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
Happening tomorrow! Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need!
📅 Nov 27
🕑 11:00 AM 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
🕑 11:00 AM 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 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Happening tomorrow! Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need!
📅 Nov 27
🕑 11:00 AM 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
🕑 11:00 AM 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
Less than 1 week to apply to 2026 Demonstrate Stream-Living Cities Canada Fund
Grants up to $15k for equity-embedded green infrastructure projects like rain gardens, mini forests, etc..
Open to nonprofits, Indigenous orgs, municipalities & schools. buff.ly/DRlm8nj
Grants up to $15k for equity-embedded green infrastructure projects like rain gardens, mini forests, etc..
Open to nonprofits, Indigenous orgs, municipalities & schools. buff.ly/DRlm8nj
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Less than 1 week to apply to 2026 Demonstrate Stream-Living Cities Canada Fund
Grants up to $15k for equity-embedded green infrastructure projects like rain gardens, mini forests, etc..
Open to nonprofits, Indigenous orgs, municipalities & schools. buff.ly/DRlm8nj
Grants up to $15k for equity-embedded green infrastructure projects like rain gardens, mini forests, etc..
Open to nonprofits, Indigenous orgs, municipalities & schools. buff.ly/DRlm8nj
Happening this week!
Climate change is reshaping our cities. Floods, heat, fires & inequities demand local action.
Join us Nov 27, 11am ET for Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need.
Register 👉 buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
Climate change is reshaping our cities. Floods, heat, fires & inequities demand local action.
Join us Nov 27, 11am ET for Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need.
Register 👉 buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Happening this week!
Climate change is reshaping our cities. Floods, heat, fires & inequities demand local action.
Join us Nov 27, 11am ET for Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need.
Register 👉 buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
Climate change is reshaping our cities. Floods, heat, fires & inequities demand local action.
Join us Nov 27, 11am ET for Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need.
Register 👉 buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
Over the past year, @envirocentre.bsky.social has been working with project participants to scale deep energy retrofits at Carver Place, a Multifaith Housing Initiative community.
Heating or Eating is the first part of the story. Watch at the link below:
buff.ly/MWCCkHV
Heating or Eating is the first part of the story. Watch at the link below:
buff.ly/MWCCkHV
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Over the past year, @envirocentre.bsky.social has been working with project participants to scale deep energy retrofits at Carver Place, a Multifaith Housing Initiative community.
Heating or Eating is the first part of the story. Watch at the link below:
buff.ly/MWCCkHV
Heating or Eating is the first part of the story. Watch at the link below:
buff.ly/MWCCkHV
We are officially a week away from Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need!
📅 Nov 27
🕑 11:00 AM 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
🕑 11:00 AM 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 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We are officially a week away from Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need!
📅 Nov 27
🕑 11:00 AM 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
🕑 11:00 AM 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
Help us share this #ThankfulThursday message for our members, partners, & generous funders + supporters.
Because of you we're celebrating the result of our community-based, collaborative work with the release of our Collective Impact Report.
🔗 buff.ly/Mvent7c
Because of you we're celebrating the result of our community-based, collaborative work with the release of our Collective Impact Report.
🔗 buff.ly/Mvent7c
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Help us share this #ThankfulThursday message for our members, partners, & generous funders + supporters.
Because of you we're celebrating the result of our community-based, collaborative work with the release of our Collective Impact Report.
🔗 buff.ly/Mvent7c
Because of you we're celebrating the result of our community-based, collaborative work with the release of our Collective Impact Report.
🔗 buff.ly/Mvent7c
Today is #NationalChildDay & #WorldChildrensDay! Every child deserves the right to be safe, healthy, & free to explore their communities. GCC champions these rights through initiatives like School Streets & the Canadian Electric School Bus Alliance. 🚴♂️
Learn more: buff.ly/3AX4IKk
Learn more: buff.ly/3AX4IKk
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Today is #NationalChildDay & #WorldChildrensDay! Every child deserves the right to be safe, healthy, & free to explore their communities. GCC champions these rights through initiatives like School Streets & the Canadian Electric School Bus Alliance. 🚴♂️
Learn more: buff.ly/3AX4IKk
Learn more: buff.ly/3AX4IKk
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Why is #COP30 important for Canadians? @rjcsmith.bsky.social asked Minister @juliedabrusin.bsky.social for her take on that in Belém 🔽
November 19, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Why is #COP30 important for Canadians? @rjcsmith.bsky.social asked Minister @juliedabrusin.bsky.social for her take on that in Belém 🔽
The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) is hosting a webinar on mini forests on December 4 at 2 pm ET.
