{"id":578,"date":"2021-08-17T07:46:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T11:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationecho.ca\/environment\/"},"modified":"2024-12-20T15:37:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T20:37:56","slug":"environment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fondationecho.ca\/en\/environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Environment<\/h3>

In 2024, Echo Foundation awarded grants totalling $9,121,905<\/strong> to support a variety of concrete endeavours which reflect the Foundation\u2019s environmental priorities and concerns, including:

Action Saint-Fran\u00e7ois
<\/strong>Sherbrooke, Quebec
($25,000, over three years) $10,000
<\/em>For its waterway cleaning activities.

Alliance of Canadian Land Trusts
<\/strong>Victoria, British Columbia
($150,000, over three years) $50,000
<\/em>For its operating expenses.

Algonquin to Adirondacks Collaborative (A2A)
<\/strong>Lansdowne, Ontario
($60,000, over two years) $30,000
<\/em>For its cope operating expenses.

Les Amis de la Montagne
<\/strong>Montreal, Quebec
($200,000, over two years) $100,000
<\/em>To increase public awareness of Mount-Royal and the need for its long\u2011term protection.

Appalachian Corridor
<\/strong>Eastman, Quebec
($225,000, over three years) $75,000
<\/em>For the protection of the natural corridor spanning the Vermont\/Quebec border and extending from the Green Mountains, through the Sutton Mountains, to Mount Orford and beyond.

Appalachian Corridor
<\/strong>Eastman, Quebec
<\/em>$250,000
For the protection of the Bri\u00e8re Property, 1,420\u00a0acres along the border north of South Richford.

Birds Canada \/ Wildlife Conservation Society \/ NatureServe Canada
<\/strong>Port Rowan, Ontario<\/em>
($350,000, over three years) $100,000
<\/em>For their project \u201cIdentifying and Stewarding Key Biodiversity Areas in Canada\u201d.

Canadian Organic Growers \/ Regeneration Canada
<\/strong>Ottawa, Ontario
$50,000
<\/em>For its project titled \u201cRegenerative Agriculture Roadmap 2030\u201d.

The Canary Research Institute for Mining, Environment and Health
<\/strong>Ottawa, Ontario
($200,000, over two years) $100,000
<\/em>For the promotion of improved mining regulations and policies, studies on the environmental and socio-economic impacts of mining operations, as well as for administrative expenses.

Capitale Nature
<\/strong>Quebec City, Quebec
($45,000, over two years) $20,000
<\/em>For its project \u201cCanvassing of acquisitions and its property management plan\u201d.

Centre for Environmental Leadership in Canada
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($375,000, over three years) $125,000
<\/em>For the GreenPAC Parliamentary Internship Program.

Centre for Land Conservation \/ Kawartha Land Trust
<\/strong>Ottawa, Ontario
($525,000, over three years) $200,000
<\/em>For the joint project titled \u201cResilience through Collaboration: Conservation partnership, mentoring.and capacity building in the Peterborough and Kawartha Lakes region\u201d

Citizens Environment Alliance of Southwestern Ontario<\/strong>
Windsor, Ontario<\/em>
($450,000, over two years) $225,000<\/em>
For The Urban Climate Alliance.

The Climate Reality Project Canada
<\/strong>Montreal, Quebec
$75,000
<\/em>For its work in Ontario.

Community Energy Association
<\/strong>Vancouver, British Columbia
($182,000, over two years) $91,000
<\/em>For the \u201cNational Municipal Climate Action Accelerator (NMCAA)\u201d project.

Community Forests International
<\/strong>Sackville, New Brunswick
($300,000, over three years) $100,000
<\/em>For its Forgotten Forests project.

Conservation Council fo New Brunswick
<\/strong>Fredericton, New Brunswick
$50,000
<\/em>For its work in supporting wetland protection and forest conservation.

DataStream Initiative
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($180,000, over three years) $60,000
<\/em>For its operating expenses.

Earth Rangers
<\/strong>Woodbridge, Ontario
($65,000, over two years) $35,000
<\/em>For its \u2018ER Teens\u2019 program.

Earthroots
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($195,000, over three years) $75,000
<\/em>For its capacity building.

East Coast Environmental Law Association
<\/strong>Halifax, Nova Scotia
($225,000, over three years) $75,000
<\/em>For its capacity building.

\u00c9co-Corridors Laurentiens
<\/strong>St. Jerome, Quebec
($150,000, over three years) $50,000
<\/em>For the consolidation of the ecological network in the Laurentians.

