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And as we enter our 10th year, we are about to

strengthen our national presence with the launch

of the Evergreen Canada Initiative. This initiative

is a series of projects that will take Evergreen

across the country and help all Canadians restore

and enhance the natural environment.

The Evergreen Canada Initiative is a profound and

significant way to celebrate the new millennium,

by bringing together the energy and efforts of

thousands of Canadians dedicated to healing

and regenerating our urban environments — on

school grounds, on publicly accessible lands, and

on home landscapes.

An exciting new era for Evergreen.2

As the clock struck 12:00 a.m. on January 1, 2000,

we ushered in both a new millennium and an exciting

turning point for our organization.

First of all, we look different. Our fresh new logo

stands out and captures the true spirit of Evergreen

— bringing people and nature together. And our

shortened name is catchy and contemporary.

We also have a new mission statement, one that

more thoroughly describes our goals and dreams. EVERGREEN

Evergreen’s mission is to bring communities and nature

together for the benefit of both. We engage people

in creating and sustaining healthy, dynamic outdoor

spaces — in our schools, our communities and our homes.

We believe that local stewardship creates vibrant

neighbourhoods, a healthy natural environment and

a sustainable society for all.

A L O O K B A C K A T N I N E G R E A T Y E A R S

The past nine years have held many successes for

Evergreen. Throughout the report, you’ll hear from

some of the people who have been a part of our

projects over the years.

We are looking forward to an exciting and challeng-

ing new era in the history of Evergreen. We hope

you’ll join us as we strive to create vibrant

neighbourhoods, a healthy, natural environment,

and a sustainable society for us all.

Geoffrey Cape Krista Kerr

Executive Director Chair, Board of Directors

B U I L D I N G O N O U R S U C C E S S

To do this we are building on the success of our

two existing programs — Learning Grounds and

Common Grounds — and creating a new program,

Home Grounds.

We are making these programs even more accessible

to individuals and groups across the country

through education and public outreach programs,

the development of easy-to-use, practical resource

materials, a new, re-energized Web site, regional

workshops, and our first national conference.

And to meet the challenges of becoming a larger

national organization, we have strengthened our

infrastructure and board governance, upgraded our

technology, and increased our staff.

As always, we are thankful for the contributions

and encouragement of our financial partners,

which help us to reach more and more Canadians

every day.

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The exciting new Evergreen Canada Initiative is a series of projects that will takeEvergreen across the country and help all Canadians restore and enhance the natural environment.

Geoffrey Cape

Executive Director, Evergreen

We touch the lives of Canadians through three

key programs:

Learning Grounds: brings students, teachers

and neighbourhoods together to transform barren

asphalt and turf school grounds into natural

“outdoor classrooms”.

Common Grounds: encourages communities

to work together to create vibrant natural areas

in the public spaces they share.

Home Grounds: helps Canadians restore and

enhance the natural environment right where they

live — in their front and back yards.

Evergreen brings these three programs to life by

supplying the resources needed to transform urban

environments, enabling people through training

programs and the creation of networks, and leading

site restoration activities.

Over 83% of Canadians live in cities — up over

27% since 1970.

This tremendous increase in the urban population

has placed great stress on our natural systems.

Waterways are being polluted, air quality is being

damaged, and the availability of diverse, natural

green spaces is steadily decreasing as we build

more roads, buildings, and houses.

Now, more than ever, there is a need to restore

natural green spaces in our cities, towns and

villages. This will not only help heal the damage

we have caused to the environment, it will

make vibrant, natural landscapes a part of every

Canadian’s life.

M A K I N G O U R C I T I E S H E A L T H I E R

Evergreen is helping to create healthier cities by

working with communities to naturalize their urban

areas, enhance their green spaces, and plant native

trees, shrubs and flowers.

According to surveys done by Environics, another “great, green

wave” is swelling in public opinion and the environment is again

becoming the most important concern for 73% of Canadians.

National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy

Communities that work together to regenerate and reinvest in their neighbour-hoods are healthier, more economically dynamicand safer.

Dr. Fraser Mustard

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

We have made cities to live in, now we must make them livable.

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We are celebrating the creation of a healthier,

greener Canada with the Evergreen Canada

Initiative.

