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Oakvillegreen - Your voice today for a sustainable tomorrow

Oakvillegreen is Oakville’s largest residents’ association that has been working for almost a decade to protect our environment, promote sustainable planning and make sure that new development pays for itself. We are a very successful group. Please take a read through our list of accomplishments. Aside from our advocacy work we also hold regular meetings with guest speakers, host free seminars, plant native trees and shrubs (more than 8,000!), make presentations to schools and community groups and host special events.

We also keep our members and friends up to date on the local municipal and Regional issues that impact your life. We invite you to add your name to our email list so we can keep you updated about issues and events. You are also welcome to become a member or volunteer with our tree initiatives. Thank you for visiting us.

If you have any questions or concerns to discuss or if you would like to have us come talk to your school or community group, please contact me, Liz Benneian, President, by This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or by phone at 1-905-562-3819.

To download our Oakvillegreen brochure, please click here (Adobe Acrobat required).

Deadline is extended to Dec. 4th for the Oakville Urban Forest Arts Contest

Oakvillegreen Conservation Association and the Town of Oakville invite local residents and students to capture the beauty of Oakville’s urban forests by entering the Oakville Urban Forest Arts Contest. Short stories, songs, poems and photographs with the theme Our Future Forest, are wanted.

For contest details and nomination form, click here.

Read the media release....

Free Forum Focuses on Climate Crisis

Many people are discouraged that the upcoming Copenhagen Conference on the Climate Crisis is being expected to fail before it’s even begun, but there is still much people can do to take action on this issue. Learn what at the Climate Crisis Forum on Friday, December 4 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road in the Atrium. The evening will begin with a panel discussion and will be followed by a facilitated public forum.

Check out our Fall calendar of events!

Wednesday, December 2 at 7:30pm
Oakville Town Hall, the Trafalgar Room
Oakvillegreen hosts the movie The Age of Stupid
(Not recommended for children)

Friday, December 4, 7.30 p.m.

Climate Crisis Forum

Atrium, Oakville Town Hall, 1225 Trafalgar Road

For more information about these and other Oakvillegreen events, contact Jennifer at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Oakvillegreen President Liz Benneian Wins National Award

We are thrilled to announce that Oakvillegreen president Liz Benneian has been selected as the 2009 national recipient of Earth Day Canada's Hometown Hero Award.

For more information on the awards & photos from the ceremony, visit the gala site, and for a copy of Liz's acceptance speech click here or to view the press release.

Welcome to the Transition Town movement!

Oakvillegreen invites you to learn about Transition Towns, a global movement that seeks to inspire, catalyze and support community responses to peak oil and climate chaos. Hear how citizens, gathering together in their own communities and using their own knowledge, skills, creativity and imagination, have been coming up with exciting projects to make their communities more livable, healthy and resilient.

Please contact Hart Jansson at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to learn more and/or join one of the working groups. Visit www.TransitionOakville.ca to learn more and to check out the great calendar of events.
Join the movement today!

Let's All Shop Oakville!

Oakvillegreen promotes living, working, playing & shopping locally in order to reduce our carbon footprint and contribute to a vibrant, resilient community.