permission of the publisher of NRU Publishing Inc. Original article first appeared in Novae Res Urbis GTHA, Vol. 28, No. 39, Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
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Posted with permission of the publisher of NRU Publishing Inc. Original article first appeared in Novae Res Urbis GTHA, Vol. 28, No. 39, Wednesday, October 1, 2025.
🌿 Climate change is reshaping our cities. Floods, heat, fires & inequities demand local action.
Join us Nov 27, 2 PM ET for Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need.
Register 👉 buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
Join us Nov 27, 2 PM ET for Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need.
Register 👉 buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
October 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🌿 Climate change is reshaping our cities. Floods, heat, fires & inequities demand local action.
Join us Nov 27, 2 PM ET for Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need.
Register 👉 buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
Join us Nov 27, 2 PM ET for Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need.
Register 👉 buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
Inuvik is taking transit into the future, with an idea to introduce an electric school bus and add an EV to its municipal fleet! 🚍⚡
Read how the community is seeking funding for greener, inclusive mobility.
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Read how the community is seeking funding for greener, inclusive mobility.
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Inuvik seeks federal funding to add public van, improve transit
Inuvik is conducting a feasibility study in the hope of potentially securing federal funding for public transit, like low-fare community van rides.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Inuvik is taking transit into the future, with an idea to introduce an electric school bus and add an EV to its municipal fleet! 🚍⚡
Read how the community is seeking funding for greener, inclusive mobility.
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Read how the community is seeking funding for greener, inclusive mobility.
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Green Communities Canada (GCC) est heureux de célébrer la Journée internationale pour l'action climatique en publiant notre Rapport d'impact collectif 2023-2024.
Rejoignez-nous pour célébrer ces histoires locales et leur impact collectif remarquable.
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Rejoignez-nous pour célébrer ces histoires locales et leur impact collectif remarquable.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Green Communities Canada (GCC) est heureux de célébrer la Journée internationale pour l'action climatique en publiant notre Rapport d'impact collectif 2023-2024.
Rejoignez-nous pour célébrer ces histoires locales et leur impact collectif remarquable.
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Rejoignez-nous pour célébrer ces histoires locales et leur impact collectif remarquable.
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Green Communities Canada (GCC) is pleased to mark the International #DayforClimateAction by releasing our 2023-2024 #CollectiveImpact Report.
Join us in celebrating these local stories and their remarkable collective impact.
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Join us in celebrating these local stories and their remarkable collective impact.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Green Communities Canada (GCC) is pleased to mark the International #DayforClimateAction by releasing our 2023-2024 #CollectiveImpact Report.
Join us in celebrating these local stories and their remarkable collective impact.
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Join us in celebrating these local stories and their remarkable collective impact.
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Green Communities Canada and the Network of Nature are offering a FREE online course to help you plan, plant, and care for a mini forest, with a focus on making green spaces more inclusive and accessible.
💻 Register at the link below!
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💻 Register at the link below!
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Mini Forest Training
The goal of this training curriculum is to build an understanding of how to coordinate a Mini Forest project and to support new coordinators through their first Mini Forest event.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Green Communities Canada and the Network of Nature are offering a FREE online course to help you plan, plant, and care for a mini forest, with a focus on making green spaces more inclusive and accessible.
💻 Register at the link below!
buff.ly/741RGL8
💻 Register at the link below!
buff.ly/741RGL8