As we enter the new millennium, more and more

Canadians are realizing that a healthy, vibrant,

natural environment should not be found only in

national parks and the wilderness. Nature needs to

be integral to our thriving urban centres.

A S T R O N G , N E W , G R E E N L E G A C Y

The goal of this initiative is to create healthier

communities by bringing people together to enhance

ecological biodiversity and environmental health.

Over the next three years we will create a strong,

new, green legacy by creating a national program

of green infrastructure on publicly accessible

lands. There will be more than 2,000 new public

gardens created, greenways started, buried streams

daylighted, wetlands restored and rooftops

greened. We will work with partners across Canada

to leave an important network of resources and

programs that will continue to support and create

urban green spaces for generations to come.

Preventing “dis-ease”, by making nature the child’splayscape, is far less costly monetarily and emotionally than trying to cure the effects of such deprivation later.

Anita Rui Olds

Children’s Environments Quarterly

T H I S I S A S M U C H A B O U T P E O P L E

A S I T I S A B O U T N A T U R E

This initiative is as much about people and

communities as it is about planting native trees,

shrubs and wildflowers. It’s about strangers

working together and becoming neighbours, and

creating new, accessible opportunities for

people to experience nature. After all, community

gardens don’t just grow plants — they grow

community spirit.

A S P R I N G L A U N C H

Since spring signals the start of the growing season

and symbolizes the rebirth of life after the long

winter rest period, it is fitting that we launch the

Evergreen Canada Initiative in the spring of 2000.

We will build on the success of our Learning

Grounds and Common Grounds programs, and

launch Home Grounds, in the following ways:

• National Outreach and Public Education Program

• Resource “Tool Sheds” for Learning Grounds,

Common Grounds and Home Grounds

• Regional Workshops and a National Conference.

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We are developing a strong communications

campaign to inspire more and more Canadians to

get involved in restoring the environment on

school grounds, publicly accessible lands

and their home landscapes. We’re working with

ZiG Inc., a Toronto-based “ideas company”,

who will be lending their expertise and creativity

to help us create awareness of the importance

of greening — and to find innovative new ways to

involve people of all ages.

R E S O U R C E T O O L S H E D S

This is the creation of a collection of practical

“how-to” resource guides and materials. Available

on video, in printed form, and digitally through

our Web site, these materials will guide Canadians

of different backgrounds and ages through all

stages of project planning and development, and

encourage them to get involved in restoring the

urban environment where they live.

R E G I O N A L W O R K S H O P S A N D A

N A T I O N A L C O N F E R E N C E

To share ideas, build support for restoring urban

landscapes, and celebrate successes, we are

planning to hold five regional workshops. Youth

forums will be an important part of these workshops,

which will be held in Halifax, Ottawa, Winnipeg,

Calgary and Vancouver. A national conference

is also scheduled for Toronto in the fall of 2001.

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The Evergreen Canada Initiative provides the tools and resources needed to harness and celebrate the energy of the thousands of individuals and groups working across the country to heal and regenerate urban environments.

First impressions are really the important impressions and, if you’re a little kid,

you need to understand three things: 1. That you live in a really big city that

has joys and dangers and that you need to learn about both; 2. It is a place where

you can make and create your own community that will fulfill your needs as

a human being; 3. It is a place where there is nature. School yards and schools

should reflect the city, the community and nature.

Hon. David Crombie, Chair, Waterfront Regeneration Trust, former Mayor of Toronto

The Evergreen Canada Initiative is made possible

through the generous support of individual

Canadians, foundations, businesses, and various

government agencies.

T H E M I L L E N N I U M B U R E A U O F C A N A D A

Our sincere appreciation goes to the Millennium

Bureau of Canada for helping us launch the

Evergreen Canada Initiative. Through its Canada

Millennium Partnership Program (CMPP), Evergreen

was awarded $2.86 million in funding to celebrate

and mark the millennium with this project. The

CMPP was created by the federal government to

encourage Canadians to work together to develop

millennium projects that will involve and benefit

Canadians.

