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About Us

Halton Environmental Network (HEN) will advance education about environmental issues, with a focus on climate change, providing strategies and opportunities for mitigation and adaptation, and by providing educational programs, events, workshops, research, and training for the community of Halton.

Providing Climate Change Education and Resources in the Community of Halton since 2004

Vision

A future where the environment and people are resilient and thriving.

Values

Excellence drives our focus on science-based solutions and best practices
Partnerships power our connected communities and influence change
Inclusion brings diversity and unique ways of thinking to our collaborative approach
Integrity defines us and our work; we do what is right even when it is not easy  
Creativity inspires us to be curious and strive for the possibilities

Who We Are

Halton Environmental Network (HEN) propels climate action and environmental sustainability in Halton, by educating and building awareness in our community. As a grassroots organization, supporting our community since 2004, HEN is recognized for its successful community programs:  Greening Sacred Spaces Halton-Peel, Halton Food, Halton Green Screens, Generation Green, and OakvilleReady.

 

HEN provides workshops, community educational outreach programs, and waste diversion and mitigation initiatives for organizations and businesses and at events. HEN ensures that climate remains at the top of the agenda at all levels of government and with diverse community stakeholders. We are proud of our contributions to, and role in:

 

  • 5 Municipal Climate Emergency declarations in Halton

  • Halton Hills Low Carbon Transition Steering Committee  and Multi Stakeholder group

  • Halton Hills Climate Change Resilience Steering Committee

  • Oakville Community Energy Task Force

  • Burlington Climate Action Stakeholder Committee

  • Ensuring community gardens were deemed an essential service and supported throughout COVID-19

  • Educating and supporting the community with food gardens

  • Being the backbone agency of the Halton Climate Collective

  • Engaging youth with Generation Green

  • Working on climate adaptation with the OakvilleReady program

  • Propelling change and inspiring action with Halton Green Screens and our work with ArtHouse

  • Supporting large community events with free waste mitigation (Oakville Children’s Festival, Conservation Halton Hops & Harvest Festival, Kerrfest, the Canadian Open)

  • Support the Greening Faith-Based Organizations

  • Leading the 100 Debates for the Environment in all five ridings in Halton, with valued partners such as the Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW).

We don't just talk about Climate Change, We Drive Solutions!

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As a community, we have the responsibility to honour, care for and respect all the Creation gives to provide us with life. This includes the land, water, air, fire, animals, plants and our ancestors. The Anishinabek Peoples have utilized this land for millennia and we would like to acknowledge their direct descendants, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, as the rightful caretakers and titleholders of this land upon which we live, work and conduct ourselves. We acknowledge our treaty relationship and responsibilities to both the land and these original peoples. We also recognize that this land is rich in pre-contact history and customs, which includes the Anishinabek and Haudenosaunee and since European contact, has and continues to become home for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. And it is in the spirit and intent of the Dish With One Spoon, wampum agreement whereby we will collectively care for and respect the land, water, animals and each other in the interests of peace and friendship and for the benefit of not only ourselves but of our future descendants.  
The HEN Office resides on Treaty 22, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

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The Halton Environmental Network is a proud member of the Halton Equity and Diversity Roundtable (HEDR) and has signed their Charter to foster an inclusive Halton community. 

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