Greening Strategy

Greening Strategy - 10 Years of Success

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Green. It's in Our Nature.

York Region's Greening Strategy helps ensure that our natural environment is healthy for current and future generations. The Strategy provides a context for Regional decision making that affects the natural environment. It focuses on co-ordinating Regional initiatives and agency and private sector partnership efforts to improve our environment.

Throughout the consultation process associated with the development of the Greening Strategy, the public made it clear that they were looking for the Region to put environmental policies into action.

In 2001, the Region adopted the Greening and Securements Strategy. Delivery of the Greening Strategy is supported by an annual budget of $1.35M.

The Greening Strategy's Action Areas

The Greening Strategy is focused on delivering results in the following key action areas. Click on each action area below to learn more about Greening Strategy programs and achievements:

• Information Management
• Naturalization and Rehabilitation
• Securement of Priority Greenlands
• Education and Promotion
• Regional Operations

Protecting clean land, air and water requires a strategic and coordinated approach because, ecologically, actions that improve one area (land, air or water) have benefits for others.

Click on the following links for information on York Region's other significant programs which benefit the Region's land, air, and water:

• York Region Transit and Viva Rapid Transit
• Water Conservation Programs (Water for Tomorrow Program)
• Protecting Our Drinking Water 
• Growth Management Strategy
• Smart Commute Initiative
• Corporate Clean Air Initiatives (anti-idling, etc.)
• Waste Diversion Programs

The Greening Strategy Continues to Grow

Turning innovative ideas into reality takes time. The next steps for the Greening Strategy involve its further development through corporate cooperation, communication, partnerships and continued implementation of innovative ideas.

York Region is recognized as a leader in proactively protecting and restoring our natural environment.

The Greening Strategy has developed strong roots through partnerships, education, stewardship, environmental protection and rehabilitation and policy development. It is a program that continues to grow.

Contact Us

Partnerships and public support are essential to the success of the Greening Strategy. Your feedback is important to us. Please provide us with your comments at greening@york.ca.