The City of Burlington promotes a variety of environmental programs that you and your family can participate in. Check out some of the programs and get involved to preserve our natural landscapes and practice sustainable habits.
Anti-idling campaigns
We provide anti-idling resources and lend out banners to schools to encourage alignment with our Idling Bylaw.
Community clean-up
You can help keep our city clean and green by joining a community clean-up. Check out BurlingtonGreen to find community clean-up events and see our litter clean-up events throughout the year.
Field and Stream Rescue Team
The Field and Stream Rescue Team holds several projects a year that count on community volunteers to participate and aid in cleaning, general stream rehabilitation and native tree and shrub plantings. The goal is to educate communities through hands-on activities and create an overall cleaner, more natural environment. Each cleanup removes debris and litter from the streams and creeks to reduce potential harmful material from entering the Great Lakes, our freshwater resource. Cleanups also improve water flow and reduce stagnant water where mosquitoes breed.
Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup allows participants to register for a cleanup any time of the year, anywhere land connects to water. Search the interactive map to lead or join a cleanup. Nearly 60,000 registrants cleaned more than 2,000 shorelines across Canada in 2015, removing almost 180,000 kilograms of litter from more than 3,000 kilometres of shoreline.
Halton Children's Water Festival
The Halton Children's Water Festival incorporates Ontario curriculum requirements to offer fun, hands-on learning activities every September. Nearly 60 interactive activities teach children in Grade 2 to Grade 5 about:
- Water conservation and protection
- Water health and safety
- Water science and technology
- Water and Society
Halton Watershed Stewardship Program
Conservation Halton offers a free environmental assistance program to landowners in its jurisdiction called Halton Watershed Stewardship, formerly the Hamilton-Halton Watershed Stewardship Program. The mission is to protect and restore environmentally significant natural areas and watercourses, such as creeks and streams, in the Conservation Halton watersheds.
Yellow Fish Road program
The Yellow Fish Road program teaches the importance of clean water and how individual actions can make a difference to a whole community.