Speakers

This meeting has been rescheduled from the original date of Monday, September 21.

In 2004, The Green Legacy was just a simple idea to plant 150,000 trees to celebrate the County's 150 year anniversary. That idea has now grown to over two million trees planted in the County of Wellington by community partners, making it the largest municipal tree planting programme in North America.

The Green Legacy caught the attention of the United Nations in 2010, when the programme was recognized under the Billion Tree Campaign for their help in the fight against climate change. 

The environment remains a very significant political, social and economic issue that involves all levels of government and tree planting is an easy but effective way to improve the environment. The County of Wellington fosters local initiatives by providing trees free of charge to its residents and community groups.

The Green Legacy Programme is also responsible for organizing the Warden’s Tree Planting which has been an annual event for County and member Municipal staff since 2006.

World Polio Day on October 24 each year is recognized in Guelph by Rotarians and the Mayor with speeches and a flag raising ceremony outside City Hall.  Due to the COVID-19 social gathering restrictions, the flag raising ceremony has been cancelled.  The flag will be raised on Wednesday, October 21 by a City staff member without spectators in attendance.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this event outside City Hall has been cancelled.

The regular morning meeting is cancelled and replaced by this virtual evening get-together.

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is Canada's leading national land conservation organization.  As a private, non-profit organization, it partners with individuals, corporations, foundations, Indigenous communities and other non-profit organizations and governments at all levels to protect Canada’s most important natural treasures - the natural areas that sustain Canada’s plants and wildlife.  They secure properties (through donation, purchase, conservation agreement and the relinquishment of other legal interests in land) and manage them for the long term.

Since 1962, NCC and its partners have helped to protect 14 million hectares (35 million acres), coast to coast to coast.