Today is #WorldFoodDay! To celebrate, we would like to highlight 2 orgs that we supported through our #LivingCitiesCanada Fund: Hope Blooms Halifax & the Black Environmental Initiative. Both are instrumental in their communities for access to healthy, affordable, + local food. 🍂

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🌍 #WorldHabitatDay calls on us to protect the right to shelter & healthy spaces.

In 2024, GreenUP & One City Peterborough worked together through our #LivingCitiesCanada Fund, to plant for resilience, building greener, more inclusive communities. 🌿

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🌱 In 2024, Hope Blooms hosted a tree-planting event on #NationalTreeDay with Tree Canada. Over 80 volunteers, including 35 youth, transformed a neglected plot into a green space.

📖 Read more in our 2024 #LivingCitiesCanada Report: buff.ly/42QDXCZ

In 2024, Humber River Lodge (Memtigwaake Kinomaage Maawnjiding) worked with RainscapeTO on a planting event. 148 volunteers removed invasive species, planted native flora, and restored habitat. 🌱

Learn more in our 2024 #LivingCitiesCanada Report: buff.ly/42QDXCZ

🌳 In 2024, Grandmother’s Voice transformed an area in Valleybrook Park into a mini forest! 🌱

Community members, families, & Elders joined in planting trees & shrubs, creating a space for learning & connection.

📖 more in our #LivingCitiesCanada Report: buff.ly/42QDXCZ

“When community comes together, when we have these ideas, it is possible to turn them into something real.”

Hear more from Tegan Moss @PtboGreenUP about the power of collective action supported through GCC’s #LivingCitiesCanada Fund.

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#MiniForests

🌳 In 2024, our #LivingCitiesCanada Fund supported LEAF planting 36 trees & 338 shrubs at 26 Toronto Community Housing sites. Tenants & staff will be trained in 2025 to maintain the trees, fostering greener, healthier communities! 🌱

Read our report here: buff.ly/GDklUYX

We are thrilled to celebrate the Greenbelt Foundation's 20th anniversary with a summary of the 5 #MiniForest projects our #LivingCitiesCanada Fund advanced in 2024 with support from the Greenbelt Foundation: greencommunitiescanada.org/mini-forests-revitalize-...

In October 2024, the City of Hamilton planted a mini forest at Albion Falls thanks to funds from Green Communities Canada’s #LivingCitiesCanada Fund & in partnership with the Greenbelt Foundation.

Learn more & watch more videos of this event: https://buff.ly/46ePUSR

Thank you to our wonderful partner @greencommunities.bsky.social and their #LivingCitiesCanada fund, for supporting the Network of Nature's Mini Forest initiative as we strive towards restoring Canada's biodiversity!🌱

Mini forests contribute towards a greener, more sustainable future and benefit climate adaptation, habitats for wildlife and improved air quality. Thank you to our partner @greencommunities.bsky.social for supporting this community planting project!

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