Taking Enviro-Action in 2018

Actions Panel

Taking Enviro-Action in 2018

By London Environmental Network

Date and time

Tue, Jan 30, 2018 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM EST

Location

Innovation Works London

201 King Street 4th Floor Collaboration Station Room London, ON N6A 1C9

Description

To followup from LEN's Day of Refle-Action we are bringing together LEN members who are interested in collaborating in 2018. This is time and space for you to continue developing those ideas, programs and projects.

Skylar will assist with collaboration development as well. Perhaps you need funding to run the project or program, Skylar can help with that! Perhaps you need a few connections, Skylar can help with that!

Some of the ideas proposed are listed below. If you want to flesh out these ideas, or if you have some more you want to work on - this is the event for you!

Please come prepared with a list of your events and activities you hope to develop for 2018. We would like to confirm dates, help find locations, help find partners or funding - whatever makes it easier for you to execute your idea.

Thames River Rally – Planning a River Summit for 2018

  • Invited and confirmed Ottawa water keeper Meredith Brown, Wellington Water Watchers, Freshwater Alliance
  • To invite: UTRCA, Back to the River, Thames River Anglers Association, Chippewas and other first nation groups
  • Also continue monthly cleanups - perhaps a dual event with another group?

Tom Cull – looking for groups to bring his class to and have his class do nature writing

  • ReForest London wants tree stories
  • AWAC (Animal Welfare Advisory Committee) would be interested in them writing about wildlife
  • Growing Chefs London / kids stories

Goodwill – run a Green Advisory Committee workshop in 2018 for other businesses

  • Create a network of Green Teams across London

ReForest London looking for tree stories (pair with Tom Cull’s class). Anyone with videos, poems, stories etc. about trees and want to share, ReForest London is looking for people to share

  • Woodland Restoration planting with ReForest London in 2018
  • King’s UC Food Forest planting in 2018? Near King’s Community Garden in the back of the International Student house?
  • RFL has lots of trees – connect to them for events to give away trees or help plant trees

Building Better – Chippewa of the Thames Earthship

  • Ecotourism and cultural bridging
  • Fundraising for earthships
  • Rental revenue for use of the earthship/tiny home
  • $50,000 needed to build 1st earth ship
  • November 29th fundraising event
  • Anyone interested in helping build an earthship?

Growing Chefs – interested in program evaluation

London Cycle Link – Cycling events, bike boxes, bike valet

  • Seeking plants to put into bike boxes (suggested Master Gardeners, Garden Club or Will Heemans. Just need the plants for 1 day)
  • Offering to share their bike valet system at festivals and other events – can be used as a fundraiser
  • Also suggested that the City has bike parking that could be requested for events
  • Connected with the London Heritage Council to organize their Tweed Ride during a Heritage Event
  • LCL offering monthly meetings – want to rotate locations, interested in hosting one at Western with EnviroWestern or at other LEN member locations
  • Connecting Squeaky Wheel Bike Co-op and Purple Bikes for events
  • Squeaky Wheel to collaborate with social service groups along Dundas

King’s Environmental Commissioner – wants to have a food forest at King’s. To work with RFL on planting fruit trees.

Master Gardeners and Carolinian Canada – shared advertising for events

  • Resource sharing
  • Increase the number of signups for the In the Zone program
  • CCC applying for a Collective Impact Grant
  • Develop stronger relationships with other gardening groups

LEN & LEN Member Outreach Booths

  • Encourage everyone to share paper materials for booth events (everyone has a little bit of everyone’s materials)

TREA

  • Support groups with ecostations and events and festivals
  • Support groups with resusable plates and utensils at events
  • Access to LUSH cosmetics through board memebr

Zero Waste Forest City

  • Put together outreach materials for 2018
  • Work with other groups to reduce waste at events and programs
  • Recruit volunteers for steering committee
  • Work with London Arts Council to create a visual representation of plastic pollution in London at an event (River Summit? Plastic pulled from river?)

EnviroWestern

  • Collaborate with LEN member groups for events in 2018 to involve Western students

Urban Roots

  • Grow seedlings for partners in the area (perhaps Crouch Resource Centre?)
  • Other events

Other

  • 100in1day events in 2018
  • Continue having annual conference (2015 Pollinator, 2016 Urban Ag, 2017 Resilient Cities)
  • Better connections with Fanshawe and Western for volunteers
  • Add more healthy eating + food focused partners to HEHPA
  • April 22nd Earth Day event (organized by London Heritage Council)
  • January 26-28 London Home and Lifestyle show - opportunity for an outreach booth
  • April 7th Go Wild, Grow Wild Expo organized by Carolinian Canada
  • March 3 2018 Seedy Saturday (Organized by the London Middlesex Master Gardeners)

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