Growth & Planning
The future vitality of Ontario and our Greenbelt will require its rural and urban communities to imagine a healthier future and find new approaches to growth and planning challenges. This bold legislation has created the largest greenbelt in the world, one which fosters a more sustainable way of living and enhances the quality of life for over eight million residents and thousands of businesses who call this region home. The Foundation takes a lead on sustainable planning including:
- Participating strategically in growing the Greenbelt by working with Toronto, Peel, Halton, and Guelph
- Supporting the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance to foster strong Greenbelt Plan implementation at the municipal level
- Funding research and analysis on greenbelts around the globe which concluded that Ontario’s Greenbelt is the most robust in the world, with a strong legal and policy framework
- Reaching 40 million readers of mainstream papers with custom content advertorials, and reached 1.5 million readers of 7 multi-cultural papers with custom content, often in their language
- Reaching over 75 million by placing 220 permanent highway and regional road signs to ensure Ontarians and visitors know about this valuable protected area
- Will host the first ever Global Greenbelts Conference in Toronto in March 2011 with speakers and delegates form over nine countries
Canadian Environmental Grantmakers' Network releases Sustainable Cities report
Growth & Planning | May 16, 2013
Commissioned by the Canadian Environmental Grantmakers’ Network (CEGN), this report outlines some of the key issues related to urban sustainability in Canada, profiles some of the promising approaches, and explores various roles that the philanthropic community could play in moving communities forward in this field. The executive summary is provided below; for the whole report, please... Continue reading
Greenbelt Travels an Iconic Urban River Valley: Greenbelt Walks and Paddles the Don
Growth & Planning | May 10, 2013
On the first weekend in May, the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation travelled one of the Province’s most iconic urban river valleys by both foot and paddle: the Don River Valley. On Saturday, May 4th Foundation staff led a Jane’s Walk from Crothers’ woods to the Brickworks Farmers’ Market, covering topics from urban nature and river valley protection to local food and the importance of... Continue reading
New Position with the Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation
Growth & Planning | May 10, 2012
Project Assistant Position The Friends of the Greenbelt Foundation has a 6-month internship available on the communications team on Sign Projects. We invite applications from qualified candidates by Friday, May 25, 2012. Continue reading
