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Resources

Graphic Standards Manual

Below is a link to the Greenbelt Graphic Standards Manual. This manual was prepared and provided by Manifest Communications Inc.

Graphic Standards Manual (2MB) For the 29 MB high resolution manual, please contact the Foundation.

 

Logos

Following is a set of links to directories of logos. This material was prepared and provided by Bruce Mau Design and Manifest Communications Inc.

Greenbelt Logos

 

Greenbelt 5th Anniversary Crest

Following is a link to download the crest. This material was prepared and provided by Corktown Communications.

5th Anniversary Crest

 

 

Greenbelt Map

 

This map was modified and provided by Peter Sibbald Brown.

Greenbelt Map (PDF File)

Greenbelt Map (EPS File)

 

 

Grantee Presentations

As a Foundation, we are interested in supporting our grantees and seeing them succeed.

We measure our results and the work done through the grants program to ensure accountability: the Foundation’s accountability to the public with respect to the responsible and effective use of its resources and organizational accountability of grantees to the Foundation regarding efforts to achieve stated goals. Useful methods to effectively measure results were presented at our 2009 Grantee Forum by Kevin Yousie of Crosswater Partners Ltd.

Kevin Yousie Grantee Forum Presentation

 

Global Greenbelt Conference Presentations

Below are the presentations from the speakers at our Conference Greenbelts: Local Solutions for Global Challenges

Full Conference Program

Wednesday March 23, 2011

International Perspectives on Greenbelts and their Possibilities I

Frankfurt am Main: City of Greenbelts, Klaus Wichert, Germany (TEXT)

Greenbelts, Green Wedges or Disputed Ground: Melbourne and its Hinterlands, John Ginivan, Australia

Sao Paulo City Greenbelt Biosphere Reserve: A Platform for Integrated Sustainable Management, Rodrigo Victor, Brazil

Sustaining Rural Vitality

Challenges and Opportunities of Europe's Peri-Urban Areas: The Experience of the PURPLE Network, Lenie Dwarshuis-van de Beek, Netherlands

Using Tradiational Competitive Advantage Analysis to Guide Development of Action Plans to Grow the Creative Economy in Comunity and/or Region, Michael Florio, Ontario

Green Zone 2025: Unleashing the Potential of Rural Merseyside, Rob Hindle, United Kingdom

The Changing Landscape of Farming

Integrating Local Food Systems into Metropolitian and Regional Planning to Deliver Economic, Social, and Environmental Benefits, Dr. Trevor Budge, Australia

Making the Most of Geography: Putting the Greenbelt's Holland Marsh on the Map, Jamie Reaume, Ontario

Local Sustainable Farming for Successful Greenbelts: The Local Food Plus Approach, Lori Stahlbrand, Ontario

Incorporating the Economic Benefits of Greenbelts into Decision Making

Designing the Optimum Landscape, Dr. Wim Heijmans, Netherlands

The Value of Ecological Goods and Services in the Credit River Watershed: The Implications for Greenbelt Restoration, Mike Puddister and Tatiana Koveshnikova

Natural Economy Northwest: The Socio-Economic Benefits of Investment in Greenbelt Infrastructure, Dr. Will Williams, United Kingdom

International Perspectives on Greenbelts and their Possibilities II

Designing Multifunctional Landscapes: The Greenbelt Approach in the Warsaw Metropolitan Area, Dr. Agata Cieszewska, Poland

The German and European Green Belt: Borders Seperate, Nature Unites, Dr. Liana Geidezis, Germany

Grow Smart: The San Francisco Bay Area Vision, Stephanie Reyes, United States

Thursday March 24, 2011

Enhancing Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Re-naturalization of the Regge River: Reaching Water Management and Biodiversity Goals in the Netherlands, Cheryl de Boer, Netherlands

Ontario's Greenbelt and Great Lakes Basin, Dr. Gail Krantzberg, Ontario

Green Infrastructure: Planning for the Liverpool City Region, Paul Nolan, United Kingdom

From Death Zone to Life Line: Implementing the German Green Belt, Dr. Uwe Riecken, Germany

Everyone's Greenbelt: Reaching Out to Diverse Communities

Ethnic Food Guides: A Buy Local Campaign, Franz Hartmann, Ontario

Greenbelt Connections: Linking Urban Ethno-Cultural Communities, Peter Mitchell, Ontario

Engaging Diverse Communities in Smart Growth Planning, Stephanie Reyes, United States

Supporting a New Generation of Farmers, Sri Sethuratanam, Ontario

Infrastructure Development and Greenbelts

A Green Infrastructure Strategy for Ontario's Greenbelt and Beyond, Steve Peck, Ontario