H O M E & G A R D E N T E L E V I S I O N

A valued partner since 1998, Home & Garden

Television (HGTV Canada) has renewed it’s

commitment to Evergreen for 2000. HGTV and

Evergreen are a natural fit, as the goal of HGTV is

to educate and inspire Canadians by showing

them how to enhance everything they do in and

around their homes and gardens. Through funding

and on-air support from this 24-hour specialty cable

channel, Evergreen is able to spread its message

to millions of viewers.

S U N C O R E N E R G Y F O U N D A T I O N

We are proud to announce the formation of a new

partnership with the Suncor Energy Foundation,

and the creation of the Suncor Energy Foundation

Common Grounds Grants. Suncor Energy Foundation

is a lead partner of our millennium initiative,

and this year will help improve green spaces

by awarding grants of $100,000 to each of three

communities where it operates — Calgary and

Fort McMurray, Alberta, and Sarnia, Ontario. You

can learn more about these grants in our section

on Common Grounds.

N E W P A R T N E R S

To continue helping Canadians restore and enhance

public green spaces, gardens and lawns, we are

enlisting the support of corporations, organizations

and individuals from across the country. If you

would like to become involved, please contact us.

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We are proud to partner withEvergreen in a project that demonstrates how the people of Canada are marking the millennium, and at the same time sharing something about themselves with otherCanadians.

The Honourable Herb Gray

Deputy Prime Minister

HGTV and Evergreen are about as logical, natural, and ideal afit as we could imagine.

Walter Levitt

Vice-President, Marketing Broadcasting,

Alliance Atlantis

Like Evergreen, we believe that when we use the land, we.

should restore it for future generations and for other species.

Sue Lee, President, Suncor Energy Foundation.

Learning Grounds.8

By restoring their school ground, students had a chance to be part of the community — to see that they have a part to play in making their community a better place to live.

Teacher, Glenforest Secondary School,

Mississauga, Ontario

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Learning Grounds brings students, teachers,

and neighbourhoods together to transform barren,

asphalt and turf school grounds into natural

“outdoor classrooms”.

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Under the Model Schools Project, and with funding

from Environment Canada, Evergreen helped more

than 110 schools in Atlantic Canada, Quebec, British

Columbia and Ontario transform traditional asphalt

school grounds into meadows, ponds, flower gardens

and vegetable patches. Children at these schools

now have a close-up, hands-on opportunity to learn

in an ever-changing, complex natural environment.

G R E E N I N G S C H O O L G R O U N D S

O N T H E W E S T C O A S T

Over the last two years our Vancouver office has

been involved in the B.C. Model Schools Project

helping 20 B.C. schools transform parts of their

school grounds into habitat areas and outdoor

classrooms. To date, these schools have planted

1,400 native species with the hands and help

of 3,000 students, teachers, parents and other

community volunteers.

Evergreen West also offered the Growing Active

workshop series to take participants through the

process of transforming school grounds, and is

producing an inspirational B.C. case study book

called Stewards and Story Tellers: The Greening

of British Columbia School Grounds. This year,

teachers in B.C. will be able to teach outdoors

using Evergreen’s new school ground activity book

Plants, Patterns and Playgrounds.

L E A R N I N G G R O U N D S G R A N T S

A big part of the success of Learning Grounds this

past year was thanks to the generosity of our

financial partners. In 1999 these partners donated

$80,000, making it possible for us to award

grants to schools across the country to naturalize

their grounds.

We can play without hurting our knees, and there

are a lot more birds and butterflies to watch.

Student, age 6

When we’re studying science, the students can touch and see the plants our ancestors used. It brings us all closer.

Program coordinator,

Ya Thuy Thut Adult Training Centre

Thanks to the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-

Wentworth, Enbridge Consumers Gas, and B.C.

Hydro for helping over 20,000 students plant more

than 4,000 native trees and shrubs on their school

grounds in 1999.

A C O M M U N I T Y C O M E S T O G E T H E R I N

R U R A L B R I T I S H C O L U M B I A

Operated by the Cowichan Tribes Band, the

’Iiyus Stlul’iqul̈ School shared a desolate outdoor

area of brush and rocks with a daycare and an

adult training centre.

With a $500 grant from Evergreen, the three groups

got together to transform their shared outdoor

space into a garden with native plants, shrub borders

and trails.

