The Toronto Green Community is a non-profit environmental organization that raises ecological awareness and weaves positive environmental change into communities across Toronto. Since 1995, we have developed projects to address a number of environmental issues including climate change, waste reduction, atmospheric pollution, and stream water management.
Mission:
To inspire, facilitate and support diverse communities in developing an environmentally sustainable city through education, engagement and joint neighbourhood initiatives.
Vision:
Engaged and connected communities thriving in a sustainable Toronto
Current programs:
1. Community Eco-Gardens engage children & adults from diverse communities in ecological gardening and food security initiatives.
2. Lost Rivers researches, documents and provides guided public walks along buried waterways to find out how human and natural systems form our urban life support system.
3. Rivers Rising connects newcomer and Indigenous communities through neighbourhood tours that reveal stories of local food, water, and culture, in order to nurture community-building and ecological initiatives towards creating a blue-green city together.
4. RAINscapeTO offers eco-landscaping solutions like rain gardens which capture and reuse rainwater, reducing stormwater run-off and pollution while conserving tap water and mitigating flooding.
