Archive for the ‘water’ Category

By Heather Ray, GreenUP Water Programs Manager March 22 is World Water Day, a day aimed at advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 6: ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. Many people around the world, and in Canada, especially those in First Nation communities, do not have access to […]

By Heather Ray, GreenUP’s Manager of Water Programs I narrowly averted a crisis the other night. My toilet was quite close to overflowing. I discovered a number of cotton swabs my toddler, Leif, had attempted to flush. Eventually, I removed all of the cotton swabs and things flushed as they should. As I inspected the […]

By Dawn Pond, GreenUP’s Downtown Vibrancy Project and Depave Paradise Program Coordinator This interview is part of the Jiimaan’ndewengadnong project. These oral histories are being shared and celebrated. The stories in this article have been adapted, with permission, from recorded conversations. There will be audio clips available on this webpage and in the Jiimaan’ndewengadnong park […]

By Dawn Pond, GreenUP’s Downtown Vibrancy Project and Depave Paradise Program Coordinator This interview is part of the Jiimaan’ndewengadnong project. These oral histories are being shared and celebrated. The stories in this article have been adapted, with permission, from recorded conversations. There will be audio clips available on this webpage and in the Jiimaan’ndewengadnong park through phone […]

A Pocket Park Project Intertwined with Nature, Culture, and Anishinaabe Tales of the Canoe. By Dawn Pond, GreenUP’s Downtown Vibrancy Project and Depave Paradise Program Coordinator The Downtown Vibrancy Project is now in its second year and this year we hosted many design sessions with local residents, First Nations communities, and local business. We discussed […]

By Dawn Pond, GreenUP’s Downtown Vibrancy Project and Depave Paradise Program Coordinator GreenUP’s Depave Paradise Program has been busy this summer creating a new garden at Euphoria Wellness Spa in partnership with the Downtown Vibrancy Project. We are not yet winding down for winter, though. We have another exciting Depave Paradise project coming up this […]