Everyone helped with the planting — with children

from the school and daycare working side-by-side

with adults from the training centre. The school is

now planning to invite tribe elders to the garden

to talk about the importance of the plants to their

culture and history.

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With the help of an Enbridge Consumers Gas

Learning Grounds Grant — and other local and

corporate supporters — Harrison Public School in

Georgetown, Ontario, transformed 20,000 square

feet of underused playground into a healthy home

for native plants and a fantastic living classroom

for environmental studies.

Learning Grounds is a unique education program that empowers parents, children and teachers to make a difference, and take pride in their local contribution to a more natural environment.

Rudy Riedl

President, Enbridge Consumers Gas

Once upon a time in a dry, cracked

school yard in Georgetown, Ontario,

a dream was born. To turn this unused

land into a habitat garden where

plants, birds, animals — and most

importantly, children — could grow

healthy and strong.

Teachers, Harrison Public School, Georgetown, Ontario

Learning Grounds in 2000. 11

Using the real world is the way learning has happened for99.9% of human existence. Only in the last hundred yearshave we put it in a little boxcalled a classroom.

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Our work in school grounds across the country

continues with the Evergreen Canada Initiative.

L E A R N I N G G R O U N D S T O O L S H E D

Through the Evergreen Canada Initiative we will be

expanding the Learning Grounds resource materials,

to better help involve students, teachers, and

community members in all aspects of their school

ground naturalization project.

In 2000 we have several Tool Shed projects under-

way, including All Hands in the Dirt: A Guide to

Designing and Creating Natural School Grounds, and

Nature Nurtures: Investigating the Potential of

School Grounds.

Also new this spring will be a set of inspiring

Learning Grounds videos called A Crack in the

Pavement — produced with Artemis Films and the

National Film Board of Canada. In addition we

will continue to publish The Outdoor Classroom,

our annual newsletter of Learning Ground

success stories, tips and information.

Future Tool Shed items include a national

Case Study Book, a series of How-To Fact

Sheets covering school ground design tips,

a national Curriculum Activity Book and

Policy Guidelines for school board trustees

and administrators.

Come forth into.the light of things,

Let nature be.your teacher.

William Wordsworth.

Common Grounds.12

E V E R G R E E N I N T H E C O M M U N I T Y —

A L O O K A T 1 9 9 9

Common Grounds encourages community involve-

ment to create vibrant natural areas in the public

spaces we share. This not only helps to restore

the environment, it promotes a sense of pride,

cooperation and belonging among Canadians in

their communities. Here are some of the highlights

from 1999:

E C O S U M M E R

Started in 1991, EcoSummer (formerly known as

the Community Naturalization Program) has engaged

over 30,000 people of all ages in understanding

and appreciating their local natural environment by

planting native trees, shrubs and wildflowers, and

helping to bring back the natural beauty of our

public areas. During 1998 and 1999, in partnership

with the City of Toronto Parks and Recreation

Department, EcoSummer focused its efforts on the

Don Valley Brick Works in Toronto, involving more

than 3,000 volunteers in creating a 1.6 hectare

native wildflower meadow and wetland garden.

EcoSummer continues in 2000 by training volunteers

to take over the care and continuing naturalization

of this and other sites across Toronto.

W H E R E E D G E S M E E T

Where Edges Meet celebrates the diversity of

nature and cities by creating community

naturalization gardens in ethnically diverse

downtown areas. In 1998 and 1999, Where Edges

Meet formed partnerships with residents of the

Toronto communities of St. James Town, Parkdale

and the Annex, to restore neglected neighbourhood

parks. Since then, over 1,800 native plants have

been planted in woodland and meadow gardens,

and Evergreen has held more than 50 garden work-

shops, planting events and community celebrations.

A new garden is being planned in 2000 with the

residents of the Moss Park area.

Thanks to our Where Edges Meet funding partners:

Environment Canada – EcoAction 2000, Toronto

Community Foundation and Canada Trust Friends

of the Environment Foundation.

Thanks to all of the Where Edges Meet community gardeners for helping to bring nature back to their city.

It’s good to see the community rally around an under-used park and make a difference.

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Spring Fair did just that.

