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TREA’s composting demonstration site and ground covers are looking good. Please invite those who are interested in viewing various options of each to drop by. We also have a pollinator garden, which is coming along. Often, we get inquiries about placing a composter in the shade. Successful composting can occur under a wide range of…

During August, TREA reorganized and updated a past publication entitled Composting 101. Now available online and as a handout. Please share the publication found here.

Once again, Earth Overshoot Day has passed as it happened on August 22, more than three weeks later than last year. It is presumed to be a direct result of the coronavirus-induced lockdowns around the world, not the intentional change needed to achieve both ecological balance and people’s well-being through influential aspects of sustainability. Each…

Given the pandemic, Compost Day and June bike month events organized through Cycle Link were postponed. TREA’s support of CAN-Bike London Continues. Trainings are starting this month from a waitlist of folks on ‘Learn to Ride’. We also anticipate a CB2 course and a CB4 course this summer. Details are being finalized.

Our series of TREA how-to workshops postponed mid-March given the COVID-19 is now picking up, and we welcome you to join us either on-site or online for these sessions. On July 8th, we kicked off our first workshop in partnership with ReForest London’s Signal Boost program on Compost 101 with Caitlyn Lyons from TREA.

Over the month of June, we welcomed new summer staff and reorganized our workshop series and speakers, and developed an online venue, Zoom. Grosvenor Lodge, where TREA’s office is located has not been accessible to us except for business matters given two essential workers also have offices and work in the building. As of July…

We continue our Environment 101 workshops for newcomers and are planning more sessions for the new year. A section is online in Spanish, French and Arabic for community to reference, visit  https://www.trea.ca/introduction-to-environment-spanish/ The City Public Participation meeting on zoning by-law amendments to allow city-wide ‘farm gate’ sales on lands not zoned agriculture was postponed so City…

During September, TREA members supported composting at a Labour Day community picnic, at an MPP ‘s constituency picnic, the Woodfield Street Fair and the Komoka Enviro Fest. We had good weather all round! Woodfield in particular is a great example of neighbourhood engagement. They hold Victorian Fair Games, games for children of all ages reflective…

TREA has had a busy August so far including collecting the compost and recycling material at a  London Cross Cultural Centre’s community event, neighbourhood waste surveys in Cleardale subdivision, and the nurturing of TREA’s pollinator garden and compost demonstration site.  We are excited to help CAN-Bike, LHSC  and the Big Bike Giveaway again,  this year…

This past year has been busy for TREA in reaching the community. Key projects in 2018 have included: -TREA facilitating environmental workshops with newcomers (primarily in the Spanish community). -Conducting surveys/discussion on waste reduction barriers and solutions door-to-door in the Woodfield neighbourhood (this summer) and Kensington Village (this fall). -Promoting local food and energy conservation…