Green Here 
Contact Information:Phone: 416.901.2006Website: http://www.greenhere.ca About Us:GreenHere is a registered charity dedicated to increasing the urban forest in lower income communities to improve environmental and human well-being while boosting social cohesion and engagement. As a registered not-for-profit, GreenHere works to mitigate the detrimental health, social, and environmental effects that result from a critical lack of green space. GreenHere promotes access and equity surrounding green space, fosters youth engagement and community stewardship, and works from a community development model. By addressing environmental justice and social issues faced in mixed residential/ industrial neighbourhoods, GreenHere delivers a number of community-based tree planting, environmental planning and stewardship programs. These involve community consultation and decision-making, multilingual outreach, workshops, festivals and greening/reforestation initiatives in urban neighbourhoods. |
Group Address:
21 Blackthorn Avenue |
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3) Environmental management plan |
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4) Green Products and Services |
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5) Community support |
2 Programs Available:
Reforestation Projects
More info:
GreenHere’s reforestation projects are designed to reduce barriers, to mobilize communities, to ensure the urban forest survives, and to provide long-term health and environmental benefits to all residents. In order to achieve this, GreenHere involves the community in the planning and implementation of community improvements, providing residents with the resources to create positive change. The simple act of engaging community members in environmental issues can result in enhanced neighbourhood cohesion, and cooperation, the growth and development of local leadership, responsibility and pride as well as newly revitalized green spaces.
Add to Info Sheet | Main Category:
Help Nature
| Subcategory:Habitat Restoration
| Program updated 7:19 am on Thursday Aug. 12th, 2010.Community Engagement
More info:
Initiating local greening projects that encourage neighbour-to-neighbour planning and participation, and establishing a citizen arborist movement in downtown Toronto through education, engagement and hands-on tree care workshops while increasing Toronto’s tree canopy are GreenHere’s major goals. Through various community-building events, Greenhere promotes local stewardship and opens the dialogue for environmental issues and solutions.
Add to Info Sheet | Main Category:
Help Nature
| Subcategory:Natural Areas
| Program updated 7:20 am on Thursday Aug. 12th, 2010.This page was last updated at 2010-08-12 07:20:18.