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Cambridge
City Green
An introduction to Cambridge City
Green history, focus, and
projects…
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Cambridge City Green?
• Formed in 1993 at the same time as Cambridge Environmental Advisory Committee – a standing subcommittee with a Terms of Reference
• City Green has worked with 100+ community, school, and business groups and their volunteers on projects
• Three main projects:
1. Annual Event (Movie Night, Workshop, etc.)
2. Cambridge Community Clean Up
3. Tree Planting / Cambridge Stewardship
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Be the change you want to see in the
world…
Sustainable lifestyle changes…
what can YOU do?
Cambridge City Green Focus – the
individual, change is possible,
sustainability….
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Litter clean ups started as “river
clean ups” in Hespeler in 2003
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10 years later…
• 3,000 - 6,000 participants each year
(Spring and some in the Fall)
• Litter has evolved and “blue box
blowout” is now the biggest source
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The volunteers and partners make it
a success each year …
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Annual Event…workshops, movie nights, keynote
speakers, community groups, timely topics
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Cambridge Stewardship
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Cumulative Accomplishments (2007-2014, 8 years)
9,000 stems planted to date (3,507 trees / 1,492 shrubs / 3,989 wildflowers)
150+ native species have been established at 21 sites across the city
75 planting events have hosted well over 2,500 volunteers from over 70 groups;
26.09 acres (10.56 hectares) and 939 linear riparian metres enhanced
For every $1 City funds ($42,021 in total), community partners contributed $3.59
($150,855).
The City’s $161,671 cash and in-kind contributions have leveraged $376,709
from funding partners, community groups, and volunteers over the past 8 years
701.4 tonnes GHG sequestered; 8.77 tonnes per year until 2090s
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BEFORE
AFTER
TD Tree Day Silverheights Park
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Christopher Champlain
Cultivating Community Garden
Fruit and Nut Tree Planting
BEFORE
AFTER
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Fruit Tree cultivar (Plum) Native Fruit Tree (Paw Paw)
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Cambridge
City Green
hosts, leads
and
coordinates…
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Cambridge City Green says “it’s about
people as much as it is about
plants…”….but it’s also about wildlife
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Cambridge City Green facilitates and
educates…
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Cambridge City Green depends on
dedicated volunteers in the meeting
room as well as residents in the
community to make it happen…
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Cambridge City Green helps
community partners realize their
projects…
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Cambridge City Green engages youth…
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Cambridge City Green
Join us and help plan the annual
event, community clean ups,
tree planting….and more