Green Venture offers an excellent opportunity for people of any age to get involved. The benefits of volunteering with our community organization are:
All of our volunteer work requires some paperwork (volunteer application, job description sign-off, training in Green Venture programs where applicable) and possibly, a police check.
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Join Green Venture and the Barton Village BIA from 10 AM – 1:00 PM on Friday, April 26 as we collect cigarette butts along Barton St! ❤️ The Hamilton Butt Blitz is a city-wide cigarette butt cleanup event hosted by the City of Hamilton and A Greener Future. Beautiful Alleys in collaboration with Barton BIA…Find Out More
Kenilworth Depave: Join us from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM as we keep our recent Depave Garden planting site on Kenilworth looking amazing! Tasks include weeding, general clean-up maintenance, and mulching. This is a great opportunity for youth looking to gain extra community hours. What to Bring / Wear: Be sure to wear closed-toed shoes…Find Out More
Green Gardening Volunteer Are you looking for an opportunity to get outside, learn about gardening, or just try something new? Our EcoHouse is 2 acres of native plant gardens, rain gardens, a community vegetable garden, demonstration eco-lawn patches, permeable pavers and more. These grounds require a lot of maintenance and upkeep! Our green gardening volunteers…Find Out More
Join us from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM on Saturday, May 4 as we keep our recent mini forest planting at Lake Avenue Park looking amazing! Tasks include weeding, general clean-up maintenance, and mulching. This is a great opportunity for youth looking to gain extra community hours. What to Bring / Wear: Be sure to…Find Out More
Join us from 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM on Wednesday, May 8 for some spring maintenance on our beautiful Adelaide Hoodless depave site to keep it looking lush for the rest of the season! This is a great way to earn volunteer hours and beautify our community. What to Bring / Wear: Be sure to…Find Out More
Are you interested in pursuing a career in early childhood education, environmental stewardship, or just love being outdoors? Volunteer with Nature Kids! At Nature Kids, we need dedicated volunteers to help us run our outdoor children’s program. You will play a crucial role in fostering environmental education among young minds. As a Nature Kids volunteer,…Find Out More
Join us in bringing more community greenspace to Ottawa Street! Green Venture, in partnership with Green Communities Canada and ArcelorMittal Dofasco are working to make Ottawa Street greener. Over the past couple of months, Green Venture has hosted participatory planning workshops at Laidlaw United Church to hear from residents what new green spaces they would…Find Out More
Join us from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM on Wednesday, May 15 as we keep our 2022 Mini Forest planting at Morton Park looking tree-mendous. Tasks include invasive species removal and general clean-up maintenance. This is a great opportunity for youth looking to gain extra community hours. What to Bring / Wear: Be sure to…Find Out More
Join us from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM on Wednesday, May 22 as we keep our recent Depave Garden planting at Good Shepherd Venture Centre looking amazing! Tasks include weeding, general clean-up maintenance, and mulching. This is a great opportunity for youth looking to gain extra community hours. What to Bring / Wear: Be sure…Find Out More
Join us from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM on Thursday, May 23 to keep our Governors Manor and Dundas Valley School of Art looking beautiful. Tasks include invasive species removal and general clean-up maintenance. No experience necessary, all tools provided. Suitable for teenagers and adults. This is a great opportunity for youth looking to gain…Find Out More
Help with the “Adopt a Planter Box” program created by Green Venture, in partnership with Barton BIA and Beautiful Alleys. These planter boxes feature native perennial plants that support local pollinators. The plants are naturally adapted to the climate and soil conditions of Ontario which means they require less maintenance, such as watering and fertilizing,…Find Out More
A catch basin is installed for drainage and is part of a city’s stormwater infrastructure. It collects stormwater runoff and is connected to the sewer system in a combined system or specifically to storm sewers that flow directly into the waterway. If there is too much debris or sediment in the sump it may…Find Out More
You pick your own hours! Green Venture worked with community members across the city to plant gardens and now they need to be maintained. Volunteers are in charge of watering, weeding and maintaining these green spaces. Green Venture will provide supplies and instructions so volunteers know where to go and what to do. Pick location…Find Out More
Join our twice monthly, drop-in, virtual and in person YouthQuake meetings for eco conversations open to all Hamilton youth ages 14-24. Recent topics have included waste, consumerism, fast fashion, food choices, and more. The conversations are youth-led, and guided by Green Venture staff; with the occasional opportunity for guest speakers in the environmental field to share…Find Out More
Green Venture’s Board of Directors is currently seeking a new member to help provide strategic and operational direction for the organization. For more information, see the position description on our Team page.