Ecojustice Canada
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($600,000, over three years) $200,000
<\/em>For its project \u201cAligning Canada\u2019s Financial System with Climate and Environmental Goals\u201d.

Ecology Action Centre
<\/strong>Halifax, Nova Scotia
($150,000, over two years) $75,000
<\/em>For its operating expenses.

Ecology Action Centre
<\/strong>Halifax, Nova Scotia
($140,000, over two years) $70,000
<\/em>For its project \u201cCommitting to e-school buses across Atlantic Canada\u201d.

Elora Centre for Environmental Excellence
<\/strong>Elora, Ontario
$35,000
<\/em>For \u201cThe Tree Trust\u201d.

Environmental Defence Canada
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($600,000, over three years) $200,000
<\/em>For its work on plastics and its capacity building.

Environmental Defence Canada
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
<\/em>$50,000
To support the Strathmere Group to nurture collaborative work among ENGOs.

Environment Funders Canada
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
$1,000,000
<\/em>To support the work of the Low Carbon Funders\u2019 Group as reflected in the Pan-Canadian Framework.

\u00c9quiterre
<\/strong>Montreal, Quebec
($300,000, over two years) $150,000
<\/em>For its project \u201cBuilding resilient agriculture to tackle the climate and biodiversity crises\u201d.

Fatal Light Awareness Program Canada
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
$15,000
<\/em>For its operating expenses.

Finance Engage Sustain \/ Re_Generation
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
<\/em>$35,000
<\/em>For the project \u201cEmpowering the Next Generation of Employee Advocates to Accelerate the Clean Economy\u201d.

Fondation de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec en Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue
<\/strong>Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec
($50,000, over two years) $25,000
<\/em>For the enhancement of the historical collection of Camp Chicobi.

Fondation en environnement et d\u00e9veloppement durable
<\/strong>Montreal, Quebec
$45,000
<\/em>For the mobilization of civil society in view of the COP16 on biodiversity.

Fondation S\u00c9THY
<\/strong>Granby, Quebec
($85,000, over three years) $15,000
<\/em>For its conservation and restoration projects.

Foundation of Greater Montreal
<\/strong>Montreal, Quebec
<\/em>($95,000, over two years) $30,000
<\/em>For the \u201cFund for Climate and Ecological Transition\u201d.

Friends of the Muskoka Watershed
<\/strong>Bracebridge, Ontario
<\/em>($30,000, over three years) $10,000
<\/em>For \u201cASHMuskoka\u201d.

Friends of the Rouge Watershed
<\/strong>Scarborough, Ontario
<\/em>($30,000, over three years) $10,000
<\/em>For its project \u201cEducating and Activating School and Community Volunteers to Restore Forests and Wetlands, and Combat Pollution, Climate Change, Flooding and Biodiversity-Loss\u201d.

Georgian Bay Mnidoo Gamii Biosphere
<\/strong>Parry Sound, Ontario
<\/em>($150,000, over two years) $75,000
<\/em>For the \u201cState of the Bay: Mobilizing Knowledges\u201d project.

Greenbelt Foundation
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
<\/em>($300,000, over three years) $100,000
<\/em>For its project titled \u201cValuing Nature in Municipal Asset Management\u201d.

Green Communities Foundation
<\/strong>Peterborough, Ontario
$105,000
<\/em>For the \u201cLiving Cities Canada Demonstration Fund\u201d.

Greener Village
<\/strong>Fredericton, New-Brunswick
($120,000, over three years) $60,000
<\/em>To build Atlantic Canada\u2019s first Perishable Food Rescue Centre.

Greenpeace Canada Education Fund
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
$30,000
<\/em>For a research on Paper Excellence\u2019s impact on nature loss in Canada.

Green Thumbs Growing Kids
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($50,000, over two years) $25,000
<\/em>For its Kids Growing Program.

Le Groupe Ambioterra
<\/strong>St. Chrysostome, Quebec
($60,000, over three years) $15,000
<\/em>For the protection of natural habitats in southwestern Quebec.

Ignatius Jesuit Centre
<\/strong>Guelph, Ontario
($70,000, over two years) $35,000
<\/em>For the project titled \u201cNew Farmer Education in Regenerative Organic Agriculture\u201d.

Ivey Foundation \/ Clean Prosperity
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($300,000, over three years) $100,000
<\/em>To research, develop and socialize economic policies aligned with a net-zero by 2050 goal.

