We know that change starts at the grass roots 

The Elora Environment Centre works within the community to deliver leading edge environmental programming. Founded in 1993, we have empowered our community to bring meaningful change up from the grassroots ever since. With three focus areas for change—trees, water, and climate—the Elora Environment Centre nurtures community sustainability from the ground up. Check out our almost 25 year history of innovation and delivering change.

A not-for-profit, charitable organization, the Elora Environment Centre relies on our over twenty dedicated volunteers, four summer students, and five-person board of directors to drive change-making in our community. We are a dynamic group who are passionate about pushing the envelope for environmentally sustainable communities—and we welcome you make a difference with us!

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group of citizen pruner volunteers, pruning a tree

Community Maintenance Pruning – March 2019

Community maintenance pruning is planned for March 23, 2019 in the Westminster Highland neighbourhood. Juvenile trees located within the Township owned road right-of-way may be pruned in order to improve their structure and future health. The pruning will take place between 8:30am and 12:00pm by Neighbourwoods Citizen Pruners accompanied by two to three members of […]

yellow shirt, neighbourwoods volunteer, surveying a tree with a measuring tape and a magnifying glass

Tree Inventory Workshop

Saturday, May 11th, 2019 from 9:30am to 4:00pm in Elora $70 per person A Tree Inventory is a valuable and easy way to: gather valuable data about the health, location, and species composition of your urban forest; educate and provide a meaningful experience for community volunteers; reach out to your community. For the last 10 […]

trees in a forest, below an escarpment

Neighbourwoods Spring Tree Talk

“raresites: Land Conservation in the 21st Century” Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 Time: 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Where: Elora Centre for the Arts, 75 Melville St, Elora Cost: Free for members, $5 non-members Speaker: TOM WOODCOCK Rare Charitable Research Reserve is a 900+ acre urban land trust and environmental institute in Waterloo Region/Wellington (near Cambridge). The reserve […]