Jenn McCallum, GCC’s Manager Green Infrastructure, will be presenting along with Heather Schibli, a landscape architect and ecologist.
Register now: buff.ly/K6I7VQm
Jenn McCallum, GCC’s Manager Green Infrastructure, will be presenting along with Heather Schibli, a landscape architect and ecologist.
Register now: buff.ly/K6I7VQm
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA) is hosting a webinar on mini forests on December 4 at 2 pm ET.
Jenn McCallum, GCC’s Manager Green Infrastructure, will be presenting along with Heather Schibli, a landscape architect and ecologist.
Register now: buff.ly/K6I7VQm
Jenn McCallum, GCC’s Manager Green Infrastructure, will be presenting along with Heather Schibli, a landscape architect and ecologist.
Register now: buff.ly/K6I7VQm
Do you have a vision for a greener, equitable community space?
The 2026 Demonstrate Stream of the Living Cities Canada Fund is now open, offering up to $15k for projects like rain gardens, depaving, pollinator gardens, mini forests, etc.
Apply by Dec 1: buff.ly/DRlm8nj
The 2026 Demonstrate Stream of the Living Cities Canada Fund is now open, offering up to $15k for projects like rain gardens, depaving, pollinator gardens, mini forests, etc.
Apply by Dec 1: buff.ly/DRlm8nj
November 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Do you have a vision for a greener, equitable community space?
The 2026 Demonstrate Stream of the Living Cities Canada Fund is now open, offering up to $15k for projects like rain gardens, depaving, pollinator gardens, mini forests, etc.
Apply by Dec 1: buff.ly/DRlm8nj
The 2026 Demonstrate Stream of the Living Cities Canada Fund is now open, offering up to $15k for projects like rain gardens, depaving, pollinator gardens, mini forests, etc.
Apply by Dec 1: buff.ly/DRlm8nj
Less than 2 weeks left!
Climate change is reshaping our cities. Floods, heat, fires & inequities demand local action.
Join us Nov 27, 11am ET for Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need.
Register 👉 buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
Climate change is reshaping our cities. Floods, heat, fires & inequities demand local action.
Join us Nov 27, 11am ET for Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need.
Register 👉 buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Less than 2 weeks left!
Climate change is reshaping our cities. Floods, heat, fires & inequities demand local action.
Join us Nov 27, 11am ET for Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need.
Register 👉 buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
Climate change is reshaping our cities. Floods, heat, fires & inequities demand local action.
Join us Nov 27, 11am ET for Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need.
Register 👉 buff.ly/BuMg3Q7
While we welcome key commitments in the 2025 Federal Budget, details on investments in nature-based solutions, active transportation, and electric school buses are still needed, and the lack of support for home retrofits is concerning.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/v1NrBMk
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/v1NrBMk
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
While we welcome key commitments in the 2025 Federal Budget, details on investments in nature-based solutions, active transportation, and electric school buses are still needed, and the lack of support for home retrofits is concerning.
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/v1NrBMk
🔗 Read more: buff.ly/v1NrBMk
🚦 Today is the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Traffic Incidents 🚦
In Canada ~160,000 people are injured + ~1,800 die in traffic incidents annually. With partners, we're working to make roads & communities safe, sustainable + more prosperous.
1/3 #WDoR2025
In Canada ~160,000 people are injured + ~1,800 die in traffic incidents annually. With partners, we're working to make roads & communities safe, sustainable + more prosperous.
1/3 #WDoR2025
November 17, 2025 at 2:02 PM
🚦 Today is the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Traffic Incidents 🚦
In Canada ~160,000 people are injured + ~1,800 die in traffic incidents annually. With partners, we're working to make roads & communities safe, sustainable + more prosperous.
1/3 #WDoR2025
In Canada ~160,000 people are injured + ~1,800 die in traffic incidents annually. With partners, we're working to make roads & communities safe, sustainable + more prosperous.
1/3 #WDoR2025
TIME CHANGE! Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need will now start at 11am instead of 2pm!
📅 Nov 27
🕑 11:00 AM 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
🕑 11:00 AM 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 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
TIME CHANGE! Voices for Action: The Many Mini Solutions Urban Communities Need will now start at 11am instead of 2pm!
