Now Hiring: Manager, Greenbelt Natural Asset Management Program

Stories from the Greenbelt: 2022 Year in Review

The past year saw some incredible milestones and accomplishments at the Greenbelt Foundation, along with some of the biggest challenges we’ve faced to date. We continue to be inspired by the work of our partners and grantees and our collective...

Now Hiring: Soil Health Specialist

The Greenbelt Foundation is recruiting a Soil Health Specialist to assist with our soil health assessment initiative. This four-year project has a dynamic team of soil scientists, researchers and educators, working together to assess and promote beneficial management practices (BMPs)...

Updated Statement on Proposed Changes to the Greenbelt

The integrity of the Greenbelt is what has made it a global success story and we must ensure that it remains permanently protected."

Stories from the Greenbelt: Growth, municipal finances, and integrated planning – What’s the Greenbelt connection?

The phrase “growth pays for growth” is an oft-heard although seriously misleading refrain, one that seems almost designed to put our minds to rest about how governments pay for growth. If growth pays for itself, after all, what is there...

Statement on Proposed Changes to the Greenbelt

As we work to understand the impacts of today’s proposed changes to the Greenbelt, we will be working with government and key partners to protect and sustain these critical areas and systems."

Stories from the Greenbelt: A Resilient Greenbelt and Rouge National Urban Park

I’m on a bus full of happy day-trippers chatting about their September excursion. They have just had an outing to Rouge National Urban Park, courtesy of Park Bus – a non-profit enterprise that connects people with nature through free transit...

News Release: New research calls for more integrated financial and land-use planning in Ontario municipalities for sustainable urban growth

A new report by the Greenbelt Foundation, titled Municipal Finances and Growth Planning in the Greater Golden Horseshoe, looks at how financial and land management are closely tied together and should be mutually supportive to create a sustainable growth model...

News Release: Greenbelt Foundation grant helps Earth Rangers create the next generation of conservationists in Ontario

With renewed support from the Greenbelt Foundation of $125,000, Earth Rangers will educate the next generation on the importance of protecting nature through Greenbelt-themed “missions”, school assemblies and classroom resources, and six community events. The project – called “Education and...

Stories from the Greenbelt: My experience hiking 900 kilometers on the Bruce Trail

After five weeks on the Bruce Trail, listening to the sound of hiking poles grinding on the narrow path and seeing the final cairn surrounded by the people we loved, my hiking partner Sima and I rounded the last corner...