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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 (almost 10,000!), 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).

Oakville Beaver: Oakville passes air quality bylaw

February 3, 2010

A new bylaw aimed at making Oakville's air easier to breathe has received unanimous approval from local politicians.

The town's new Health Protection Air Quality bylaw puts air-polluting industries on notice that the Town may not be a welcoming new home. It also makes Oakville the first Ontario jurisdiction to regulate fine particulate matter.

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Say No to the Power Plant

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Yes! The new fine particulate bylaw will help but the fight is not over so stay informed and get involved.

Visit Citizens for Clean Air (C4CA) to learn more about the facts of the Power Plant, for upcoming events and to join the email distribution.

Oakvillegreen Conservation Association is fundamentally opposed to any new electrical generation being created that relies on finite resources whether they be oil, natural gas or uranium. Given that our goal is creating a sustainable, resilient society we believe new generation should come from renewable resources and that government funding and legislation should be directed toward supporting renewable power generation. Coupled with this, we believe the focus should be on conserving energy, supported by policies and legislation from all levels of government.

End the Fluoridation of Municipal Drinking Water

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Oakvillegreen Conservation Association, in conjunction with groups such as Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) and Great Lakes United, calls for an end to fluoridation of drinking water.

There is evidence to suggest that the fluoride contained in treated drinking water may be harmful to human health and it is known that water fluoridation chemicals can be harmful to the environment.
In the interest of human health and the environment, Oakvillegreen will henceforth lend our support to those groups working to end the fluoridation of municipal drinking water.

For further information please view these statements by CAPE and Great Lakes United.

Climate Action Plan: Get informed, take action

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Unfortunately, from the global perspective, 2009 didn’t end on such a high note with the utter failure of the Copenhagen Conference to achieve anything of significance in combatting the climate crisis. As the new year progresses, Oakvillegreen will continue to move forward with our Climate Action Plan and keep you informed about what you can do personally, and what you can do as an advocate, to push our federal politicians to take action on this most urgent of issues.

Below are some websites to help inform you and give some ways to take action.

Invite us to speak to your school or community group

Dear Educators & Friends:

If you are looking for engaging presentations to add to your lessons on the environment, science, civics, social studies or urban design, Oakvillegreen Conservation Association President Liz Benneian would be pleased to visit your classroom. Established in 2000, Oakvillegreen is a non-profit, non-partisan environmental organization advocating for policies and initiatives to make our community healthy and sustainable.

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.

Photo courtesy of Maria Toyes, Alternatives Journal

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!

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