Project Description
Local Engagement Opportunities (by Regions)
In Canada, many local municipalities, regional conservation authorities, and non-governmental environmental charities would welcome community groups like churches to participate as volunteers in their conservation projects and events. Sometime these occasions could be great opportunities for community outreach.
Note: The following lists are by no mean exhaustive. They are instead the starting points for your own exploration and learning. Any link external to A Rocha Canada and its sister organizations does not represent our endorsement to the particular organizations, their agendas, programs or materials.
British Columbia
- Salal + Cedar – Wildlife Habitat Projects : A Vancouver-based Christian initiative
- Nature Vancouver – Volunteer Opportunities
- Stanley Park Ecology Society – Volunteering at SPES
- Citizenβs Coolkit on Climate Change & Urban Forestry : Provided by UBC,Β The Neighbourhood Urban Forestry Coolkit is a visual and fun guide for people to engage with family, friends, and neighbours on issues and solutions related to urban forestry and climate change on their neighborhood blocks.
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- Interactive web platform β iCoolkit
- Complete version: Full Coolkit (79 pages)
- Short version: Coolkit Mini (24 pages)
- Metro Vancouver Regional Parks
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- Metro Vancouver Ecological StewardshipΒ
- Nature Activities : Metro Vancouver Regional Parks offers programs year-roundβ. Nature activities, guided walks and events reveal the natural world through exploration and discovery.
- Fraser Valley Conservancy
- Gorge Waterway Initiative – Volunteer on ProjectsΒ
- University of Victoria – Local Restoration Volunteer Opportunities
- Peninsula Streams Society – Volunteer Opportunities
- The Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea – Volunteer Opportunities
- Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary – Volunteer Opportunities
Society for Ecological Restoration – Western Canada Chapter
Ontario
- City of Toronto – Environmental Volunteer Opportunities
- City of Richmond Hill – Community Stewardship Program
- York Region – Outdoor Education
- The Adopt-a-Stream Program can be an opportunity for church groups to organize regular community engagement events and projects while helping the conservation efforts in the Region
- By Watersheds, through your local Conservation Authorities
- Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (Toronto, southern part of York Region)
- Opportunities for Hands-On Conservation and Learning in Nature
- Resources and opportunities for Greening Your Ground and Creating Habitat
- Credit Valley Conservation Authority (Mississauga, Brampton)
- Highlighted program: Greening Corporate Grounds – Resources and assistance for institutions working toward a more resilient future when they landscape their property more sustainably.
- Project Showcase: Crosspoint Christian Reformed Church in partnership with Greening Corporate Grounds, which provides technical and financial assistance.
- Highlighted program: Greening Corporate Grounds – Resources and assistance for institutions working toward a more resilient future when they landscape their property more sustainably.
- Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
- Conservation Halton
- Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority (Oshawa)
- Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (Toronto, southern part of York Region)
- Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust – Volunteer
- Ontario Stream – Volunteer Opportunities
- A Rocha Team in Hamilton – Volunteer Opportunities
- Hamilton Conservation Authority – Volunteer Opportunities
- Environment Hamilton – Projects
- Hamilton Conservation Foundation – Volunteering
- Green Venture – Volunteer Opportunities
- Grand River Conservation Authority – Learn and Get Involved
- Waterloo Region Nature – Conservation ProjectsΒ
- Upper Thames River Conservation Authority – Environmental Education and Community Involvement
- Kawartha ConservationΒ – Learn and Get Involved
- City of Ottawa– Public spaces and environmental programs
- Adopt-a-Park and Adopt-a-Road
- Tree Planting
- Community Gardens
- Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
- Society for Ecological Restoration – Ontario Chapter
Other Provinces
- A Rocha in Manitoba
- Nature Manitoba
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Manitoba Chapter
- Society for Ecological Restoration – Western Canada Chapter
- Nova Scotia Nature Trust
- Ecology Action Centre
- Halifax Regional Municipality – Parks, Trails, & Gardens
- Society for Ecological Restoration – Eastern Canada Chapter
- VertCitΓ© (Montreal)
- Concordia University – Volunteer Opportunities to Protect Environment
- Γco-quartier Ville-Marie de Peter-McGill
- SNAP QuΓ©becΒ
- La SocietΓ© pour la restauration Γ©cologique β Est du Canada (Society of Ecological Restoration – Eastern Canada Chapter)