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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)...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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How Ontario Municipalities Can Support the Greenbelt

Research consistently shows more than 9 in 10 Ontarians across the political, demographic and geographic spectrum support the Greenbelt. Municipalities play a key role in supporting the Greenbelt as the implementers of provincial plans and policies that align with local priorities.

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News Release: Greenbelt Foundation funds critical restoration work in the Ganaraska Forest

This devastating storm caused damage that can’t be easily reversed. We must come together to respond to extreme weather events, supporting rehabilitation projects that build climate resilience."

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News Release: Support from the Greenbelt Foundation helps Ontario Tender Fruit Growers strengthen the economic viability of the Niagara product

The Greenbelt Foundation is celebrating the success of the Ontario Tender Fruit Tree and Vine Program with project partner Ontario Tender Fruit Growers, who undertook the first round of planting in the 2016-17 season.

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Stories from the Greenbelt: Sip, Savour and Cycle with the Greenbelt Foundation and Waterfront Regeneration Trust this Fall

Ontario's Waterfront Trail and Greenbelt Route offer great cycling experiences every season. From August 7-12, the Waterfront Regeneration Trust (WRT), in partnership with the Greenbelt Foundation, CAA and Simcoe County, hosted a six-day, 450-kilometre event. The 2022 Great Waterfront Trail...

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Now Hiring: Soil Health Specialist

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

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

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

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

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

How Ontario Municipalities Can Support the Greenbelt

News Release: Greenbelt Foundation funds critical restoration work in the Ganaraska Forest

News Release: Support from the Greenbelt Foundation helps Ontario Tender Fruit Growers strengthen the economic viability of the Niagara product

Stories from the Greenbelt: Sip, Savour and Cycle with the Greenbelt Foundation and Waterfront Regeneration Trust this Fall