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
It’s less expensive to preserve the natural environment and the benefits it provides us, than to replace it with man-made infrastructure.
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Local Solutions to Global Challenges - Global Greenbelts Conference Proceedings
Growth & Planning | October 6, 2011
As you may know, the Friends of the Greeneblt Foundation hosted the Global Greenbelts Conference in Toronto, Canada from March 22nd to 24th 2011. The conference brought together a dynamic mix of people from around the world and had successul exchange of information through preseation sessions and discussion regarding to greenbelt issues. Continue reading
Provincial Handoff: Management for 4,000 Acres of Greenbelt and Oak Ridges Moraine Land Transferred to Local Conservation Authorities
Growth & Planning | September 7, 2011
Last week, the provincial government quietly announced agreements that will transfer the management of 4,000 acres of provincially-owned land in the greenbelt and Oak Ridges Moraine from Infrastructure Ontario to area conservation authorities. The agreements are between Infrastructure Ontario and the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. The... Continue reading
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Ontario’s Greenbelt is the largest and most diverse greenbelt in the world. It protects 1.8 million acres of green space, prime agricultural lands and rural communities.








