Emergency Preparedness Week is May 4–10, 2025. Emergencies can occur in any season, and being prepared helps ensure your safety, as well as the safety of your loved ones and neighbours. Steps to Prepare for Any Emergency Create a Step-by-Step Emergency Plan Prepare Emergency Kits Home Emergency Kit Have a kit ready with essential items: … More Emergency Preparedness Week 2025: Be Prepared for Every Season
Our climate is changing, and our weather is becoming warmer, wetter and wilder. Earlier this month, local programs and tips to increase your resilience to rain events were highlighted. Now we are turning our focus to insurance. Ask yourself, if a significant rain event were to occur today and your home or car was damaged, … More Insurance: Are You Covered for Extreme Weather Events?
It’s April and as the saying goes, “April showers bring May flowers.” While rain in the spring is normal, the way rain falls has been changing. The slow, steady rain, while still occurring at times, seems to be increasingly replaced by heavy, isolated downpours. While we can’t control the rain, there are many steps we … More Tips to increase your resilience to rain events
The MyHEAT Thermal Map is an educational resource for Burlington residents to help you see your home’s heat loss from a bird’s-eye view and compare it to similar homes in your neighbourhood. How was the MyHEAT Thermal Map developed? Enbridge Gas has partnered with MyHEAT to collect aerial rooftop infrared heat loss information in the … More Discover Your Home’s Heat Loss With MyHEAT Thermal Map
Earth Hour began in Sydney, Australia in 2007 as a movement to take action on climate change. At first, the action was symbolic, asking people to turn their lights off for one hour. Earth Hour eventually included messaging around biodiversity and the importance of protecting and restoring nature. Since 2023, the message has focused on … More Earth Hour – Going Beyond the Hour
It’s March and with that comes the official end of winter and the arrival of spring. Spring is known for its showers and for the start of the gardening season. The two are closely connected by the phrase “April showers bring May flowers.” This spring, Conservation Halton is once again hosting their popular online and … More Workshops: Plan for Flood Prevention and Design Your Native Landscape
This year, winter returned to Burlington! Kids tobogganed, built snow sculptures and tunnels, and even had a snow day! Meanwhile many adults shoveled, and shoveled, and shoveled some more. However, I know some took advantage of the winter weather such as the person I saw cross-country skiing on one of the City’s downtown trails. With … More Prepare for the big thaw. Tips to help protect your home and property.
Our everyday choices as to how we move from one place to another, where we live, and how we heat our homes add up and has a huge impact on our community carbon emissions and our finances. Check out some of the initiatives happening in February that can help you become a bit more active … More Conserve Energy and Get Active This February
In 2020, Burlington City Council approved the Climate Action Plan and a target to be a net carbon neutral community by 2050. Five years later, the time has come to revisit the plan and update it. A Little About the 2020 Climate Action Plan The original plan identified seven key program areas to help the … More Have Your Say on Burlington’s Climate Action Plan Update
Happy New Year! In keeping with a relatively new tradition, our ‘year in review’ summary provides us an opportunity to share some of our ongoing achievements. In 2024, we published 31 posts and had the most visitors and views to our blog for a given year. We never imagined when we started this blog in … More 2024: A Year in Review
The City of Burlington is excited to announce the launch of the Burlington Solar Map. This map will provide you with an estimate of your roof’s solar potential, and the financial and environmental benefits of installing solar panels on your home. Step-by-step Instructions Important Considerations about the Burlington Solar Map Benefits of Solar and Next … More Burlington Solar Map Launch
Did you know that the City of Burlington has an idling control bylaw to limit unnecessary idling and that idling for more than one minute can result in a $120 ticket? Idling and Climate Change In April 2019, Burlington City Council passed a Climate Emergency Declaration “that Council and staff immediately increase the priority of … More Idling gets you nowhere. Turn your engines OFF!
