What Can You Do?

We all have a role to play in keeping the Great Lakes great. Here are some ways that you can get engaged in environmental activities.

• At Home and in Your Community
• At Work
• Volunteer
• Related Links

At Home and in Your Community

• What You Can Do to Protect the Environment - This site contains useful information, resources, tools and ideas to help you take action for a healthier environment.
• Celebrate Environmental Theme Weeks and Days
  • Lake Superior Day (3rd Sunday of July)
  • Calendar of Major Environmental Events
• Donating Ecologically Sensitive Land - Ecological Gifts Program enhances tax benefits to donors of qualified ecologically sensitive land - create a natural legacy and receive a significant tax break.
• Protecting Wildlife - Visit this site to learn about wildlife and habitat conservation in Ontario. You'll find information and publications about protecting natural spaces and the wild plants and animals that live there.

At Work

• Environment Canada's (EC) Science Horizons Youth Internship Program - The Science Horizons program offers promising young scientists and post-secondary graduates hands-on experience working on environmental projects under the mentorship and coaching of experienced scientists and program managers.
• Employment and Internships for Youth - A list of useful web sites about employment opportunities and internships for youth interested in the environmental field.

Volunteer

• Volunteer Activities at EC - EC's Volunteers Web site contains exciting volunteer opportunities for people from every walk of life. The programs reflect the diversity of Canadian environmental concerns and include water, wildlife, weather, and environmental action.
• Community Animation Program - Aims to build community capacity to act on issues which show links between human health and the natural environment.
• Volunteer Wildlife Monitoring: Choosing the Project That's Right For You - It is not always easy to know which volunteer wildlife monitoring project best matches your own interests and experience. This site can help you to decide, through a chart of programs and descriptions of the time commitment and skill level each requires.
• Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network - The Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network is a national network of monitoring and research sites characterized by long term, multi-disciplinary studies.

Related Links

• Obviously.ca - A website created by the Ontario Ministry of the Environment to explain the challenges facing our planet and inspire people to take actions that protect the environment - all within an interactive media experience that includes music clips and videos.
• Volunteer for Nature - Join a small group of volunteers on 3 to 16-day expeditions to build trails, monitor wildlife, or restore habitat in outstanding natural areas
• Bring Back the Don - Bring Back the Don is a citizens' group sponsored by the City of Toronto, that works to "bring back" a clean, green and accessible Don River watershed.
• Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup - Join one of Canada's largest annual direct action environmental events, and help remove litter from a shoreline in your community.