Pam McConnell

Councillor, Don River

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A B U T T E R F L Y G A R D E N F O R

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St. James Town West Park in downtown Toronto is

home to people from many different cultural groups.

Now it is also home to a whole new community of

butterflies and birds.

After the City demolished an abandoned building,

the residents of St. James Town worked with

Evergreen to plant 49 species of native plants —

many of which attract butterflies and birds.

The new Butterfly Garden was launched with a fall

fair of food, music and dancing, which brought

together the diverse cultures of the neighbourhood.

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We appreciate (Evergreen’s) efforts to

beautify St. James Town West Park.

The people of this community needed

and deserved a space like this. Besides,

it was a wonderful opportunity for

everyone to get together.

Rubina Khan, Pakistani Canadian Women’s Association

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R E S T O R A T I O N P A R T N E R S H I P P R O J E C T

Evergreen has also helped with international urban

restoration and environmental awareness projects.

Since 1997 we have been partners with the

Cuban-based organizations, La Fundacion Antonio

Nuñez Jiménez de la Naturaleza y el Hombre and

El Parque Metropolitano de la Habana, on a variety

of projects — including revitalizing land in central

Havana by establishing a native tree nursery, and

helping five Havana schools transform their school

grounds into healthy, green outdoor classrooms.

Our thanks to the Canadian International

Development Agency’s Environment and Sustainable

Development Program for supporting this project.

These grants will be used to support greening

projects in communities where Suncor operates.

Besides showing Suncor’s commitment to the

environment and community, these projects provide

an opportunity for Suncor employees to roll-up

their sleeves and volunteer their time and effort

to improve their community.

Common Grounds in 2000.

Through the Evergreen Canada Initiative, Common

Grounds will expand its outreach to engage a

national audience.

C O M M O N G R O U N D S T O O L S H E D

We will be developing a variety of Common Grounds

resource materials to help communities restore

their natural areas.

In 2000 two new Common Grounds Tool Shed

items will be developed — No Plot is too Small:

A Community’s Guide to Restoring Public Landscapes

and Ground Work: Investigating the Need for

Nature in the City. Future Tool Shed items include

a Case Study Book, a series of How-To Fact Sheets,

a Policy Guideline for park and land managers,

and an inspiring Common Grounds Video which will

profile successful naturalization projects from

coast-to-coast.

S U N C O R E N E R G Y F O U N D A T I O N

C O M M O N G R O U N D S G R A N T S

As a lead partner of the Evergreen Canada Initiative,

the Suncor Energy Foundation is providing grants

of $100,000 each to the Alberta communities

of Calgary and Fort McMurray, and the Ontario

community of Sarnia.

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Ode to Grassy Places

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Home Grounds.16

E V E R G R E E N A T H O M E

Home Grounds is a new program that encourages

Canadians to use environmentally-friendly lawncare

practices at home.

Developed under the Evergreen Canada Initiative,

this program is a “take home” version of Learning

Grounds and Common Grounds.

After all, why should we only think of school

grounds and public green spaces when it comes to

restoring the natural environment? Our own front

and back yards give us the perfect opportunity

to plant a garden, revitalize a patch of ground,

create habitat for wildlife, and help naturalize the

urban landscape.

The timing is right to add this new focus to our

programs. Young people are concerned about the

damage we have done to the environment and want

to become involved in greening activities. And as

the baby boomers age, their interests are moving

towards more reflective and nurturing pastimes,

like tending their own garden.

T H E H O M E G R O U N D S T O O L S H E D

During 2000 we will be developing the first Home

Grounds Tool Shed item — a Getting Started Guide.

In partnership with the Canadian Mortgage

and Housing Corporation, Home Grounds will be

releasing a summary research piece, Comparing

the Cost and Resource Efficiency of 7 Residential

Landscape Options.

Future Tool Shed items include an inspirational

Home Grounds Video filled with practical

“how-to” tips.

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A new Evergreen Web site. 17

L A U N C H D A T E I S S E T F O R M A Y 2 0 0 0

Thanks to a volunteer@ction.online grant from

the Ontario Government, Ministry of Citizenship,

Culture and Recreation we are completely rebuilding

our Web site.

