Mission:
Collaborate for healthy ecosystems in the spirit and practice of reconciliation.
Vision:
Communities thrive because of healthy, resilient landscapes
About:
Carolinian Canada Coalition is a network of leaders growing healthy landscapes for a green future in the Carolinian Zone, Canada’s extraordinary far south, in the spirit and practice of reconciliation. We connect science, community and business for healthy ecosystems and climate-smart neighbourhoods from Toronto to Windsor, Ontario.
Our cross-sector platforms connect 300 groups, 5,000 volunteers, and 37,000 hectares to save local wildlife, water and our way of life and support 14 UN Sustainable Development Goals (2020).
Carolinian Canada Coalition is a Canadian Registered Charity: 83559 4722 RR0001
Directions:
- Enable leaders for thriving green communities
- Grow connections to scale up healthy habitat action
- Track impact for a healthy zone, together.
Our Impact
The State of the Carolinian Zone
28,286+
People
Grew native plants, stewarded, and trained to maintain habitat - YOU took deliberate action to learn about and improve habitat in 2022
205
Groups and Businesses
Strengthened the native plant sector, growing ethical supply chains to maintain habitat
30+
Groups and Indigenous Communities
Initiated a collective for a Southern Ontario Seed Strategy to coordinate a strong and ethical seed supply for native plants.*
21
Indigenous Communities and Organizations
Indigenous communities and organizations partnered to create 14 community Pawpaw orchards and distribute hundreds of Native Plant Garden Kits to their communities.*
Photos: Jennifer Nantais (1,6), Amy Hall , Siobhan Mullally, Ian Marcle, Sarah Winterton