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Sandy Hill Community Health Centre installs seating and planters in the Strathcona Heights neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario
Sandy Hill Community Health Centre (SHCHC) along with Ottawa Community Housing staff and community residents created benches and planters at three locations within the Strathcona Heights community housing neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario. Forty-four volunteers...
Ashcroft Indian Band regreens following wildfire losses
After wildfires swept through their community in 2017, a project led by Ashcroft Indian Band (AIB) regreened and beautified the landscape, planting trees and shrubs on the walking trails throughout their community with support from the Living Cities Canada Fund. Click...
GCNews May: GCC moves to a 4-day work week
Green Communities Canada is piloting a 4-day work week. For the remainder of 2024 staff will work a 32-hour week that will either consist of 8-hour days Monday to Thursday with Fridays off, or shortened workdays Monday through Friday. “We’re excited about this latest...
Green Communities Canada Publishes 2023 Living Cities Canada Impact Report
Green Communities Canada (GCC) is pleased to share the 2023 Living Cities Canada Impact Report, a testament to the transformative power of community-led urban green infrastructure (GI) projects. This report celebrates a significant milestone in our journey towards...
Just from draft-proofing and insulation, recent retirees retrofit bungalow and reach 52% in energy savings!
Sian Leyshon and Angus Doughty bought their 2000 square foot, 1965 post-war bungalow in early 2021, moving ~90km northwest to Collingwood, Ontario from their previous town of Bolton in the GTA. For this couple, the added promise of living just minutes from the ski...
Green Communities Canada pilots a 4-day work week!
By: Jared Kolb, GCC Interim Executive Director, and Jenn McCallum, Green Infrastructure Program Lead Starting May 6 until December 31, 2024, Green Communities Canada (GCC) is piloting a 4-day, 32-hour work week comprising two streams: Stream A: Staff work 8-hour...
GCNews April: Deep Energy Retrofit project expands
A new three-year funding commitment from the Peter Gilgan Foundation, in addition to existing funding from the McConnell and Trottier Family Foundations, will be used by Green Communities Canada to help ensure houses are fitted with the right-sized heat pump to...
GREEN COMMUNITIES CANADA RECEIVES $450K TO IMPROVE HEAT PUMP DEEP ENERGY RETROFITS
Green Communities Canada (GCC) is proud to announce the expansion of our Deep Energy Retrofit project to improve heat pump deep energy retrofits. This work is made possible by a new 3-year funding commitment from the Peter Gilgan Foundation, along with continued...
REVE Nourricier Transforms Parking Lot into Urban Mini Forest
REVE Nourricier worked with community volunteers and partners to depave 105m2 of asphalt in the parking lot of Conseil Sports Loisirs de l’Estrie (CSLE), a sports complex and community center in Sherbrooke, Québec. They planted over a 200m2 area. The Project The...
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