Our newly designed and expanded Web site is

going to be a vital element of all our programs,

as well as our public outreach and education

initiatives. No matter where they live, Canadians

will have clear, up-to-date information on all of

our programs, and will learn about how they can

get involved in greening urban environments.

New features include an on-line registry designed

to collect and share information on school and

community naturalization efforts, to profile

naturalization projects, and to generate and collect

data for monitoring and evaluating programs.

We will also be able to encourage volunteerism in

naturalization projects right over the Internet.

But most important of all, this interactive,

fun site will link groups and individuals from across

Ontario and the rest of Canada so we can share

ideas, learn from each other, and make valuable

networking contacts.

www.evergreen.ca

Statement of financial position.As at July 31

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A child’s world is fresh andnew and beautiful, full of wonder and excitement. It isour misfortune that for most of us that clear-eyed vision,that true instinct for what isbeautiful and awe-inspiring, is dimmed and even lost before we reach adulthood.

Rachel Carson in Silent Spring

in dollars 1999 1998

A S S E T S

Cash 56,508 –

Accounts receivable 259,446 56,433

Prepaid expenses 2,497 2,283

318,451 58,716

Capital assets, net 18,022 22,606

336,473 81,322

L I A B I L I T I E S

Bank indebtedness – 22,224

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 52,048 25,104

Deferred revenue 265,000 –

317,048 47,328

N E T A S S E T S 19,425 33,994

336,473 81,322

On behalf of the Board

Geoffrey Cape Krista Kerr

Executive Director Chair, Board of Directors

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The school ground naturalization movement is perhaps the strongest and most vibrant of all the school greening efforts currently underway on this continent.

Tim Grant

Co-editor, Green Teacher

in dollars 1999 1998

R E V E N U E

Corporate 138,066 206,259

Government 425,517 112,769

Foundations 106,699 160,134

Donations-in-kind 297,813 298,109

Service fees 5,864 30,909

Fundraising events, net – 30,534

Individual donations and other 20,198 25,452

994,157 864,166

E X P E N S E S

Salaries and fees 388,153 286,723

Program 481,262 428,061

Events 5,618 40,276

Travel and transportation 24,281 5,668

Administration

General administrative and office supplies 31,880 37,119

Occupancy 30,292 30,906

Professional and consulting fees 40,791 3,059

Depreciation 6,449 5,946

1,008,726 837,758

(Deficiency) excess of revenue over expenses (14,569) 26,408

Net assets, beginning of year 33,994 7,586

Net assets, end of year 19,425 33,994

Statement of operations and changes in net assets.Year ended July 31

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Evergreen partnerships.20

C A S H A N D I N - K I N D C O N T R I B U T I O N S

Our thanks to individuals and these organizations

who made it possible in 1999 for Evergreen to

continue to make Canada’s urban centres greener

and healthier:

$ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 +

Canada Trust

Millennium Bureau of Canada

Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture &

Recreation (Volunteer@action.online)

$ 5 0 , 0 0 0 +

Arts and Communications

Canadian International Development Agency

City of Toronto Parks and Recreation

Environment Canada – EcoAction 2000

Scott Thornley and Company

$ 2 5 , 0 0 0 - $ 4 9 , 9 9 9

Canadian Council for Human Resources

in the Environment Industry

Enbridge Consumers Gas

HGTV Canada

Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth

Toronto Community Foundation

Vancouver Foundation

$ 1 5 , 0 0 0 - $ 2 4 , 9 9 9

B.C. Hydro

B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands, and Parks –

Environment Youth Team

Canada Lands Company Ltd.

Canada Trust Friends of the Environment

Foundation

R. Howard Webster Foundation

$ 1 0 , 0 0 0 — 1 4 , 9 9 9

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

The Home Depot

Royal Bank of Canada

Toronto Dominion Bank

$ 5 , 0 0 0 - $ 9 , 9 9 9

B.C. Gas

Helen McCrea Peacock Foundation

The Neptis Foundation

The Schad Foundation

Scott Consulting Inc.

VanCity

$ 1 , 0 0 0 - $ 4 , 9 9 9

American Express Foundation

Ben & Jerry’s

Capers

Citizens Bank of Canada

Credit Union Central B.C.

