Green Venture is launching a new program to help keep our waterways clean and protect our communities from floods. Learn how more about catch basins and how to get your certificate today! Stay tuned for litter kits and community clean ups with Green Venture!
Catch Basin Cleaning Guidelines: Steps to keep you safe and our catch basins clean!
Catch Basin Ambassadors Certification Program: This is a 45min-1hr course that provides all the information needed to clean catch basins as well as information about Hamiltons sewer systems and nonpoint source pollution.
Pledge Form: This form can be filled out as a pledge for how many catch basins you will clean. It can be filled out after the completion of the certification course or just after reading about how to clean catch basins on our website!
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Completing a clean up at your school or in your community is a really impactful way to help our local environment and keep wildlife safe. By cleaning up your neighbourhood and using our free resources to track what types of waste you find you will help us determine what kinds of waste are making their way into various environments throughout Hamilton.
Doing a personal waste audit at home or in the classroom will help you to determine the things you throw away most often and how much of it there really is. This is a great step to complete when you are trying to reduce your waste – reducing waste is far easier when you get to know what’s in your bin!
By completing on or both of these projects you will have the opportunity to help keep our communities clean and move forward on your journey to reducing waste. We will compile all of the data submitted to us by the amazing groups and individuals participating in this project, and use it to inform future waste campaigns!
Sign up to participate and receive our free resources here
Contact us at education@greenventure.ca with any questions or more information.
Our first community science project was focused on spongy moth egg sac removal. Spongy moths are an invasive species that wreak havoc on our tree canopy each year, so we are excited that we were able to bring together our community to help keep them under control. This project is currently gearing up to begin again as the fall and winter are the perfect time to remove egg sacs. whether you are a family, community or school group we have the resources you need to care for our urban canopy and remove the egg sacs before they have a chance to hatch. Request your free removal guide here.
If you remove any sacs and have yet to let us know, please fill out this form, and we will add it to our total.
You may have seen us refer to these insects as LDD moths in the past, this is an abbreviation for the insects’ scientific name, Lymantria dispar dispar, and this was the only name used to refer to them for the period of time between June 2021 and March 2022. The Entomological Society of America (ESA), the group in charge of determining common names for insects, decided to remove the previous common name in June of 2021 as part of their Better Names Project because it included a derogatory term for the Romani people. The new name “Spongy Moth” was officially announced on March 2nd, read all about the decision here.
Check out the amazing impact we’ve had!