Last year OURS, Trees Please Winnipeg, our amazing member groups as well as other environmental and climate organizations lobbied Winnipeg City Council to sign the Montreal Biodiversity Pledge. And Winnipeg is now formally listed as a signatory! https://montreal.ca/en/articles/montreal-pledge-call-cop15-launched-to-worlds-cities-39529 This pledge commits to the city to…
Let’s thank Mayor Gillingham and City Council for honouring the commitments they made in the Trees Please Pledge by providing significantly more financial resources in the 2024-2027 budget. Find out how!
Happy new year…. we have GREAT NEWS to share! On December 14th City Council passed the 20-Year Winnipeg Urban Forest Strategy. Now, the city’s Budget Committee MUST fund that strategy IN FULL! A vote on the budget will take place in March, but budget talks are now in…
The following is a letter sent by Trees Please Winnipeg on October 31, 2023 in support of the Coalition to Save the Lemay Forest. PDF version here. To: His Honour the Mayor, Scott Gillingham; City Councillors Markus Chambers, Brian Mayes, Janice Lukes, Sherri Rollins, John…
Are you a resident or community group who’d like to get more replacement trees planted on your boulevards or in your neighbourhood parks and greenspaces? Then check out funding available from the City’s Home Grown Program! Details here: https://www.winnipeg.ca/services-programs/trees-environment/trees/tree-planting/tree-planting-grants APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 10, 2023. For…
“What struck me, apart from the grief associated with the tree’s demise was the anxiety, guilt and powerlessness my friend felt in the face of that potential loss. Was there something she could have done to save the tree? Should she have scraped together the…
Next Tuesday, city council’s Executive Policy Committee will discuss and vote on the Strategic Priorities Action Plan (SPAP). Simply put, the SPAP sets out a roadmap of spending priorities for the 4-year council term. On page 16, you’ll find two HUGE wins for the urban forest. Priority Action…
A note from our friends at Sustainable Building MB: Tell Winnipeg city council to make its Community Energy Investment Roadmap a budget priority by including it in the SPAP. Learn more: https://www.sustainablebuildingmanitoba.ca/make-ceir-a-budget-priority/
Great news! On April 27, Winnipeg City Council voted to have staff prepare a report on signing the Montreal Pledge: Cities United in Action for Biodiversity. If Winnipeg signs the Montreal Pledge it will Toronto, Vancouver and dozens of other cities around the world in committing to…
The City of Winnipeg may soon explore a new commitment to biodiversity, which supporters say should serve as a stepping stone to actions that protect the environment. “It announces to the public that (the city means) business about sustainability, about protecting biodiversity and addressing climate…
