Stories From the Greenbelt: Working together to increase forest cover and improve climate resilience in communities across Ontario’s Greenbelt

It was clear that the efforts paid off as we stood amongst newly planted trees and were surrounded by trees that were planted years before that were growing and thriving."

Now Hiring: Senior Grants Officer

Stories from the Greenbelt: Taking Steps Together to Cover the Greenbelt in Moccasins

June is Indigenous History Month in Ontario. It’s an opportunity for all Ontarians to learn about Indigenous Peoples, the foundations of Canada and what it means to uphold our responsibilities as Treaty Partners.

Greenbelt Foundation Celebrates Planting Half a Million Trees with Forests Ontario

The Greenbelt Foundation, Forests Ontario, their planting partners and local political figures gathered in Richmond Hill to celebrate the planting of 500,000 trees on private and public land in the Greenbelt and its river valleys over the last two years...

News Release: New Soil Health Program Will Improve Profits for Ontario Farmers, Boost Sustainability for the Region

The Greenbelt Foundation is providing Ontario farmers the opportunity to measure and evaluate the impact of different beneficial management practices (BMPs) on soil health. Through a regionally unique Soil Health Testing Program, the Foundation and the US-based Soil Health Institute will...

Stories from the Greenbelt : Taking Action with EcoSchools Canada

Schools across Canada — particularly those in and around the Ontario Greenbelt — have been learning about this biodiverse area and exploring the biodiversity in their own schoolyards through the “Taking action in the Greenbelt with EcoSchools Canada” project, funded...

Now Hiring: Soil Health Sampling Specialist

Stories from the Greenbelt: A thriving partnership with Earth Rangers.

The Greenbelt’s current value is enormous, but its future value is immeasurable. Climate change will continue to put pressure on southern Ontario, but the Greenbelt can help ensure we remain resilient in its face."

Stories from the Greenbelt: Restoring a Greenbelt Swamp, 2 decades in the making

Restoring a wetland takes time, dedication, and leadership. More than 20 years ago, Conservation Halton staff proposed the idea of restoring a wetland in the Grindstone Creek watershed located in a municipal park within the City of Hamilton. At the...

Stories from the Greenbelt - Summer memories: Learning new skills and meeting people in the Greenbelt

I grew up in Bradford, surrounded by the Greenbelt so I’d gotten used to seeing Greenbelt signs along the roads and highways. They almost blended into the landscape after so many years of driving past them. The Greenbelt logo had...