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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Fall Tree Talk: The Role of Fungi in Urban Forestry

Tree Talk: The Role of Fungi in Urban Forestry Date: Thursday, Oct 17, 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: KYLE MCLOUGHLIN Understanding the role trees play in our developing urban landscape is critical. Fungi however are often […]

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Fall Guided Tree Walk: Fungi in the Forest

Date: Saturday, Oct 19 Time: 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Where: Aboyne Trail (968 Wellington Road 18, south side of road, just east of Wellington County Museum) Cost: $5.00.  Please email neighbourwoods@eloraenvironmentcentre.ca to pre-register.  Join us for a walk with arborist Kyle McLoughlin. Learn to identify common fungi, the difference between a mushroom and a conk, […]

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Plan E Winner Announced

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Plan E, a program incubated by Elora Environment Centre with key national partners, is dedicated to finding and equipping the next generation of Canadian youth to better lead and educate around global Climate Change issues. Our first initiative was The Plan E Climate Video Challenge because we believe that stories hold the power to inspire action. […]

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An Interview with our Urban Forest Manager, Mat Alain

Neighbourwoods sat down with Mat recently and posed some questions that we know readers are wondering: Does the Township use the Inventory Data we’ve collected over the years and if so, how? Yes.  We sure appreciate having the data on so many of our trees and use it in 3 ways: We have established 7 […]

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Tour the Trees of Fergus & Elora

If you are curious to learn more about the history, biology and folklore of some of our community’s celebrated trees, you will be interested to hear that Neighbourwoods has produced an online interactive tool that you can access on your laptop, desktop and mobile phone. This new hands-on Story Map was inspired by last year’s […]