Welcome / Bienvenue

The year 2017 will mark Canada's 150th anniversary. G2 (Give Green Canada / Patrimoine vert), is acting as a catalyst for environmental and conservation groups across the country to encourage the creation of green legacies.  

 

"Major anniversaries can be powerful tools to encourage positive action. Canada's 150th in 2017 is one such example that could provide Canadians an opportunity to not only reflect upon the kind of country they wish to see in years to come, but to take action that would result in a green and healthy future." Peter Aykroyd, Communications Director for Canada's Centennial in 1967

G2 was one of the first organizations in Canada to realize the potential of 2017. Two years ago, in March of 2014, we convened a gathering of leaders from environmental and conservation groups across the country, made possible by CISCO Canada using their TelePresence facilities in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto.

The following groups were represented:

• Alberta EcoTrust
• CPAWS 
• Canadian Wildlife Federation
• Canadian Environmental Grantmakers Network / CEGN
• Conservation de la Nature Canada
• David Suzuki Foundation
• Dogwood Initiative
• Echo Foundation
• Ecojustice
• Ecological Gifts Program, Environment Canada
• Equiterre
• G2 Give Green Canada / Patrimoine vert
• IMAGINE Canada
• Nature Canada
• Nature Conservancy of Canada
• Nature Quebec
• Nature Trust of BC
• Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters
• Ontario Land Trust Alliance
• Ontario Nature
• Pembina Foundation
• Projects St.Laurent / Jour de la Terre Quebec
• Sierra Club of Canada
• Stewardship Centre for BC
• Sustainability Network
• Tides Canada Initiatives Society
• Wildlands League
• World Wildlife Fund

Click here to view the presentation (on Scribd) including more information about G2.

For more information please contact:
Natasha van Bentum, CFRE, Director, G2
vanbentum "at" gmail.com

Outreach by G2 to date

Here is a map showing the location of various environmental and conservation groups across the country we have been mentoring and training.  For more information visit our website GiveGreenCanada.ca or contact Natasha van Bentum by email:  vanbentum"at"gmail.com.