Living In Hamilton:
Projects
Hamilton has an extremely active environmental community. As a result, there are many on-going projects that you are welcome to participate in. They include:
Assisting North Hamilton Neighbourhoods to Address Environmental Issues
Empowering neighbourhoods to act on their own behalf and in an effective manner to address environmental issues facing their communities.
Members of the community learn about growing vegetables without the use of chemical pesticides or fertilisers and participants take home the harvest.
Community Volunteer Action Group
OPIRG working group.
A weeklong, friendly competition between Canadian cities to see which one can cut its air pollution the most by using active and/or sustainable modes of transportation.
Facilitating backyard composting and reducing the costs of waste handling and disposal.
Earth Day Hamilton Eco-Festival
Annual environmental festival attended by thousands of youth and students.
EcoHouse is a place where healthy living principles are upheld and demonstrated to encourage, inspire, and support people in their efforts to reduce their impact on the environment by adopting sustainable living practices and retrofitting their homes. Open for public tours. Volunteers of all ages welcome.
Certified Advisors will get to the root of your home performance problems and customize a home energy plan to improve your home's energy efficiency.
Environmental Education Programs
Hamilton Conservation Authority currently offers a wide range of environmental education programs, thanks to the Conservation Foundation of the Hamilton Region.
Flamborough Wind Turbine Project
Single wind turbine project in Flamborough west of Highway 6.
OPIRG working group.
OPIRG working group.
Green Lawns, Healthy Neighbourhoods
With the help of peer gardeners and experts, this project enables the transition to a pesticide-free yard.
"I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences of any job I consider and will try to improve these aspects of any organizations for which I work."
Does Canada Support Human Rights or Gross Profit? Canadian Mining in Guatemala. OPIRG working group.
Hamilton Community Peregrine Project
Volunteer Falcon Watch in downtown Hamilton during spring/summer to keep an eye on Peregrine Falcon chicks as they learn to fly above busy streets.
Hamilton Eat Local Project (HELP)
Supporting local food production and connecting Hamiltonians to locally grown food. A project of Environment Hamilton.
Hamilton Vegetarian Association
OPIRG working group.
Get outdoors and explore the many great trails in the City of Hamilton.
Multiple-turbine project along north shore of Lake Erie in Haldimand County.
Campaign to get more McMaster students using travel mugs.
OPIRG working group.
Mobile Emissions Monitoring Project
OPIRG working group.
The Paper Trail: A campaign to reduce the virgin paper consumption of McMaster. This project involves advocating post-consumer paper purchasing, encouraging double-siding, and making and selling notebooks from one-sided scrap paper.
OPIRG working group.
Help for getting lawns and gardens off chemical pesticides.
Pesticide Free Hamilton (email link)
To provide the citizens of Hamilton with information and resources that will help them to reduce and eliminate pesticide use on their lawns and gardens.
OPIRG working group.
Non-profit community bike repair workshop
Art of Women Weavers of Palm – Their Struggle with Poverty, Water and Pride.
Stack keys to help Hamiltonians to call in concerns regarding visible air emissions from stacks in Hamilton 's industrial core. A project of Environment Hamilton.
Student Math Action Research Team (SMART)
Making Math Matter More for the Environment. OPIRG working group.
Addresses global climate change by helping individuals reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and providing free trees as an incentive.
Transportation for Liveable Communities
Organizes events to promote changes to the dominant car culture.
The Conservation Foundation of the Hamilton Region actively supports the movement to develop trails and corridors through the region's beautiful natural areas.
A community tree inventory that tells us about the health of our trees and what we need to do to protect and enhance the urban forest in our neighbourhoods. A project of Environment Hamilton.
Upwind Downwind Air Quality Conference
Encouraging and assisting private landowners with stewardship initiatives on their property.
Helping residents use water wisely in order to preserve one of our most precious natural resources, water.
Yard Improvement Helpline: Curb Appeal (email link)
Answers to your lawn and garden questions. With simple steps, you too can transition your yard into an attractive pesticide-free landscape.
Storm drain marking program to remind people to protect our water.
