Leave the car at home & greenhouse gases behind. Environment Hamilton is back in Dundas and is working hard to promote and improve the use of sustainable transportation. The Dundas Eco-Motion Project (DEMP) is meant to encourage residents to walk, bike, rollerblade, or bus around their communities to reduce our carbon footprint and improve our health.

Alessandra Gage, student intern and project coordinator of DEMP is currently meeting with city councillors and local community groups to put this project in motion. All news & updates will be added to the project page (located under "Our Projects"), and residents are encouraged to keep an eye out for information posted in the Dundas Star.

If you would like to voice a concern or are interested in getting involved, please call Alessandra at 905-549-0900, or send an email to agage@environmenthamilton.org.

Alessandra Gage
Project Coordinator - Dundas Eco-Motion Project
905-549-0900

Hamilton Fruit Tree Project is in search of funds for the 2010 season.

The increasing need in our community for access to local, organic, tasty fruit, the continual expansion of the volunteer list and  generous tree owners wanting their trees and vines harvested make this project an important initiative and success but lack of funding decreases the amount of fruit harvested.

In partnership with Small Change Fund, Hamilton Fruit Tree Project is looking for donations, big and small!

Charitable tax receipts are available to anyone who makes a donation.

Click this link for more information.

http://smallchangefund.org/projects/hamilton-fruit-tree-project

Thank you in advance for your support!

For more information, contact Juby at jlee.eatlocal(at)environmenthamilton.org

Last month, Environment Hamilton joined hundreds of individuals and organizations – including Friends of the Eramosa Karst, the Hamilton Conservation Authority and the City of Hamilton – in asking the Ontario government to reject a deeply flawed class environmental assessment submitted by the Ontario Realty Corporation to justify selling and developing 80 acres of the provincially designated Eramosa Karst Area of Natural and Scientific Interest (ANSI).

 Environment Hamilton director Joe Minor (PhD, Biology) prepared a 17,000-word review of the environmental assessment and accompanying studies prepared by Ecoplans and others. His work exposes not just a grossly flawed ORC submission, but also indicts an unacceptable environmental assessment process that clearly does not serve the public interest. Instead it suggests that the ORC’s hired consultants define their role in environmental assessment as serving the predetermined ORC objective of selling the ANSI lands for development.

To view a brief summary of Dr. Minor's findings click here.  To view the full submission click here. 

Environment Hamilton's Dundas Eco-Motion Project invites you to come to the:

Downtown Dundas Historical Tour

Stan Nowak, President of the Historical Society will be leading a guided tour of downtown Dundas. Come and join us for a wonderful walk while learning about the rich history that lies in the heart of downtown.

Date: Tuesday, August 24th*
Time: 7pm-8pm
Where: Downtown Dundas (meeting location TBD)

*In the case of rain, this event will be moved to Thursday, August 26th, from 7pm-8pm.

For more information, please direct all inquiries to:
Alessandra Gage
905-549-0900
agage@environmenthamilton.org

Environment Hamilton's Dundas Eco-Motion Project invites you to come to the:

Dundas Heritage District Historical Tour

Stan Nowak, president of the Historical Society, will be back again to lead another engaging historical tour. This time, Stan is taking participants on a one-hour guided tour of the Heritage District/Melville area.

Date: Tuesday, September 21st*
Time: 7pm-8pm
Location: Heritage District (meeting place TBD)

*In the case of rain, this event will be moved to Thursday, September 23rd.

For more information, please direct all inquiries to:
Alessandra Gage
905-549-0900
agage@environmenthamilton.org