500 MacNab St NBook A Home Energy Evaluation The Energy team at Green Venture had the pleasure of touring the beautifully retrofitted 500 MacNab (also known as the Ken Soble Tower), in Hamilton earlier this month. From concept to reality, retrofitting an 18-storey apartment building constructed in 1967 is no easy feat. Contracted by…
The Role of Airtightness on Hamilton’s Path to Net-Zero by 2050Book A Home Energy Evaluation Green Venture’s energy team had the opportunity to attend the 5th annual Canada’s Innovation Corridor Summit, a leadership gathering focused on driving regional collaboration between Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Hamilton in business, government, and the associations’ sector. This year’s theme…
RECHARGE HAMILTON In response to the climate emergency, the City of Hamilton and SSG Technologies have created a draft plan for Hamilton to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. By focusing on 5 Low-Carbon Transformations, the City of Hamilton intends to embark on a journey to curb the impacts of climate change and reduce the…
Our high school co-op student Emily wrapped up placement at Green Venture early this week. During Emily’s time at Green Venture she worked with the gardening team growing seedlings and helping in the gardens. This photo essay was created by Emily to highlight some of her favorite vegetables that she grew and how gardening has…
The Education Team at Green Venture is excited to announce our summer session of our Youth Stewardship & Professional Skills Program (YSP)! Through the YSP Program, Hamilton high school students develop transferable professional skills, earn volunteer hours, and gain knowledge of environmental issues. Rethink! to Reduce Waste The theme from the most recent YSP…
Back in February, the Green Venture team prepared a variety of tree starting kits with native seeds/acorns, soil, growing pot, and simple step-by-step instructions. These kits were distributed to classes and community members. Over the past few months, we’ve been watching as these acorns grow up into beautiful saplings. Almost 200 acorns/seeds were distributed across…
As spring is slowly coming to an end and summer is just around the corner, Green Venture is wrapping up its first CityHousing Hamilton (CHH) tree planting initiative. Last year, we started off this project by conducting tree inventories using the Neighborwoods© assessment across 20 CHH properties across Hamilton. We were able to assess almost…
What comes to mind when visualizing a native plant garden? For many, it’s a somewhat wild garden space, filled with grasses and wildflowers. For some, this aesthetic is whimsical and right for them. For others, this type of garden feels unkempt and to be avoided. At Green Venture’s EcoHouse we decided to redesign a garden…
It is through social events that gardeners begin to know each other, connect with their community, share knowledge and seeds. On May 14th, 2022 Green Venture hosted our Spring Garden Festival and annual seedling sale and celebrated the community garden opening day. We were thrilled to have several local organizations, small businesses, and garden enthusiasts…
The Green Venture Seedling Sale is on again for 2022 and bigger than ever! It’s so big we’ve made a festival of it. Visitors will be able to join a live ‘Planting for Pollinators’ demonstration by BeeKissedSeeds, ask a Halton Master Gardener for advice, stop by Bird Friendly Hamilton Burlington’s booth to find out how…