Earth Day Caledon 2009 - Thank you ANDREW WELCH and company!

Local resident Andrew Welch teamed up with his friend Jay Mowat from Erin Radio and together brainstormed an idea for Earth Day 2009.

Caledon Library, Orangeville's Booklore, and others sponsored the event to cover advertising costs and Caledon's historic Claude Church offered up the venue.

Billed as "a fabulous evening of entertainment to benefit the environment" Earth Day Payback was a big success and proceeds raised will be soon forwarded to 2 local environemental non-profits, Green T Environmental Awareness (Green TEA) and Caledon Countryside Alliance (CCA).

Our thanks goes out to Andrew and Jay and all the musicians and other area celebs who made this special Earth Day evening one that we'll remember for years to come. You folks are stars of the best kind!

April's Green TEA Night

After a long and REALLY cold winter an awesome display of new life is just what makes April the perfect month for Earth Month! And here in Caledon we celebrated it in appropriate style. We experienced an amazing Green TEA Environmental Speakers Night on the 16th that drew almost 70 people.

Guest speaker Kate Agosta gave a down-to-earth (pun intended) presentation about alternatives to the traditional grass lawns for those of us who are no longer enthused with watering, fertilizing, aerating, spraying, weeding, overseeding, and then FINALLY mowing down GRASS! Carrole Blakeman gave a real eye-opener of a talk about chemical-ridden cosmetics and, at audience-demand, agreed to do a workshop for us in early June on how to make your own cosmetics with natural ingredients. Take note ladies - this workshop will fill up fast so when you hear the word....register fast!

Paddy Running Horan was on hand to offer up some pesticide and herbicide alternatives now that the Ontario-wide Pesticide Ban is taking effect (as of April 22nd) and 3 wonderful ladies from the Town of Caledon gave us updates about the Ban plus the Bolton Farmers Market and the Town's own Environmental Progress Report. Thank you Noreen Knight, Sandra Dolson and Sara Peckford!

Lastly I want to thank the folks that came out and participated on the Green T-eam for the April 19th MS Walk - we did great! Final figures yet to come but I know we raised somewhere in the vicinity of $600 - not too shabby for a first-time team!