• Protecting Water and Farmland in Simcoe County

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Mar 17th, 2024
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  Greys for Green is excited to be partnering with The Town of New Tecumseth, and invites you to our very first EarthFest event to be held on April 27, 2024, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the Tottenham Community & Fitness Centre (TCFC), located at 139 Queen Street North in Tottenham. Join Mayo...
Mar 17th, 2024
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Folks, I hope everyone is doing well. The book about the Elmvale Groundwater Observatory has now been published online. The book can be downloaded for free, using the link provided below. Please do not share copies of the book: instead, please provide others with the link to the Groundwater Project w...
Mar 17th, 2024
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ONTARIO CLEAN AIR ALLIANCE A lot has changed in the last decade when it comes to renewable energy. Costs for wind and solar have plummeted. Thanks to exploding worldwide usage, solar and wind are now the lowest cost ways to meet our electricity needs. As Bloomberg Finance noted recently, “in 2004 it ...
Mar 9th, 2024
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DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION Whether it’s through the news, documentaries or personal observation, we can see that human actions are creating serious, long-term impacts on all life. Scientists are telling us that we face a biodiversity crisis, with one million species now at risk of extinction. Canada hos...
Mar 6th, 2024
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Decision not to build facility could save taxpayers $220M over next 20 years UPDATED: Committee of the whole has supported a recommendation for the county not to proceed with its own organics processing facility By Ian Adams, Barrie Advance, February 27, 2024 Simcoe County council’s committee of the ...
Mar 6th, 2024
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  ONTARIO CLEAN AIR ALLIANCE Last week, the Ford government introduced a bill to reinstate a massive subsidy for fossil gas pipelines to new home developments and to boost wasteful spending on other fossil gas infrastructure. The legislation will increase both climate damage and energy bills. Fo...
Mar 6th, 2024
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Southern Ontario was covered by nearly continuous forest less than 200 years ago, but today urban development and agriculture has replaced the forest with only primarily second growth forest remaining, writes Bob Bowles. Bob Bowles is an award-winning writer, artist and naturalist, as well as the fou...
Feb 22nd, 2024
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The Ontario Farmland Trust would like to invite you to our annual Farmland Forum on March 21, 2024. It will take place from 9am-5pm at The Grandway Events Centre in Elora ON, as well as online. The Ontario Farmland Trust is a non-profit organization that works to protect Ontario farmlands and associa...
Feb 22nd, 2024
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GREAT NEWS FOR SAVE GEORGIAN BAY SUPPORTERS: ANOTHER COUNCIL VOTES AGAINST TC ENERGY’S PUMPED STORAGE SCHEME IN MEAFORD Please click here to read for full details. Sincerely, Save Georgian Bay...
Feb 22nd, 2024
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  ‘It’s a good example of how a small group of committed residents can achieve anything,’ mayor says of volunteer group Pollinate Collingwood by Jessica Owen, Barrie Today, February 7, 2024 Collingwood is closing in on finalizing its pollinator protection plan and, once approved, it would make t...