Rain Barrels for Sale Scugog Connections is hosting a truckload sale of rain barrels on Saturday June 2, at the Port Perry Farmers Market from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Funds raised will support local environmental outreach activities. Saturday June 2, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Port Perry Farmers Market The price is only $60 Read more …
Pitch-In Week 2012 with TELUS TELUS and Durham Sustain Ability worked together to participate in Pitch-In Week on April 24, 2012 along the Hwy 7A Causeway in Port Perry. With the help from the TELUS crew, we picked up over 69 bags of litter! Most notably, 2 tires, a camping chair, a canister of oil, Read more …
Pet Waste Composters April 21 and 22 at 11:00am If we keep rain clean by reducing non-point source pollution sources, we can make our lakes and rivers safer for swimming, habitat and improve drinking water quality downstream. Participants in this seminar will learn about pet waste pollutants and will build dog waste composters for their Read more …
Volunteers Needed Durham Sustain Ability is participating in the Port Perry Home and Garden Show on April 21st and 22nd, this weekend! We will be promoting our RAIN program this weekend and are looking for 2 eager volunteers on each day to help with a variety of activities. Volunteers will receive training on-site prior to Read more …
Creating healthy habitats for wild, native bees Explore the relationship between native bees, our local food network, and how to create healthy bee habitats. Thursday, March 22 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Manilla Hall Simcoe Street (just south of Highway 7) Brock Please click here to register online. Susan Chan, of Farms at Work, will Read more …
Greenwashing – January 31, 2012 - 7:00 pm Scugog Connections, your environmental action center and P’Lovers present: EnviroChats – an informal evening that draws the community together to tackle all things “green”. Join Carlie McDonald of Scugog Connections to learn about Greenwashing. You’ll learn about the tricks companies use to mislead consumers into believing the products you Read more …
The 3/50 Project Click for more information. Think Local this season, and all year ’round.
Yellow Fish Road The Yellow Fish Road™ program is a nation-wide environmental education initiative launched by Trout Unlimited Canada in 1991. Since 1991, thousands of Canadian youth have participated in the Yellow Fish Road™ program to learn about their water supply and the impact their community has on the supply of clean water. Participants remind Read more …
November EnviroChats – Goat’s Milk Soap Co. Environmental experts and professionals will address hot button topics affecting our environment. Every month will address a new and exciting topic – it’s a chance to meet regularly to chat, debate, socialize and connect with other Scugog residents passionate about environmental and sustainability issues. November 29, 2011 is our Read more …
Pond Workshop Do you have a pond? Want to build a pond? Or going to close an old pond? Attend this workshop to learn about the following: How ponds function and change over the course of 10 or 20 years How to manage aquatic plant and algae growth, and other issues The best locations for Read more …