Environmental
Projects
If you held a special event or meeting to celebrate
Earth Day that you’d like to share with
us, please send a short summary to Jessica Fleury,
Environment Adviser at environment.adviser@guidesontario.org so
we can post your activities and inspire other
guiders
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Need information about financial assistance
for
environmental service projects for Units? Click
here.
Girl Guides
kick off Trees Ontario project!
TORONTO, April 9, 2009 – The Honourable
Donna Cansfield, Minister of Natural Resources,
kicked off the spring tree planting season and
announced the first 50 Million Tree Weekend will
feature major community tree planting events
during this year’s Mother’s Day weekend.
This year’s 50 Million Tree Weekend will
feature community tree planting events across
the province including Guelph, Alliston and Orangeville
on May 8 and Newmarket and Kingston on May 9,
2009.
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Girl Guides of Canada, celebrating
their 100th anniversary next year, has a long and proud
tradition of environmental stewardship. Since its inception,
thousands of girls across the country have worked on
environmental service projects each year. Badges like
Forestry, Help Our Planet and Conservation encourage
girls to learn about and take care of the world around
them. Working with organizations like Trees Ontario
helps to grow these ideas.
Trees Ontario, working with its partners, is the largest,
not-for-profit tree planting partnership in North America.
It is committed to the re-greening of Ontario through
a range of tree planting activities. Trees Ontario is
also partnering with the Ministry of Natural Resources
to help deliver the Ontario government’s commitment
to plant 50 million trees by 2020.
Click to see the media clip of the launch! http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/04/09/9071076.html
Get planting with your girls. For more information click
here.
Everything’s Gone
Green!
Girl Guides of Canada-Guides du Canada is excited about launching
our first eco-themed online photo contest! In partnership with
Ondah, a leader in online photo sharing, now is your chance to
show-off your amazing photos of the environment!
Everything’s Gone Green http://www.girlguides.ca/green/ will
run from April to October 2008!
Provincial Project:
Yellow
Fish Road - (PDF) -
Looking for a water-related service project for the spring?
Consider taking part in Trout Unlimited Canada’s
Yellow Fish Road. This project involves learning about
protecting storm drains and how what goes in them affects
local bodies of water. Units use stencils to paint yellow
fish near storm drains and distribute door hangers to
explain that the yellow fish are there to remind them
that anything that flows down the storm drain ends up
polluting local water bodies. This is an educational
and fun project that units of all ages can enjoy.
Girl Greatness starts with the
Environment!
Our girls are certainly interested in environmental issues, and
many hardworking Guiders have created opportunities for girls to
really make a difference! Here are just a few examples of the activities.
To view a full listing of activities, click
here.
The 24th Whitby Pathfinders in Community 23 have
received a Tree Grant from GM/Girl Guides of Canada.
Our tree planting date has been moved up to this Wed,
May 13th from 6:30 to 8pm at Ormiston Public School grounds,
20 Forest Heights St, Whitby.
Our unit will be planting 3 trees.
"On April 21st, the 3rd Stittsville Guides picked
up garbage along the Trans Canada Trail. We spent an
hour outside to help the environment for Earth Day. We
went into ditches and there were so many things to pick
up we couldn't collect it all. We need your help! We
need you, the Stittsville Community, to recycle and help
the environment. We hope you understand that the environment
is important and that if we don't protect it, the ecosystem
will be ruined forever." Written by
Dominique Dube and Rachel Nadeau, members of the 3rd
Stittsville Guide Unit. Click
here to view photo.
The 17th Cornwall Sparks, Brownies, Guides and
Pathfinders participated again in Pitch-In
Canada this past Earth Week. The Sparks and Brownies
collected litter on Pitt Street North in Cornwall,
ON. The Guides collected litter in Terry Fox Park and
in the surrounding neighborhood. The Pathfinders pitched
in at the Optimist Park! This year marks the 10th year
that the 17th Cornwall Units have participated in the
Pitch-In Canada project! We promise to accept the Guiding
Law: “respect our common environment”. Click
here to view photo.
1st Marmora Brownies and 1 Lone guide take
part in a community tree planting event. Click
here for photos.
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