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Quinton and Blake Pluzak started a recycling business 4 years ago when they were 11 and 12 years old, calling their business Pluzak Useful Recycling Protecting Our Sacred Environment (PURPOSE). They provide their own bins to their frequent customers (mostly neighbours and friends) and collect aluminum cans and returnable glass bottles. They crush the cans and store them in their garage until they can truck them to Zubick’s in London for recycling. Returnable bottles are taken to the Beer Store as their bins get full. Both boys are active volunteers in the community and are avid outdoorsmen as well, with a great deal of respect for the natural environment.

News Release

November 8th, 2006, Chatham, ON

Carolinian Canada Landowners Lead in Nature Conservation

Taking action to preserve the Carolinian Life Zone for the next generation

Designed for teaching and learning, this brightly coloured interactive exhibit at Thames Valley District School Board’s Jaffa Environmental Education Centre south of Aylmer has dioramas that take students and teachers to a Carolinian forest, wetland and tallgrass prairie. More than 100 individuals and organizations have supported the exhibit financially and by sharing their expertise, and Carolinian Canada staff were on-site to help celebrate the opening of this amazing exhibit.

The Carolinian Canada Coalition has had its eyes on Elgin County this past year with the Elgin Natural Heritage Inventory. But we aren’t the only ones. The Thames Talbot Land Trust, who already own three properties in Elgin County, are in the process of acquiring a fourth – The Lusty Family Tract.

Carolinian Canada and the Thames Talbot Land Trust are just two of the partners who began working on the Elgin Greenway Conservation Action Plan (CAP) in 2010. This collaborative conservation strategy identified priority conservation targets in Elgin County, and the associated threats to those targets. The team then decided on objectives and strategies to mitigate the threats, and conserve the ecosystems and species. The plan specifies what will be done, where and when, and which group will take the lead for the most effective outcomes.

Event Development Specialist - Carolinian Canada Contract Position. Contract: 12-16 weeks, FT or PT to achieve deliverables, (potential for renewal based on success) Deadline: January 17, 2015

Hello Friends! Since late 2013 I've hemmed and hawed about doing a Big Year of birding in celebration of Carolinian Canada's 30th anniversary. I am finally taking the plunge and making the pledge! What's held me back is that for the "30:30" campaign it would be nice to try the extreme challenge of observing 300 species of birds within the Carolinian life zone of Ontario within one 12-month period. With no small amount of birder's luck and the willingness to be "on-call" whenever a rare bird is reported this might be doable, but would involve burning A LOT of carbon and sacrificing a bit too much family and work time.