Toronto Green Community

Toronto Green Community

Toronto Green Community is a non-profit, charitable organization which aims to improve Toronto by engaging its citizens in community-based environmental initiatives. TGC was formerly named the North Toronto Green Community.

Formed in 1994 by Jacky Kennedy and Rita Banach, TGC is dedicated to grassroots greening throughout the city. Our programs encompass Energy, Green Spaces, Water, and Waste.

Energy Past projects include a Community Energy Action Plan delivered in the spring of 2008 to educate residents in the neighbourhoods of Yonge-Lawrence and Lawrence-Allen Rd; a solar hot water heater group purchase was organized in 2007; we also have ongoing energy conservation initiatives to reduce consumption in our communities.

Green Spaces TGC's Community Gardens have enriched the biodiversity of many green spaces in Toronto, and have educated hundreds, if not thousands of community members in organic and heritage gardening techniques. TGC founded the Eglinton Park Heritage Community Garden and Naturalization Site in 1997 (located at the North Toronto Memorial Community Centre, 200 Eglinton Avenue W.) and is partnered with the San Lorenzo Community Garden (located at Dufferin and Lawrence, part of the San Lorenzo Latin American Community Centre, 22 Wenderly Drive).

Water - Lost Rivers TGC has partnered with the Toronto Field Naturalists to provide guided hikes and walks along the courses of buried streams and creeks in Toronto. Lost Rivers has also mapped the waterways buried by urban development. http://www.lostrivers.ca [ [http://www.lostrivers.ca] ]

Waste - Apartment Greening TGC, led by Board Member Ellen Giles, operates an apartment Greening Service which teaches tenants in multi-unit buildings about recycling and waste education, water and energy conservation, and ecological gardening. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070831/recycling_deerford_070901/20070903?hub=TorontoHome [ [http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070831/recycling_deerford_070901/20070903?hub=TorontoHome] ]

TGC's communications initiatives include our 12-16 pages newspaper published twice yearly, dealing with an environmental theme of importance to Torontonians. Our Speaker Series (every other month) is an opportunity for influential and engaging environmental speakers to give a lecture to an enthusiastic audience.

TGC's Executive Director, Minaz Asani-Kanji, holds a degree in Environmental Studies from Waterloo University, and has been a part of TGC for 12 years as a member, volunteer, Board member, project manager, and Executive Director.

References

External links

* [http://www.torontogreen.ca official web site]


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