Oshawa approves community garden

New community garden planned for Legends Centre in Oshawa
Jillian Follert
OSHAWA — Oshawa’s newest community garden is set to sprout at the Legends Centre this fall.
It’s the second local community garden project spearheaded by the Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities, a group dedicated to preserving the planet.
“People need to get back [...]

Jessica Markland Award

Joan Kerr received the Jessica Markland Award for promoting a sustainable lifestyle through creative partnerships

Introducing Windfields Community Garden

The Windfields Community Garden has become a reality and this article Community garden to sprout in north Oshawa, has appeared in newdurhamregion.com by Melissa Mancini.
The vision is to make this a real hub for Oshawa where people can garden, eat nutritious food, connect and just relax.
Gardening is a good way to live healthy and [...]

Oshawa beats provincial Earth Hour average

OSHAWA — Residents pretended there was a power outage on Saturday.
Residents took the Earth Hour challenge and switched off electronics and lights for an hour.
Oshawa’s demand for electricity dropped 6.84 per cent or 10 megawatts during the one-hour worldwide initiative, compared to Ontario’s drop of approximately four per cent or 560 megawatts as reported by [...]

FBSC Getting more organized

The Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities (fbsc.org) is attempting to get more formalized with our tweets and information pertaining to the organization and have created a the twitter account fbscinfo.  Some exciting projects to follow are:

Earth Hour Community Event
Earth Week
A Growing Concern: community gardens, CSA and home gardening
Speakers’ Forum
Reelfood

Lots of exciting programs and partnerships designed [...]