GreenHere Information

Vision GreenHere envisions a thriving urban forest created and sustained through an engaging and accessible stewardship process, optimizing public space and land usage in marginalized communities. Mission GreenHere is focused on collaborating with communities to enhance green infrastructure and local stewardship of the urban forest, increasing canopy coverage to improve the quality of the environment and thereby the health of all residents. GreenHere Organizational Profile GreenHere is a registered charity dedicated to increasing the urban forest in lower income communities to improve environmental and human health while boosting social cohesion and engagement. GreenHere was initiated to mitigate against the detrimental health, social, and environmental affects that result from a critical lack of green space. By addressing environmental justice and social issues faced in mixed residential/ industrial neighbourhoods, GreenHere delivers a number of community-based tree planting, environmental planning and stewardship programs that involve community consultation and decision-making, multilingual outreach, workshops, festivals and greening/reforestation initiatives in urban neighbourhoods. GreenHere promotes access and equity surrounding green space, fosters youth engagement and stewardship, and works from a community development model. Through a website, public consultations and a variety of presentations, GreenHere shares its best practices with other communities and municipalities to support the development of other community-based environmental initiatives.