Slicing the Green Wedges: The Copenhagen Open Space Infrastructure Projects, Dr. Henrik Vejre, Denmark

Infrastructure and Frankfurt's Green Belt, Klaus Wichert, Germany (TEXT)

Governing Greenbelts

Regional Governance and Integrated Planning in the Hauge, Marcel Houtzager, Netherlands

Developing a Regional Consensus for Conservation and Smart Growth in the San Francisco Bay Area, Ken Kirkey, United States

Governing Ontario's Greenbelt: Possibility Grows Here, Dr. Pamela Robinson, Ontario

The Balkan Greenbelt: Transboundary Cooperation for Nature Conservation, Gabriel Schwaderer, Germany

Connecting People to Greenbelts

Experience Green Belt: Connecting Nature, People and History, Dr. Uwe Riecken, Germany

Engaging Youth in the Sao Paulo City Green Belt Biosphere Reserve, Rodrigo Victor, Brazil

Using Local Food to Engage People, Pam Warhurst, United Kingdom

Improving Urban Food Access

From Field to Table: Increasing Connections between Local Farmers and People in the City, Debbie Field, Ontario

The VicHealth Food For All Program: Building Capacity to Address Food Secuirty, Dr. Trevor Budge, Australia

Nikki Henderson, No Presentation Avaliable

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The Greenbelt Foundation is

  • Increasing amount of Greenbelt food in food share program 140%

  • Convincing Peel school boards to buy Greenbelt food for students

  • Contributing $2.65 million to Greenbelt farmers to improve their operations (leveraging millions of dollars from federal sources), and to employ the opportunities of the Green Energy Act

  • Securing local food procurement commitments for Peel, U of T. City of Toronto Facilities and Markham

  • Supporting tourism initiatives including in the Niagara and Caledon areas

  • Securing local food procurement commitments for Peel schools, City of Toronto, City of Markham and others

  • Enhancing Farmers’ Markets, increasing sales for farmers in the Greenbelt and beyond

  • Engaging with over 170 million Ontarians directly through our marketing, events and communications activities

  • Supporting food policy council in Durham to create food charter

  • Bringing thousands of Ontarians out into the Greenbelt each year through grantee activities and the Annual Tour de Greenbelt cycling event

  • Partnering with Harbourfront Centre to tell the story of Ontario’s Greenbelt to 12 million people via a year-long, outdoor photography exhibit

  • Assisting in designing new policies to protect Lake Simcoe through timely research

  • Funding policy changes to encourage more local food to be sold in Durham

  • Contributing to greater sales of Greenbelt wines at the LCBO

  • 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

  • Supporting the creation of an award-winning Greenbelt granola bar

  • Supporting the creation of new multi-cultural crops and development of ethnic local food guides in Toronto and York Region

  • Building a local food economy from developing new markets to enhancing distribution channels

  • Supporting development of action plans for a variety of agricultural areas and commodities

  • Supporting the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance to foster strong Greenbelt Plan implementation at the municipal level

  • Successfully merging social welfare initiatives with environmental concerns

  • Creating Greenbeltfresh.ca, the leading electronic marketplace to source local, Greenbelt foods from over 600 producers

  • Engaged Hamilton schools to switch to Greenbelt food for their students

  • Hosted the first ever Global Greenbelts Conference in Toronto in March 2011 with speakers and delegates from over nine countries

  • Developing a successful culinary tourism platform for Niagara

  • Supporting the Credit Valley Conservation Authority to protect and restore wetlands

  • Participating strategically in growing the Greenbelt by working with Toronto, Peel, Halton, and Guelph

  • Providing grants and support to significantly increase sales at farmers’ markets

  • Supporting the development of multi-cultural crops and training new Canadian Farmers

  • Funding the Holland Marsh Growers’ transition from an export, commodity focus to one that serves the local market with value- added products

  • Identifying barriers to opening markets for Greenbelt farmers and proposing solutions

  • Funding visionary planning processes such as the new Cootes to Escarpment Park Management Plan, and a massive reforestation plan in Rouge Park

  • Creating a network of Farmer’s Markets to help improve our local food economy

  • Reaching over 75 million by placing 220 permanent highway and regional road signs to ensure Ontarians and visitors know about this valuable protected area

  • Supporting interested Greenbelt Farmers to Go Organic

  • Hosting the successful Tour de Greenbelt to promote Ontario’s Greenbelt as a tourism destination

  • Bridging farming and hiking interests to acknowledge environmental progress by farmers

  • Supporting changing the City of Toronto policy to adopt a local food purchasing bylaw for city facilities

 
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