Ivey Foundation \/ Clean Prosperity
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($100,000, over two years) $50,000
<\/em>For the \u201cHub project\u201d.

Junction Creek Stewardship Committee
<\/strong>Sudbury, Ontario
($30,000, over three years) $10,000
<\/em>For its project \u201cCommunity-led action to address stormwater pollutants\u201d.

Legacy Fund for the Environment
<\/strong>Montreal, Quebec
($150,000, over four years) $40,000
<\/em>For the hiring of a new Executive Director and an Administrative Assistant.

MakeWay Charitable Society
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($250,000, over three years) $100,000
<\/em>For Our Living Waters, and their work to ensure clean and healthy waters for all Canadians.

MakeWay Charitable Society
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
<\/em>($180,000, over three years) $60,000
<\/em>For the EcoAnalytics<\/em> initiative.

Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust
<\/strong>Carleton Place, Ontario
$55,000
<\/em>For the protection of the 256-acre Marl Lake Nature Reserve.

The Narwhal News Society
<\/strong>Victoria, British Columbia
($160,000, over two years) $85,000
<\/em>For its Ontario bureau operating expenses.

The Natural Step (Canada) Inc.
<\/strong>Ottawa, Ontario
($300,000, over three years) $100,000
<\/em>For its project \u201cInvest in Nature Expert Resources Hub\u201d.

Nature Canada
<\/strong>Ottawa, Ontario
($360,000, over four years) $120,000
<\/em>For its project titled \u201cScaling Up Nature-based Climate Solutions in Canada\u201d.

Nature Conservancy of Canada
<\/strong>Montreal, Quebec
($100,000, over three years) $30,000
<\/em>For its efforts to protect the public and private lands of the natural corridor between Kenauk and Mont Tremblant National Park.

Nature Conservancy of Canada
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
$40,000
<\/em>For the acquisition and protection of the 99.69-acre Ganaraska Headwaters.

Nature Canada
<\/strong>Ottawa, Ontario
($50,000, over two years) $25,000
<\/em>For the Green Budget Coalition, which regroups over 20 leading environmental organizations, which analyzes the environmental impacts of the Federal government\u2019s draft budgets and makes recommendations thereon.

Nature Nova Scotia
<\/strong>Kentville, Nova Scotia
$26,780
<\/em>For capacity building.

Nature United
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($1,000,000, over five years) $200,000
<\/em>For the Great Bear Sea Project Finance for Permanence.

The New Farm Centre for Climate Action
<\/strong>Creemore, Ontario
$50,000
<\/em>For the demonstration and development of a regenerative farming system.

Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust<\/strong>
Schomberg, Ontario
$150,000
<\/em>For the acquisition and protection of the 98.1-acre Northumberland property.

Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust<\/strong>
Schomberg, Ontario
($300,000, over three years) $100,000
<\/em>For capacity building.

Oceana Canada<\/strong>
Toronto, Ontario
($225,000, over three years) $75,000
<\/em>For its work on reducing plastics.

Ontario Clean Air Alliance Research Inc.<\/strong>
Toronto, Ontario
($100,000, over two years) $50,000
<\/em>For its work to promote the phasing out Ontario\u2019s gas plants and gas for home heating and meeting Ontario\u2019s future needs with renewable energy.

Ontario Farmland Trust
<\/strong>Guelph, Ontario
<\/em>$40,000
<\/em>For the PEC Cluster Initiative.

Ontario Streams
<\/strong>Aurora, Ontario
($300,000, over three years) $100,000
<\/em>For its project titled \u201cConserving and Rehabilitating Southern Ontario Watersheds 2023-2026\u201d.

Ontario Turtle Conservation Centre
<\/strong>Selwyn, Ontario
($45,000, over three years) $15,000
<\/em>For its educational programming.

Ottawa Riverkeeper
<\/strong>Ottawa, Ontario
($150,000, over three years) $50,000
<\/em>For its Watershed Health Assessment and Monitoring initiative.

Park People
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
$30,000
<\/em>For its administrative expenses and for community groups with a mental health program.

The Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development \/ Pollution Probe \/ Ecology Ottawa
<\/strong>Calgary, Alberta
($60,000, over two years) $30,000
<\/em>For the Ontario Electric School Bus coordination working group.

Quebec Environmental Law Centre
<\/strong>Montreal, Quebec
$60,000
<\/em>For its operating expenses.

Quebec-Labrador Foundation
<\/strong>Montreal, Quebec
($325,000, over three years) $125,000
<\/em>For its work on connectivity in the Northern Appalachian-Acadian\/Wabanaki ecoregion and for a Northeastern North America Landscape Connectivity Summit and Action Plan.