Ecology Action Centre

The George Lunan Foundation

Happy Planet

Human Resources Development Canada

Kevin Louis Design

Metro Credit Union

OutThere Authentic Adventurewear

Parkdale/Liberty Economic Development Committee

Portables Plus Ltd.

Royal Botanical Gardens

Savings and Credit Unions of British Columbia

Scotiabank

ScotiaMcleod Inc.

Tayfam Investments Inc.

Teletoon

1988 Foundation

$ 5 0 0 - $ 9 9 9

Annex Residents Association

Carrot Common Corporation

CCH Canadian Limited

Domino’s Pizza

Hazeldine Press

Peter Ronn

The Printing House

Starbucks

United Way of Greater Toronto

Vocal Point

Evergreen Board members. 21

B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S

Hon. David Crombie, Honourary Chair

Chair, Waterfront Regeneration Trust

Krista Kerr, Chair

Vice-President, Kerr Financial Corporation

Jim Harbell, Secretary

Partner, Stikeman, Elliott

Douglas Heighington, Director

Vice-President, National Bank Financial

Bonnie Hillman, Director

Kevin McLaughlin, Director

Vice-President Business Development, AutoShare

Leith Moore, Director

Vice-President Land Tactics, The Sorbara Group

Craig Strong, Director

Environmental Services Consultant,

Deloitte & Touche

Mark Wilson, Director

Project Executive, IBM Global Services

H O N O U R A R Y P A T R O N

Hon. Hilary Weston

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

B O A R D O F A D V I S O R S , T O R O N T O

J. Christopher Cape

Cape Ryan

Michael Davies

The Davies Charitable Foundation

Michael Hough

Hough, Woodland, Naylor, Dance

Sydney McMorran

Hon. Michael Meighen

Meighen Demers

David Stonehouse

City of Toronto

Adam Zimmerman

B O A R D O F A D V I S O R S , V A N C O U V E R

David Brown

Dr. Tara Cullis

David Suzuki Foundation

Mavis Dixon

James Dungate

Victor Elderton

Vancouver Outdoor School

Dr. Moura Quayle

University of British Columbia

Ross Waddell

Native Plant Society of B.C.

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E V E R G R E E N S T A F F

1998 / 1999

Geoffrey Cape

Executive Director

gcape@evergreen.ca

Seana Irvine

Program Director

seana@evergreen.ca

Cam Collyer

National Manager Learning Grounds

ccollyer@evergreen.ca

Catherine Goetz

Toronto Manager Common Grounds

Satya Ramen

Common Grounds Coordinator

Greg Carrie

Operations Manager

Sylvie Lachance

Development Associate

sylvie@evergreen.ca

E V E R G R E E N W E S T S T A F F

Shaugn Schwartz

Regional Director, Western Canada

shaugn@evergreen.ca

Denise Philippe

Program Manager, Western Canada

dphilipp@evergreen.ca

Leela Chinniah

E-team Intern

Natalie Lerch

Researcher

N E W E V E R G R E E N E R S

(since July 1999)

James Cha

Operations Director

jcha@evergreen.ca

Stewart Chisholm

National Manager Common Grounds

stewartc@evergreen.ca

Lucy Duso

Learning Grounds Associate, B.C.

lucyduso@evergreen.ca

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Ghada El Sherif

Workshop Facilitator, B.C.

Kathy Lee

Program Associate

Anne Marie Lewis

Toronto Manager Common Grounds

amlewis@evergreen.ca

Janet McCausland

Communications Director

janetm@evergreen.ca

Diane Michaud

Administrative Assistant

info@evergreen.ca

Winnie Tam

Development and Communications Manager,

Western Canada

winnie@evergreen.ca

Fleur Tweedie

Communications Associate

fleur@evergreen.ca

O U R V A L U E D V O L U N T E E R S

Evergreen would not be able to carry out its work

restoring the natural environment without the

countless hours of time from dedicated volunteers

from coast-to-coast.

A special thank you to Jean Riley for her hard work

and support in securing funding for the Evergreen

Canada Initiative.

If you would like to become involved as an

Evergreen volunteer, please check out our Web site

at www.evergreen.ca for a variety of opportunities.

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