Tree Trimming
Some progress but still a
long way to go - page 3
Confessions
of a car lover - page 2
EcoHouse
Tour Green Venture’s
environmentally friendly
150-year old retrofitted
house - page 4
Hamilton’s first Tree Tonne Tally was installed
last month in Strathcona
neighbourhood’s Victoria
Park. Lee Baxter and Ian
Warren built this visual ‘thermometer’ to record the
greenhouse gas reductions
achieved by students and
their families at the nearby
Strathcona/SAGE schools.
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HELP PLANT TREES THIS SPRING
City councillors Brian
McHattie and Dave Braden
are organizing community
tree planting events, with
the first taking place Saturday
morning, April 30. They
expect to plant at least 3000
trees during this year.
If you would like to help,
please contact us immediately
at (905) 549-0900 or
the email address below. If
you’re too late for the April
planting, there are three more
scheduled during May and
there will certainly be Fall
planting dates as well.
All you need to bring is a
pointed shovel and a pail.
One planting location will
be along the pedestrian and
cycling path that borders the
Lincoln Alexander Parkway,
but the councillors hope to
plant some trees this year
in each of the city’s fifteen
wards in an initiative called
Trees Across Hamilton.
In announcing the program,
Braden declared: “The
message is if you want to
green this community, we
gotta do it ourselves, not
just rely on government”.
Trees Across Hamilton is
funded by the Future Fund.
Get involved: tonnes@environmenthamilton.org
Tree Planting Sites on April 30th
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