📅 Nov 27
🕑 11:00 AM 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
🕑 11:00 AM 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
Ready to switch to a heat pump?
Make sure it’s the right fit for your home and family. Our right-sizing service helps you choose a system that’s efficient, reliable, and keeps everyone comfortable year-round.
Learn more: buff.ly/v5dVMaL
Make sure it’s the right fit for your home and family. Our right-sizing service helps you choose a system that’s efficient, reliable, and keeps everyone comfortable year-round.
Learn more: buff.ly/v5dVMaL
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Ready to switch to a heat pump?
Make sure it’s the right fit for your home and family. Our right-sizing service helps you choose a system that’s efficient, reliable, and keeps everyone comfortable year-round.
Learn more: buff.ly/v5dVMaL
Make sure it’s the right fit for your home and family. Our right-sizing service helps you choose a system that’s efficient, reliable, and keeps everyone comfortable year-round.
Learn more: buff.ly/v5dVMaL
Progress on coordinated #ClimateAction is slow, but across Canada, communities, organizations & local governments are driving change together. 💪
Celebrate these stories in our latest Collective Impact Report:
🔗 buff.ly/Mvent7c
Celebrate these stories in our latest Collective Impact Report:
🔗 buff.ly/Mvent7c
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Progress on coordinated #ClimateAction is slow, but across Canada, communities, organizations & local governments are driving change together. 💪
Celebrate these stories in our latest Collective Impact Report:
🔗 buff.ly/Mvent7c
Celebrate these stories in our latest Collective Impact Report:
🔗 buff.ly/Mvent7c
Applications are open for the 2026 Demonstrate Stream of the Living Cities Canada Fund!
Grants of up to $15,000 to support equity-embedded green infrastructure projects that build local climate resilience.
🗓️ Apply by Dec 1, 2025: buff.ly/DRlm8nj
Grants of up to $15,000 to support equity-embedded green infrastructure projects that build local climate resilience.
🗓️ Apply by Dec 1, 2025: buff.ly/DRlm8nj
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Applications are open for the 2026 Demonstrate Stream of the Living Cities Canada Fund!
Grants of up to $15,000 to support equity-embedded green infrastructure projects that build local climate resilience.
🗓️ Apply by Dec 1, 2025: buff.ly/DRlm8nj
Grants of up to $15,000 to support equity-embedded green infrastructure projects that build local climate resilience.
🗓️ Apply by Dec 1, 2025: buff.ly/DRlm8nj
🌿 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
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 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
Green Communities Canada is closed November 11 to honour Remembrance Day. We will resume regular hours on November 12.
Alt text: A close-up shot of a field of poppies.
Alt text: A close-up shot of a field of poppies.
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Green Communities Canada is closed November 11 to honour Remembrance Day. We will resume regular hours on November 12.
Alt text: A close-up shot of a field of poppies.
Alt text: A close-up shot of a field of poppies.
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#BikeTO in Motion
Taking Action for Safe Cycling in the City
Discussion with cycling advocates working to make Toronto cycling-friendly
Sat, Nov 15, 2-4 pm
h/t @mbonsma.bsky.social
eventbrite.ca/e/taking-action-for-safe-cycling-in-the-city-tickets-1797500766179?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1
Taking Action for Safe Cycling in the City
Discussion with cycling advocates working to make Toronto cycling-friendly
Sat, Nov 15, 2-4 pm
h/t @mbonsma.bsky.social
eventbrite.ca/e/taking-action-for-safe-cycling-in-the-city-tickets-1797500766179?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
#BikeTO in Motion
Taking Action for Safe Cycling in the City
Discussion with cycling advocates working to make Toronto cycling-friendly
Sat, Nov 15, 2-4 pm
h/t @mbonsma.bsky.social
eventbrite.ca/e/taking-action-for-safe-cycling-in-the-city-tickets-1797500766179?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1
Taking Action for Safe Cycling in the City
Discussion with cycling advocates working to make Toronto cycling-friendly
Sat, Nov 15, 2-4 pm
h/t @mbonsma.bsky.social
eventbrite.ca/e/taking-action-for-safe-cycling-in-the-city-tickets-1797500766179?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&keep_tld=1
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:
Read more here:
🌳 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! 🌻🌹
buff.ly/3DED0Bl
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! 🌻🌹
buff.ly/3DED0Bl
Here are our 10 favourite autumn-interest plants. Tell us about your favourite plants in the comments! 🌻🌹
buff.ly/3DED0Bl
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.