The City of Burlington is pleased to announce a combined investment of nearly $17 million with the federal and provincial governments. This supports improved and greener public transit, and better prepares the city’s infrastructure and transit services to support the future needs of Burlington’s growing and diverse community. What this investment means for Burlington residents: … More Almost $17 million invested in local public transit
Five new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations are ready for use on City property, bringing the total number of publicly available charging stations to 35 and charging ports to 67. All of the charging stations on City property are Level 2 except for a new Level 3 charging station as noted below. Locations of new … More New EV Charging Stations on City Property
Curious about what you can do to make your home more energy efficient and resilient to our warmer, wetter, and wilder weather? In this free, three-part webinar series, you will hear from industry experts about technologies both new and tried-and-true including air-source heat pumps, solar arrays, permeable pavements, and more! This webinar series is hosted … More Energy Efficient and Climate Resilient Homes Webinar Series
It’s October and Conservation Halton’s Healthy Neighboursheds workshops are back. Register to learn how to make your garden look more beautiful, manage rainwater, use less energy and resources, and benefit local water quality and wildlife. Workshop Details Growing Native Plants from Seed: Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 Learn how to collect seeds effectively and ethically and … More Workshops to work with nature to create a healthy home garden
Do you work or own a business within Halton? Commuting to work these days can be a challenge. Check out this program that can help your employees and co-workers try different but sustainable ways to get to work. In September 2024, the Smart Commute Halton Municipalities program launched in Burlington, Oakville, Halton Hills and Milton. … More Smart Commute Program Launches in Halton Municipalities
Are you interested in taking positive action for the environment but don’t know where to start? Check out an upcoming event hosted by BurlingtonGreen, featuring the City of Burlington, Burlington Transit and the Burlington Repair Café where you can: Mark your calendars! Burlington Repair Café Additional information For a list of electronic waste and special … More Take Action (for the Environment) Day on October 19
Calling all Burlingtonians! Can we collectively carry out 200,000 eco actions by 2030? BurlingtonGreen thinks we can! If you live, work, or go to post-secondary school in Burlington, consider sharing your eco actions to protect and care for our environment with BurlingtonGreen. They will track, report, and celebrate your eco actions with the hope of … More Share Your Eco Actions
Conservation Halton (CH) has released their draft Watershed-Based Resource Management Strategy (“Watershed Strategy”) for public input until Sept. 13, 2024. The Watershed Strategy is the delivery vehicle for CH’s programs and services. It will guide their ongoing work to protect natural systems and reduce natural hazards in the communities they serve and support the health … More Conservation Halton’s draft Watershed Strategy available for public input
Wondering how you can make your home more energy efficient while keeping you cool this summer? The City of Burlington’s Better Homes Burlington program can help you find and apply to green energy and climate resilience incentive programs for your home. Curious about energy audits? Thinking of making the switch from a natural gas furnace … More Better Homes Burlington is Back!
Did you know that flooding is the most common natural disaster in Canada? Unfortunately, the City of Burlington has experienced two major floods in recent years: in August 2014 where over 3,000 households reported flooding, and July 2024 where over 1,500 households reported flooding. Warmer, wetter and wilder weather associated with climate change is increasing … More Safety reminders and tips to protect you and your home against flooding
Calling all creative youth! Are you passionate about environmental sustainability issues? Are you looking to learn more about climate initiatives in your city and have your voice heard as a young person? The Bay Area Climate Change Council has announced the launch of their community engagement project featuring creative writing and art submissions. The theme … More Community Engagement Project: What Does a Sustainable City Look Like to You?
Summer vacations often begin with the end of the school year. Having fun at pools is a tradition for many creating lifelong memories. Our summers are getting hotter. If you’re looking for a pool, splash pad or spray park to stay cool, visit the City of Burlington’s webpage for a location near you. If you … More Eco-friendly tips to maintain your pool, hot tub and spa this summer
Tree Planting Opportunity In April 2024, Burlington City Council approved Our Forest: City of Burlington Urban Forest Master Plan (UFMP) 2025-2045 along with the Woodland Management Strategy. The UFMP identifies a 35 per cent canopy cover target by 2060. One way to achieve this community target is through tree planting on both public and private … More Get Active and Creative in June
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