Rivers Foundation
<\/strong>Montreal, Quebec
($50,000, over two years) $25,000
<\/em>For its project \u201cNO to unjustified dams\u201d.

Sackville Rivers Association
<\/strong>Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia
$15,000
<\/em>For its River Restoration Project.

Salal Foundation \/ Canopy
<\/strong>Vancouver, British Columbia
($225,000, over three years) $75,000
<\/em>For its collaboration with Canopy for conservation work under the Salal Foundation’s program priority Greening Canadian Industries.

Salal Foundation
<\/strong>Vancouver, British Columbia
\u00a0($80,000, over two years) $40,000
<\/em>For the \u201cFor Our Kids\u201d initiative.

Salal Foundation
<\/strong>Vancouver, British Columbia
\u00a0$75,000
<\/em>For the \u201cFossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Initiative\u201d.

Second Harvest Canada
<\/strong>Etobicoke, Ontario
$25,000
<\/em>For its projects \u201cDirect Food Rescue and Delivery\u201d and \u201cOnline Food Rescue Application\u2019\u201d.

Small Change Fund
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($150,000, over three years) $50,000
<\/em>For its operating expenses.

Small Change Fund
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
$20,000
<\/em>For its project \u201cShaping a Fair and Transparent Greenbelt Act Review\u201d.

Small Change Fund
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
$5,000
<\/em>For the Commerce and Engineering Environmental Conference at Queen\u2019s University.

Small Change Fund
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($600,000, over two years) $200,000
<\/em>For the \u201cPublic Voice Fund\u2019.

Small Change Fund
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($150,000, over two years) $75,000
<\/em>For the project \u201cChanging the Conversation in Newfoundland & Labrador\u201d.

Small Change Fund
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($100,000, over two years) $50,000
<\/em>For the Climate Justice Organizing Hub.

Small Change Fund
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($600,000, over three years) $200,000
<\/em>For its efforts to protect the Toronto Greenbelt.

Sustainability Network
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($150,000, over three years) $60,000
For the implementation of the Vision2030 framework.

Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement
<\/strong>Waterloo, Ontario
($120,000, over two years) $60,000
<\/em>For the \u201cOntario Community of Practice\u201d of the Community Climate Transition.

Toronto Association of Neighbourhood Services
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($120,000, over two years) $40,000
<\/em>To support the work of the Ontario Nonprofit Network.

Township of Uxbridge
<\/strong>Uxbridge, Ontario
$50,000
<\/em>For its efforts to add land to Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park.

La Transformerie
<\/strong>Montreal, Quebec
$30,000
<\/em>For its project \u201cLes Rescap\u00e9s<\/em>\u201d.

Trent University
<\/strong>Peterborough, Ontario
($72,000, over three years) $24,000
<\/em>For the implementation of the Trent Nature Areas Stewardship Plan.

Vivre en Ville
<\/strong>Quebec City, Quebec
($150,000, over two years) $75,000
<\/em>For its project \u201cAccelerating the Energy and Ecological Transition of Greater Montr\u00e9al and Qu\u00e9bec’s Built Environment \u2013 Component 2.0\u201d.

The Walrus Foundation
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
$25,000
<\/em>For a series of articles on climate change.

Whistler Centre for Sustainability Institute Society
<\/strong>Whistler, British Columbia
($400,000, over four years) $100,000
<\/em>For the \u201cClimate Caucus\u201d.

Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
$100,000
<\/em>For conservation work in Ontario\u2019s northern Boreal area, mapping and GIS support of the northern Appalachian\/Acadian ecoregion and for its operating expenses.

Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
<\/strong>Toronto, Ontario
($450,000, over three years) $150,000
<\/em>For its project \u201cAdvancing Conservation in the Far North in Ontario\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Environment In 2024, Echo Foundation awarded grants totalling $9,121,905 to support a variety of concrete endeavours which reflect the Foundation\u2019s environmental priorities and concerns, including: Action Saint-Fran\u00e7oisSherbrooke, Quebec($25,000, over three years) $10,000For its waterway cleaning activities. Alliance of Canadian Land TrustsVictoria, British Columbia($150,000, over three years) $50,000For its operating expenses. Algonquin to Adirondacks Collaborative (A2A)Lansdowne, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-578","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationecho.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationecho.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationecho.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationecho.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationecho.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fondationecho.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationecho.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}